Fishers startup launches mobile compression device
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Fishers-based startup says its medical device is ready for prime time. Recovery Force Health commercially launched The MAC System last month at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition in Houston. The device, which received FDA clearance last year, provides intermittent compressions on the legs of hospital patients to prevent clots, while giving caregivers real-time mobility data.
In an interview with Business of Health Reporter Kylie Veleta, Recovery Force President Jason Bobay says innovation in therapeutic compression was long overdue.
“The MAC System is a portable, non-pneumatic device that doesn’t have cords or tubes, like the standard of care does and allows the patient to get up and move and outside the hospital,” Bobay said. “Those other devices have been around for 30-40 years with no innovation. So they were designed for bed rest, where ours was built for mobility.”
Bobay says the goal of the device is to change the standard for hospital patients, who spend about 95% of their day in bed.
“We give them the squeeze, the compression when they need it, when they are bed bound and can’t get out of bed. And then when they are able to get out of bed, we’re able to get them up a lot easier because our device tracks similar to a Fitbit but for a healthcare patient so [it] allows them to get up and get around a lot easier.”
The device has a display that provides mobility data such as a step counter that caregivers can see in real-time.
Bobay says Recovery Force had been alpha and beta testing the device over the last year, which allowed the company to optimize it and get it ready for commercial launch.
He says the unveiling at the conference in Houston was a great opportunity to put a spotlight on the device and the Recovery Force brand.
“[We] had a phenomenal showing, tons of leads that we got out of it. And a lot of nurses trained on the device and really seeing what it’s all about because nobody knows who we are,” he said.
The company has been partnering with local hospital systems with IU Health completing a study with the device that will publish in the near term and Community Health Network planning to bring the device on board next month.
Bobay says the Recovery Force team has grown by over 50% and he expects further growth. He adds manufacturing of the device is also local with operations in Fishers and Fortville.
He adds anyone who is going to be in a hospital bed long-term will be a candidate for the device.