Alva Health
Alva Health is a pioneering company dedicated to revolutionizing stroke care through innovative wearable neurotechnologies. Founded as a Yale University spinout, it aims to establish the standard of care in remote stroke monitoring by developing cloud-connected wearable devices that detect stroke indications in real-time, enabling timely emergency response and improving patient outcomes.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Alva Health
Dallas, TX 325 N St Paul Street, Suite 2040; New Haven, CT 157 Church Street, 19th Floor
Patents
Products
Wrist-worn neuromonitoring device for continuous stroke detection
A wrist-worn, cloud-connected wearable system designed to continuously monitor arm movement and other sensor signals to detect signatures of stroke onset in real time and enable rapid emergency response.
Wrist-worn neuromonitoring device for continuous stroke detection
A wrist-worn, cloud-connected wearable system designed to continuously monitor arm movement and other sensor signals to detect signatures of stroke onset in real time and enable rapid emergency response.
Services
Design and operation of wearable-device studies including participant enrollment, at-home sensor deployment for up to 90 days, task-based and passive data collection, time logging, and participant compensation.
Development of statistical models and machine learning pipelines for prediction and detection of event states from multimodal wearable data, and co-lead analysis of study results for publication.
Design and implementation of system architecture, back-end services, APIs, databases, and front-end applications to support wearable device connectivity and data workflows.
Design and operation of wearable-device studies including participant enrollment, at-home sensor deployment for up to 90 days, task-based and passive data collection, time logging, and participant compensation.
Development of statistical models and machine learning pipelines for prediction and detection of event states from multimodal wearable data, and co-lead analysis of study results for publication.
Design and implementation of system architecture, back-end services, APIs, databases, and front-end applications to support wearable device connectivity and data workflows.
Expertise Areas
- Remote stroke monitoring and detection
- Wearable device research and prototyping
- Machine learning for biomedical time-series
- Clinical feasibility study design and execution
Key Technologies
- Wearable inertial/motion sensors
- Multimodal sensor fusion (motion, audio, video)
- Time-series machine learning and deep learning
- Edge computing and on-device preprocessing
News & Updates
December 14, 2023, Alva Health is conducting a study to understand how wearable sensors can differentiate arm movement from stroke survivors compared to healthy volunteers. Participants will wear motion-detecting watches for up to 90 days and perform specific tasks, with compensation provided.
July 11, 2023, Alva Health was featured as part of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program.
April 18, 2023, Alva Health was highlighted among MedTech Innovator's top startups.
March 16, 2023, Alva Health participated in a forum discussing remote stroke technologies.
February 9-11, 2022, Alva Health showcased its innovations at the International Stroke Conference.
November 20, 2021, Alva Health received recognition as the top startup in medtech.
December 14, 2023, Alva Health is conducting a study to understand how wearable sensors can differentiate arm movement from stroke survivors compared to healthy volunteers. Participants will wear motion-detecting watches for up to 90 days and perform specific tasks, with compensation provided.
July 11, 2023, Alva Health was featured as part of the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator program.
April 18, 2023, Alva Health was highlighted among MedTech Innovator's top startups.
March 16, 2023, Alva Health participated in a forum discussing remote stroke technologies.
February 9-11, 2022, Alva Health showcased its innovations at the International Stroke Conference.
November 20, 2021, Alva Health received recognition as the top startup in medtech.