MobiHealth News April 12, 2024
The feature provides vibrotactile stimulation when a patient is experiencing freezing of gait, a common symptom of Parkinson’s disease.
Turkey-based digital health startup h2o therapeutics announced its new Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait-cuing feature, dubbed Foggy, designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients has received FDA listing as a Class II medical device and is available via prescription.
According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, freezing of gait is a symptom of Parkinson’s Disease in which a patient experiences a temporary, involuntary inability to move. Freezing may also affect a person’s speech or other parts of the body.
h2o therapeutics is a company that deploys augmented reality, AI and mobile-based digital therapeutics. The company also offers an early-detection COVID-19 smartwatch system named Covie.
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