home-rehabilitation
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Kinex Medical and the business of getting better at home
A knee machine, a cellular tablet, and a knock at the door: Kinex makes home rehabilitation a coordinated service. Its story also shows why the paperwork deserves as much attention as the hardware.
ATDev
ATDev (Assistive Technology Development, Inc.) is a UC Berkeley spinout building an ecosystem of robotic devices that help people stay independent. Its flagship product, Reflex, is a smart, under-5-pound robotic knee brace that delivers personalized, telehealth-enabled physical therapy at home and streams progress data back to clinicians. Founded by engineer Todd Roberts and disability-rights advocate Owen Kent, the company designs 'for users, by users' and is scaling after a $3M seed round while also serving as a subcontractor on a $41M ARPA-H robotic mobility program.