Gold Sentintel Inc. announces that the company is collaborating with the University of Waterloo on the development of technology for improving the performance of their Remote Activity Monitoring and Fall Detection System, ElephasCare LTC (Long Term Care).
Utilizing custom hardware, software and AI (artificial intelligence), our non-visual sensors detect residents’ position within their rooms, monitoring motion, respiration, temperature and heart rate and automatically notifying caregivers instantly in the event of a fall or respiration, fever, or heart rate anomaly. ElephasCare LTC’s custom AI provides remote and autonomous monitoring 24/7, reducing personal contact with caregivers, promoting physical distancing, and providing early detection for falls and potentially infectious diseases where temperature, respiration or other vital sign metrics are indicative of possible infection. Early detection in all of these cases is proven to reduce harm.
Long term care is an industry in crisis. COVID-19, undetected falls, chronic understaffing and inability to monitor the most vulnerable at-risk residents have all led to record deaths in 2020 for seniors in care, in many cases from preventable causes.
The industry is desperate for tools that can help deliver a higher quality of care, improve efficiencies of front-line caregivers and be cost effective, without the requirement for unsustainable additional headcount – ElephasCare LTC provides all of these benefits to operators.
Visit our website at www.goldsentintel.com for more information on ElephasCare LTC and to see a demo of our technology.
Launch
Gold Sentintel is finalizing its prototype development in collaboration with Prof. George Shaker – the Principal Investigator from University of Waterloo – and will be ready for two live pilot studies in Q1 2021, with widespread commercialization by Q3 2021.
“The recent pandemic has forced many of our vulnerable older adults to remain in strict isolation. Our non-camera non-audio non-wearable AI-enabled radar-based sensor system helps address the immediate need for privacy-preserving devices that can help alert caregivers should an emergency happen in a bedroom or a bathroom.” - Prof. George Shaker, Director of the Wireless Sensors Lab at University of Waterloo.
The Inn of Waterloo has partnered with Gold Sentintel to provide access to facilities to support final prototype testing of ElephasCare LTC.
“The Inn of Waterloo is excited to provide accommodations to support the testing of this new product. The technology is cutting edge and we are proud to support this local company with their field testing.” - Sharon Hales, Owner and Director of Operations for The Inn of Waterloo
The Future
Gold Sentintel sees many potential applications for this technology; for seniors living independently, childcare institutions and education, workplace and industrial safety as well as automated building security.
About Gold Sentintel
Gold Sentintel is a Canadian company specializing in AI non-visual monitoring solutions. We are located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in the Toronto-Waterloo Region Tech Corridor. The Tech Corridor is a global centre of talent, growth, innovation and discovery.
Gold Sentintel was awarded a Mitacs Accelerate research grant in July of 2020 to investigate addition of vital sign detection for early detection of COVID-19 to their ElephasCare LTC solution. Gold Sentintel was awarded an OCE ENQCOR research grant in December of 2020 to investigate the addition of 5G capability to ElephasCare LTC solution.
“Everyone has a right to both live and work in a safe environment” – Greg Dalton, CEO Gold Sentintel
Contact:
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Product Inquiries: info@goldsentintel.com
About the academic partner:
The University of Waterloo is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on 404 hectares of land with close to 40,000 students. The university operates the largest post-secondary co-operative education program in the world with the most ties to Silicon Valley among any Canadian University. Maclean’s University ranking places the University as the most innovative in Canada.
The collaborative project is led by Prof. George Shaker ( gshaker@uwaterloo.ca ), the director of the Wireless Sensors and Devices Lab (www.uwaterloo.ca/wsdl ). His lab, which is located at both the University of Waterloo and Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging, has been internationally recognized for its applied research work. Dr. Shaker has many design contributions in commercial products available from startups as well as multinationals. A sample list includes: Google, COM DEV , BlackBerry, Konka, DBJ, Enice, Spark Tech Labs, China Mobile, Bionym, Lyngsoe Systems, ON Semiconductors, Ecobee, Medella Health, NERV Technologies, Novella Neurotech, Thalmic Labs (North), eleven-X, General Dynamics Land Systems, Toyota, and General Motors. More than five years ago, Prof. Shaker’s team was the only Canadian team, and among very few worldwide selected to work with Google ATAP on the Soli radar chipset, which was later introduced into the Google Pixel phones.
