A team of four people work on both Hamztec and Sentry Medical Technologies, sister medical device start-ups based in Ann Arbor that are developing technology that helps correct subconscious behavior.
"We try to do things that are preventative, not curative," says David Perlman, co-founder of
Hamztec and Sentry Medical Technologies. "We try to intervene when bad things happen."
Hamztec is developing a device to help monitor and combat chronic hair pulling by knowing where the patient's hand is in relation to their head at all times. When the patient subconsciously goes to pull their hair, the device sounds an alarm and logs the action.
"It gives them an opportunity to make a choice instead of doing it unconsciously," Perlman says. The 9-year-old
National Institute of Health-funded start-up is preparing to begin clinical trails this spring, which should take the rest of the year to conduct.
Perlman co-founded Sentry Medical Technologies (and Hamztec) with Joseph Himle. Sentry Medical Technologies is commercializing technology for monitoring, awareness and data logging for patient behavior action. It recently received a loan from
Michigan Microloan Fund, which it plans to use to make the start-ups next prototype.
The team of four that works on these two start-ups is looking at add another two people to its team to help it further development of both technologies.
Source: David Perlman, co-founder of Hamztec and Sentry Medical Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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