CIONIC Receives Multiple Recognitions in Fast Company’s 2024 Innovation by Design Awards for its Digital Therapeutic Benefiting Patients with Disabilities
23 Julio 2024 - 7:42AM
Business Wire
The FDA-Cleared Cionic Neural Sleeve named the
winner of the Impact category and a finalist in the Accessible
Design category
CIONIC, the neurotech pioneer of bionic clothing, was honored in
multiple categories of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards
for 2024. The Neural Sleeve won the prestigious Impact category and
was also a finalist in Accessible Design, a testament to how the
digital therapeutic benefits individuals living with mobility
differences by allowing them to move more freely and
independently.
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The Innovation by Design Awards honor the designers and
businesses solving the most crucial problems of today and
anticipating the pressing societal issues of tomorrow. The
competition, now in its 13th year, features a range of blue-chip
companies, emerging startups, and promising young talent. It is one
of the most sought-after design awards in the industry.
"The recognition from Fast Company for both Accessible Design
and Impact is a real testament to the transformative power of
CIONIC's technology to provide meaningful, measurable benefits for
people living with disabilities ranging from multiple sclerosis and
post-stroke, to cerebral palsy and other neurological diagnoses,”
said CIONIC Founder and CEO, Jeremiah Robison. "We hear from our
customers every day about their improvements in walking stability
and endurance, as well as increased independence with the Neural
Sleeve."
“This year’s honorees show how essential creativity is to the
process of innovation,” said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of
Fast Company. “It’s inspiring to see how some of the best minds
across industries are using design to shape our world for the
better.”
The judges include renowned designers from a variety of
disciplines, business leaders from some of the most innovative
companies in the world, and Fast Company’s own writers and editors.
Entries are judged on the key ingredients of innovation:
functionality, originality, beauty, sustainability, user insight,
cultural impact, and business impact.
The Cionic Neural Sleeve is the first bionic clothing capable of
sensing, analysis, and augmentation during patient use. Designed in
partnership with acclaimed designer Yves Béhar and his
world-renowned multidisciplinary design firm, fuseproject, the
award-winning prescription device has been transforming the lives
of individuals with neurologic diagnoses like multiple sclerosis,
strokes, cerebral palsy, and spinal cord injuries since the start
of shipments in early 2023.
To learn more about CIONIC, visit cionic.com.
To learn more about Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards,
visit
https://www.fastcompany.com/91128489/cionic-innovation-by-design-2024
About CIONIC
CIONIC is a neurotech company committed to exceeding the
expectations of human capability and changing the lives of people
with mobility differences by facilitating more independent movement
through FDA-cleared bionic clothing. Motivated by his daughter's
journey with cerebral palsy, technology innovator Jeremiah Robison
founded CIONIC in 2018. The company’s lead product, the Cionic
Neural Sleeve, can analyze and augment human movement, enabling the
body to move with more freedom and control than with crutches,
walkers, or wheelchairs. The Cionic Neural Sleeve thoughtfully
combines the diagnostic power of a gait lab with the therapeutic
power of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) into a
lightweight, durable garment that can be worn anywhere and work
everywhere. For more information, please visit cionic.com.
How the Cionic Neural Sleeve Works
Backed by clinical evidence and FDA-cleared, the award-winning
Cionic Neural Sleeve analyzes, predicts, and augments an
individual’s movement. It uses a dense array of sensors to measure
the firing patterns of individual muscles and the resultant
position of the leg during movement. Algorithms running on the
sleeve analyze this data in real-time to predict intended movement
and determine optimal muscle activation patterns. The Cionic Neural
Sleeve then delivers Functional Electrical Stimulation to sequence
proper muscle firing for natural movement. It is an adaptive system
that provides real-time augmentation and adjustment of the wearer’s
movement, updating with each step. The Cionic Neural Sleeve has
been recognized in numerous global design and healthcare
competitions, including TIME Best Inventions, the Digital Health
Hub Awards, Fierce Life Sciences Innovation Awards, Fast Company
World Changing Ideas, MedTech Innovation Awards, International
Design Excellence Awards, iF DESIGN AWARD, Edison Awards, and
more.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the
vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging
the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future
of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is
published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister
publication Inc., and can be found online at
www.fastcompany.com.
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