Camanio Care is granted a patent for Bestic in the United States

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The United States Patent Office has announced that they have granted a patent for Bestics® unique functions, thus protecting Camanio Care on one of the world’s largest markets for welfare technology.

Camanio Care, a leading Swedish based company that develops high-tech IT-based solutions for healthcare, has been granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent regards the steering functions of the assistive eating device Bestic. Bestic is a robot that assists people with eating difficulties to eat independently, so that they don’t need to be fed by nursing staff or loved ones and can decide when to eat and in which pace they would like to eat.  

– Bestic is unique in many ways but it is the most important algorithm that we now have patented. Bestic is the only assistive eating device that can effectively pick up food from an ordinary, round plate that food is commonly served on. The steering algorithm is the logic that makes this possible. Other comparable products on the American market limits the user to use several small serving bowls, says Camanio Cares CEO Catharina Borgenstierna.

The United States is potentially a large market for Camanio Cares mealtime aid Bestic. According to the Population Reference Bureau, approximately 15% of the US population is over the age of 65 today and it is estimated that this number will increase to 24% by year 2060, which is more than a doubling from 46 million to 98 million people. The occurrence of malnutrition varies from 23% to 60% of the institutionalized elderly, where the need to be fed is one of the underlying causes[JD1]. The American Academy of Family Physicians estimate that in 2017, there were 3.7 million malnourished elderly in the United States. This would cause the healthcare cost to increase on average by 300%.[JD2] 

For further information, please contact:

Catharina Borgenstierna, CEO
Telephone: 0733-93 00 07
E-mail: catharina.borgenstierna@camanio.com

About Camanio Care

Camanio Care is a care tech company that develops innovative solutions for an excellent care at home with the individual in focus. Camanio Care offers digital service platforms for digital care, robotics, assistive devices and gamification, with products such as VITAL, BikeAround TM, Bestic® and Giraff TM. Through three focus areas; Activation, Mealtime and Digital care, Camanio Care wishes to support people's basic needs and increase accessibility and quality within health care. Camanio Care AB has its headquarters in Stockholm, a US subsidiary, Camanio Care Inc., as well as distributors in Asia, the Middle East, Hong Kong, Australia and in ten European countries.

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This information is information that Camanio Care is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out above, on August 7th, 2018. 


 [JD1]Källa: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396084/

 [JD2]Källa: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-b-blancato/senior-malnutrition-a-nat_b_6832238.html

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