Suddenly you discover your three-year-old child cannot keep balance, cannot walk or climb steps, their muscles contract uncontrollably. And you become a “patient’s parent”. What can you do?

Faizan let us into the intimate world of parenting a child with a rare condition, the strength, and happiness that turned into a startup.

You’ll hear about

• custom-made ultra-light orthopedic devices
• 3D scanning
• AI technology
• digital twins
• the use of digital customer data for, in the future, predictive fitting
• orthopedic braces
• robotic actuators
• hyperreflexia
• meeting the right people at the right time
• and also, about what can you learn from creating an orthopedic prosthetic device for a dog, a Dalmatian to be precise.

Faizan Mohammed a co-founder of LEG&AIRY. An entrepreneur trained in machine automation with an eye for innovation. You may meet him at the Zurich airport while his son speeds there on his wheelchair.

LEGandAIRY is a Swiss startup that uses 3D scanning and AI to manufacture custom made ultra-light orthopedic devices such as braces, cervical collars, cranial orthoses. With the aim to mobilise children with motor difficulties.

Reach out to them via https://legandairy.com

Timestamps:
0:00 Faizan S. Mohammed and LEG&AIRY
2:36 What does LEG&AIRY mean
4:59 A Family Faced with Child's Neurological Disease
15:41 Custom Orthopedic Braces: Traditional and Digital
18:47 Creating Custom Orthopedic Braces and Prosthetics
21:17 Meeting a Co-Founder
26:14 Creating Orthopedic Devices with Digital Twins
31:26 Startup's Vision: from a Speck of Hope to Leader of Orthopedic Braces
37:55 Advancing Robotic Technology in Medical Devices
44:52 Customer-centricity, WhatsApp, and Multilingualism
48:14 Expanding and Unlocking Scale with AI, Smartphones, Flagship Centers
59:26 Follow LEG&AIRY, follow X-Health.show, Disclaimer

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