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AfterSteps is an online end-of-life planning platform. It enables customers to create a plan, store it, and transfer it to designated beneficiaries. This provides users peace of mind and control, and reduces the stress and expenses for surviving loved ones.

Clear Ear is a cost-effective impacted ear wax removal technology platform for underserved global elderly population. Over 55% of the hearing aid users and seniors suffer from this condition and its clinical sequelae. Even in developed countries, syringing - the most commonly performed procedure (14 million procedures in the U.S. alone in 2010) - leads to 38% complication rate.

MEMStim is a fables semiconductor company that designs and sells electrode leads to medical device companies for use in neurostimulators. Our patented technology enables medical device companies to eliminate costly manual assembly processes while creating the next generation of neurological therapies.

For millions of baby boomers, severe dry eye disease is a cripplingly painful disease that threatens vision with no effective treatments in a $2 billion market. Oculeve's REVIVE is a therapy developed at Stanford University that restores natural tear production.

OMyMeds will be the "Mint.com" of medication reconciliation. By aggregating medication prescriptions automatically from pharmacy and insurance websites, coupled with patient interviews, the service will generate an updated, accurate medication list, with pill images, in an easy to understand format.

Pontus Medical is dedicated to improving the lives of heart failure patients by preventing rehospitalizations. Heart failure is the number one cause for hospitalization in adults over the age of 65. Our low-cost solution consists of wearable patches that predict exacerbation in these patients by non-invasively monitoring their fluid status and providing actionable information.

Quipu, biomedical company with patent technology from the Italian National Research Council, develops non-invasive systems for early and accurate diagnosis of cardiovascular risk.

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Cadence Biomedical is developing a new class of kinetic orthotic products based on proprietary technologies that provide therapeutic rehabilitation for people who otherwise would require wheelchairs for mobility, enabling them to walk independently and achieve an enhanced quality of life.

"Bringing families together through technology." Entrée provides seniors with access to an easy-to-use Internet interface which will enhance their quality of life through connectivity. Entrée serves as a hub linking seniors to existing web-based services.

500,000,000 people around the world can't use a Smartphone because it is simply not accessible for them. Personal Spokesman application is the new generation of text to speech for mobile. Personal spokesman reads and enlarges any text which appears on the Smartphone screen, in every language, with a natural human voice.

Fall Stop...MOVE STRONG is a joyful dance and education based program with a proven track record of keeping older adults active and safe at home and in their communities. The program, developed by a professional dancer/fitness expert and an occupational therapist, reduces injuries, increases confidence and vitality, lowers health costs, and maintains independence and quality of life.

Golden health guide is a review website for home medical products helping seniors and their families make more confident and more informed purchasing decisions.

myDen(TM) provides seamless integration of network and streaming broadband content delivered to the television, for seniors and others. The cloud based, cross platform solution is backed with customer service, and becomes the central portal for affordable and unobtrusive aging in place technologies in the home. myDen is developed by Flipper LLC, manufacturer of Flipper Remote Control.

Products for the mobility-impaired that have the look-and-feel of the brands affluent seniors have grown to love. SmithWorks™ designs and distributes aesthetically-pleasing and customizable mobility-enhancing gear that fits the way affluent seniors already accessorize their lifestyles.

Surprisingly Vegan is a packaged foods company that will provide vegan and gluten-free products to the natural foods market. Its flagship product, a just-add-water whole-grain waffle mix will be available online and in select retailers later this year.