{"id":217,"date":"2020-08-04T16:31:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T20:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/?p=217"},"modified":"2026-02-20T13:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T18:20:20","slug":"congratulations-to-sam3-partner-company-able-innovations-on-winning-the-age-well-national-impact-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/2020\/congratulations-to-sam3-partner-company-able-innovations-on-winning-the-age-well-national-impact-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to SAM3 partner company Able Innovations on winning the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Congratulations to SAM3 partner company Able Innovations on winning the AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Startup developing \u2018effortless\u2019 patient-transfer technology wins AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Toronto competition<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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 Able Innovations, a Toronto startup working on an automated patient-transfer technology, has won the second competition in the three-part AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge.<\/div>\n
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Jayiesh Singh, founder and CEO of Able Innovations, told judges at the livestreamed event<\/a> that the company\u2019s DELTA Platform allows a single caregiver to transfer a person in a safe and dignified manner. \u201cOur device is mobile, compact and easy to use,\u201d said Singh, who first encountered the challenges around patient transfer while volunteering in long-term care homes in his youth.<\/p>\n

Current methods of transfer require two or more caregivers in a process that is time-consuming and physically demanding. It can also lead to transfer-related injuries, both for staff and patients, said Singh.<\/p>\n

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\nAble Innovations\u2019 smart technology uses compact platforms to safely roll underneath individuals being transferred. An AGE-WELL-supported study done with Bruy\u00e8re Research Institute and Carleton University has helped to perfect the system and demonstrate its safety and efficacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, we\u2019re focusing on lateral supine transfers, so people who are lying down can be transferred to another surface where they are lying down. It could be bed to bed, or bed to stretcher, or a stretcher to an imaging table,\u201d explained Singh.<\/p>\n

Single caregiver, contactless transfers will not only protect staff and patients from injuries, but also curb the spread of infections in health-care facilities and free staff from labour-intensive patient transfers, said Singh.<\/p>\n

Able Innovations plans to use the $20,000 prize money (plus in-kind prizes) to help deliver full-scale prototype devices to hospitals who want to test them by the end of 2020. The company is also looking to secure pilot facilities and has recently opened a seed round of financing to accelerate their path to commercialization.<\/p>\n

Able is aiming to commercialize the DELTA Platform by mid-2021, with a home version to follow. \u201cThe demand for products such as ours is only going to grow due to what\u2019s happening with COVID-19, our aging population and the compounding effect of nursing shortages,\u201d said Singh.<\/p>\n

Five startups took part in the July 9 competition. Each was challenged to explain how their technology-based solution can positively impact older adults or their caregivers.<\/p>\n

A separate award, the Bereskin & Parr IP Prize for Innovation, went to Braze Mobility and their CEO Dr. Pooja Viswanathan. After launching the first blind-spot sensor system for wheelchairs that can detect obstacles and provide multi-modal alerts, Braze is now developing MOANA (Module for Obstacle Avoidance and Navigation Assistance), which can prevent collisions and increase access to independent mobility.<\/p>\n

Along with pitches from finalists, the event featured a lively panel discussion on AgeTech and brain health with Dr. Garth Smith, Vice President, Business Development and Partnerships, Ontario Brain Institute; Dr. Lili Liu, Dean, Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo; and Jim Mann, member, federal Minister of Health\u2019s Advisory Board on Dementia, Advisory Council of Research Ethics BC, and AGE-WELL\u2019s Research Management Committee. Diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s in 2007, Jim now volunteers his time to focus on living as well as possible with dementia. The panel was moderated by Dr. Michael Chrostowski, AGE-WELL\u2019s Business Development and Industry Relations Manager.<\/p>\n

The 2020 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge recognizes top startups and supports entrepreneurship in Canada\u2019s technology and aging sector. Two startups\u2014eNable Analytics and Novalte\u2014tied for first prize in the first competition, held on June 18 with five startups from the Atlantic region. A third and final event in this exciting series will be held on September 29 via livestream, in conjunction with the BC Seniors Living Association annual conference. Watch for details at www.agewell-nce.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAGE-WELL welcomes the winning startups into our network, where they will be nurtured to maximize their impact on the lives of older Canadians and their caregivers,\u201d said Dr. Chrostowski of AGE-WELL.<\/p>\n

Thanks go to all the finalists, the judges and also the sponsors of the competition: Aging2.0 Local I Halifax Chapter, BC Seniors Living Association, Bereskin & Parr LLP, CARP, IBM Canada Ltd., Impact Centre, Innovacorp, Innovation PEI, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation, Ontario Brain Institute, Spectrum Health Care, and YouAreUNLTD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Startup developing \u2018effortless\u2019 patient-transfer technology wins AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Toronto competition  Able Innovations, a Toronto startup working on an automated patient-transfer technology, has won the second competition in the three-part AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge. Jayiesh Singh, founder and CEO of Able Innovations, told judges at the livestreamed event that the company\u2019s DELTA Platform allows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[30,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ableinnovations","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/2651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sam3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}