A UK startup has developed a glove with a built-in spinning gyroscope that it says can help people with Parkinson's disease and Essential tremor (ET) overcome their often debilitating tremors and regain control of their hands. 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.
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The glove fits over the lower part of the hand, wrist and forearm, with the gyroscope concealed. 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 the hand stay level while the flywheel is spinning.
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.
