During major orthopaedic surgery, patients have an entire joint cut out of their body and replaced. In our healthcare system, those patients receive a few sheets of paper with instructions for rehabilitation on their own. It comes as no surprise then that 80% of patients do not complete the necessary rehabilitation and physiotherapy. This leads to significant long-term health consequences and thus the additional cost to the health care system. Curovate provides every patient with daily customized rehabilitation and physiotherapy exercises prior to and 6 months after major orthopaedic surgery on their mobile device. This makes rehabilitation cheaper, more convenient and will ultimately improve patient satisfaction and patient health outcomes. Curovate has already deployed apps for total knee replacement, total hip replacement and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rehabilitation in both App Stores. Curovate's existing platform allows us to scale by deploying a mobile app for every major orthopaedic surgery, potentially reaching 6.6 million patients annually in the US alone.
Watch Curovate's elevator pitch and poster over at www.synapselifescience.com/competition
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Google Hangouts link for video conferencing with Nirtal Shah, CEO of Curovate - March 25th 4pm-6pm EST
https://hangouts.google.com/call/mhsFQSxuV3F56qiubHKgAEEE?no_rd
Please feel free to email me prior to the Synapse showcase to schedule a specific time to meet via video conference. I can be reached at meetcura@gmail.com and I will be on Google Hangout tomorrow from 4pm-6pm at the link provided above.
Congratulations Curovate on making it through the Synapse Competition! We're all impressed by the commitment and effort that you've put in over the last few months to get to this stage. We hope that participating in the Competition was a valuable experience for you - and remember, there are still lots of ways that Innovation Factory, the Synapse Consortium and the rest of the Hamilton ecosystem can provide support!
Thanks Alex. Your assistance has been very helpful!
Hi, great product. I've used similar apps to help recover from back pain. I imagine there is strong competition in the app store for this kind of product. How will you differentiate and gain customers?
Hi Richard, I'm curious o know what app you used for low back pain? Currently there is no app on either Apple App Store or the Google Play store that offers direct to consumer (patient) rehabilitation following a knee replacement, hip replacement or ACL reconstruction. Many apps that are available are check in apps or are for the short duration of time after surgery (1015 days) and do not provide 6 months of rehabilitation via an app. I'm happy to discuss further.
Hi, I was using https://www.phyxable.com/ last year - Now they describe themselves as "One-on-one Video Consultation Online with Canada’s Best Physiotherapist and Chiropractors". Last year it was a self service web app that I used, but it looks they have pivoted since I used it. I see - there are no direct competitors for you (6 month rehabilitation for knee replacement, hip replacement or ACL reconstruction.) I also see there are several apps for general physiotherapy on the Apple store. They are not targeting exactly the same thing as you, so it's good to see you have a plan for helping to drive traffic to your app and solution. Wishing your product the best of luck of course.
@Richard Brownsdon Thanks Richard! I will look into phyxable. The other thing I should mention is that many of the apps that are available are for therapists and health care providers - allowing them to prescribe exercises - the app itself is just a medium for exercise prescription. In our case the 6 months of rehabilitation is the main feature of what we are doing through the app.
Currently we are engaged in organic social media engagement, working with a few clinics to recommend our app and we are going to start digital marketing in April.
Live at this link now and happy to chat: https://hangouts.google.com/u/1/call/8q2ei5zDxab6zRWa4xdPAEEE?no_rd
Just watching your poster presentation. Looks good. I jumped on the Google Hangouts but it was you watching my opening remarks :)
Sorry David. I'm available now.
How do you measure things like hip and knee range of motion?
Hi Katrina we use the sensors inside a smartphone. I am happy to demo if you would like to join my Google Hangout link above
@Nirtal Shah - Curovate Sure, would love to
@Katrina Cordovado great here's the link: https://hangouts.google.com/u/1/call/8q2ei5zDxab6zRWa4xdPAEEE?no_rd