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 Both conditions affect over 200 million people worldwide and can
cause patients' hands to shake so much that everyday tasks such as
eating and drinking become difficult or impossible.
GyroGear's solution, according to Gordon McCabe, GyroGear
development manager, is to mount a gyroscope on the back of the hand
which, much like a spinning top that will always stay upright as
long as it's spinning, makes your hand stay level while the flywheel
is spinning.
"Essential tremor is quite a hidden disability. You don't see how
much it affects us, how our muscles hurt, the beating they take with
the tremor on the move all day," said 56 year old Jenny Field, a
business analyst from Towcester in England, who has Essential
tremor.
"As soon as you put GyroGlove on it puts your muscles at ease
because they are not under so much pressure... You can enjoy your
hobbies more, you could work more effectively at typing. The
GyroGlove is huge because there is not a lot out there to help us,"
said Field, who embroiders as a hobby.
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 The glove fits over the lower
part of the hand, wrist and forearm, with the
gyroscope concealed. Participants in GyroGear's
seed round include the UK Government Future Fund
and Singapore venture builder Fidelium Group
among others.
The company raised $4.3 million in Phase One of
Seed Round funding and Phase Two is scheduled to
complete at the end of the month.
(Reporting by Stuart McDill; Editing by
Alexandra Hudson)
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