Forbes: Darden Alumni Startup Will Seize Part of ‘Huge’ New Health Care Market
A tech startup founded by two Darden alumni is “leading the charge” in the emerging rehabilitation robot and exoskeleton area of health care.
Forbes contributor Lauren deLisa Coleman recently tabbed a tech startup founded by University of Virginia Darden School of Business alumni Hoyoung Ban (MBA ’11) and Scott Kim (MBA ’11) as a company “leading the charge with awards and creativity” for the rehabilitation robot and exoskeleton market — a quickly emerging area of health care expected to reach $1.8 billion by 2020.
Their company, Neofect, uses advanced digital and robotics technology, data, and gamification to provide stroke victims with an in-home stroke rehabilitation solution called the Rapael Smart Glove.
“Our algorithm optimizes a sequence of rehab programs, for example, selecting different training games for each session, for individual patients. Think of it as Netflix for rehabilitation,” says Kim. “Based on the patient’s progress and personal goals, the software’s algorithm picks different games with different difficulties for each individual. The software will get smarter as we collect more data, just like Netflix knows what kind of movies you like.”
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