Hocoma’s Valedo, a novel medical device and gaming platform built to assist patients with back pain in achieving sustained back health, has been named a 2015 CES Innovation Awards Honoree in the wearable technologies category. A news release issued by Hocoma states that the CES Innovation Awards, sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), is an annual competition intended to honor outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products.
Valedo is a wearable medical device designed to address low back pain, integrating physical sensors with software built to be sophisticated and intuitive in order to motivate and guide users through interactive exercises. Valedo is intended to help users enhance movement awareness for increased stability and balance, restore motion to vertebral joints, and redevelop deep muscles for enhanced strength.
Frank Menzler, executive vice president of Hocoma in the US, notes, “We are honored to be recognized by the CEA with this prestigious award and recognized alongside some of the most innovative new consumer technologies hitting the market.”
Valedo is intended to accommodate consumers seeking a way to continue the benefits of professional physical therapy at home. The product provides 17 movements incorporated into 45 therapeutic and medically beneficial exercises that can done at home or on the go. According to the release, Valedo is listed with the US Food and Drug Administration, and will be available for purchase later this year. For more information, visit www.valedotherapy.com
Valedo will be displayed at the 2015 International CES January 6 to 9 in Las Vegas. Honorees will also be displayed at CES Unveiled New York on November 11 and CES Unveiled Las Vegas on January 4.
[Source: Hocoma]
