ErgonometriX LLC

A wearable device records movements of the lumbar spine, processed in the cloud to identify at-risk behaviors, providing feedback to reduce work injuries

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Healthcare Services
  • Location Rockville, MD, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2015
  • Employees 2
  • Website ergonometrix.com

Company Summary

In the United States, an estimated 186 million work days are lost every year because of lower back injuries (LBI), with total annual costs estimated at $200 billion. By identifying and changing workers’ at-risk behavior over time, our system will reduce the incidence of LBIs, leading to decreased job-related disability, missed work days and savings for workers' compensation. Our business model is based on a monthly subscription fee per employee.

Team

  • Marc Cohen
    Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

    Marc has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience as a founding member of 2 start up companies, PiezoniX and Prognosys and as the first employees of Gentag. Marc brings over 20 years of experience in micro-electronics, embedded systems and building devices, sensors and systems for biomedical and consumer electronics and implementing novel real-time learning algorithms in hardware. Marc is currently mentoring Bio-Engineering seniors at UMCP.

  • Michael April
    Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer

    Mike specializes in pain management and sports medicine, and has over 30 years’ experience in treating patients with lower back injuries. He has significant experience with disability and workers compensation insurance carriers and has a BES degree in engineering. Mike worked at NIST conducting robotics research and is currently mentoring Bio-Engineering seniors at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Advisors

  • Sonny Bloom
    Unconfirmed
    Daniel Lathrop
    Professor
    Unconfirmed

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