EyeTech Digital Systems - Best Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning Solution

Company: EyeTech Digital Systems, Mesa, AZ
Entry Submitted By: Agency Ten22
Company Description: EyeTech brings 20+ years of health AI expertise to its revolutionary, tunable eye-tracking technology and communication platforms. Distributed across over 35 countries, the EyeTech product suite continues to advance the fields of neurology, ophthalmology, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), education, and medical and consumer research with unrivaled eye data intelligence.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Business Technology
Nomination Sub Category: Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning Solution

Nomination Title: EyeTech's EyeOn device

Released January 30, 2020

EyeTech's EyeOn device empowers users to communicate and improve their quality of lifehands-free, usingthe power of their eyes. EyeTech's mission is to deliver robust, cost-effective, and reliable products that give a voice to impaired, nonverbal patients with conditions such as cerebral palsy, autism, ALS, muscular dystrophy, stroke, traumatic brain and spinal cord injuries, and Rett syndrome. To date, EyeTech has helped over 10,000 individuals worldwide regain their voice and independence.

The EyeOn platform combines next-generation eye-tracking technology with the power of a portable, lightweight tablet, making it the fastest, most accurate device for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). User-driven calibration helps the device learn how to better serve each user by using artificial intelligence (AI) to modify and adjust thesystem to better fit individual needs. EyeTech’s proprietary software comes standard with every EyeOn tablet. Dynamic, AI-enabled, user-driven calibration features overcome challenges associated with head movements in conditions such as cerebral palsy. Through the use of two infrared light sensors and a single camera, EyeTech's eye-tracking solution is capable of capturing almost pixel perfect eye-gaze accuracy.

Designed with applications to enabledaily activity, EyeOn gives individuals the ability to communicate, control their environments, search the web, learn, and work independently. The platform employs cloud authoritative design, which means EyeTech can quickly build and deploy enhancements to firmware and software directly to users’ devices. The technology includes an editor that enables easy communication for any literacy level; a control module that allows visual control of things like the television, lights, or a remote; a web browser; and functionality to control Microsoft Windows. EyeOn is a durable, lightweight device with the power of a PCwith precision eye-tracking built in, 10-hour battery life, wireless connectivity, day and night vision, and high-quality sound. The product is FDA registered and HIPAA compliant. Users receive a safe, effective, and secure device that adheres to regulatory standards. Because EyeOn is an FDA-registered AAC device, it is covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance plans across the nation.

EyeTech’s EyeOn device brings greater equity and improved quality of life to nonverbal individuals. The EyeOn tablet removes common obstacles to independent and reliable communication for physically impaired individuals. The device enables users to effortlessly communicate in a way that would otherwise be unattainable and in a manner which is ideal for those who want more freedom, independence, and a richer life experience.

EyeOn users report greater independence and elation with the ability to engage with the world around them. Customers appreciate the availability of Success Coaches who are assigned to each EyeOn user to support device set-up and support throughout the lifetime of the product. Family caregivers likewise report high rates of satisfaction with the product’s ability to facilitate communication with nonverbal loved ones.

To date, the EyeTech platform has enabled over 10,000 individuals to regain independence through precision eye-tracking technology. End-user Howard Bell shares how his EyeTech device has positively impacted his quality of life here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPH_6fEbe3U.

As Howard’s sister and caregiver Dee Bell puts it, “There’s a miracle in going from, ‘I need you to write this letter for me,’ or, ‘Can you come do this for me?’ to now, where my brother actually has a way to email or talk to me on his own. That gave him so much more independence, so much more that other people might take for granted. It was awesome to see him say, ‘You know what? I don’t need you to come in here.’ He’s actually doing it for himself and it’s amazing to watch.”

One ALS patient sent an email of gratitude stating, “Thank you for the device, it has made life worth living.” EyeTech has received variations of that note from many individuals over the years and it always serves as a stark reminder of the sense of engagement and belonging that EyeOn devices bring to people. Additional written and video testimonials from EyeOn end users can be found at https://www.facebook.com/eyetechds/?ref=page_internal.

URLs associated with this submission are included to highlight customer and caregiver testimonials, product feature demonstrations, our Founder's Story, and product insight on additional use cases in healthcare, including communicaiton support for intubated COVID-19 patients.