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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Project Olympus PROBE AbiliLife's Innovative Medical Device Aims to Improve Quality of Life for Parkinson's Patients

Courtney Williamson, PhD candidate at Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø and founder of AbiliLife, is making important strides by working to develop an assistive brace for people with Parkinson's disease. Having gone through six prototypes to create a brace that she describes as a "light weight and breathable" vest, which aims to be as easy as putting on a T-shirt, Courtney and her team are working to launch their first product in April. The AbiliLife venture is a Project Olympus PROBE and an NSF I-Corps Site Team, and is in the current class at AlphaLab Gear...

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January 6, 2015- Essential Pittsburgh

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