Founded by mother-daughter team Heather and Hannah, Pittsburgh-based Hannahtopia makes its signature NillyNoggin EEG Caps for children and adults undergoing epilepsy testing. Shaped by Hannah’s lifelong experience with severe epilepsy and frequent EEGs, the colorful, washable caps are designed to make the procedure feel less stressful while covering the wires and leads. Hannahtopia manufactures the caps in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and makes them in the USA.
Precision Neuroscopics, IncBorn from a Carnegie Mellon University research effort in 2015, Pittsburgh-based Precision Neuroscopics develops EEG technologies for brain monitoring and diagnosis. Its work is especially distinctive for Sevo, an EEG adapter designed for coarse and curly hair, alongside algorithms that detect otherwise hidden electrical changes after brain injury. The company’s team brings together neuroscientists, physicians, engineers, and entrepreneurs around its goal of making EEG more accessible.334510PITTSBURGH, PA
PatternGeeksPatternGeeks is developing a brain-machine interface for people with epilepsy: an EEG-based neurological monitoring device that uses artificial intelligence to predict and detect seizures. Founded by CEO Marsha Meytlis and CTO Maksim Kalashnikov, the company brings a focused startup team to a difficult clinical problem.
AcousticSheep LLCFrom a kitchen-table invention by Erie husband-and-wife founders Wei-Shin Lai, MD, and Jason Wolfe, AcousticSheep makes comfortable headphones built into headbands for sleeping and exercise. Founded in 2007, the company manufactures and sells its SleepPhones and RunPhones brands from Erie, where Lai and Wolfe still own and run the business with a 30-person team serving customers around the world. Its patented designs have earned multiple Consumer Electronics Show Innovation Awards, including for SleepPhones Wireless and RunPhones Wireless.ERIE, PA
Ben Guard Health IncBen Guard Health makes FDA-approved medical wearables that protect pediatric patients with central lines and other treatment tubing. The company’s products grew from Benjamin’s six-year battle with brain cancer, during which his central line was pulled out, infected, and replaced more than 20 times. Women-owned and made in the USA, Ben Guard says its patented wearables have been clinically proven and validated by leading children’s hospitals.LOVELAND, OH