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Assistive footwear

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Quikiks is the first assistive footwear to enable people with physical or cognitive challenges to don and doff their shoes totally hands-free.

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AllABCTELabNYCThe Next MilestoneWCBA

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AllWomen Founded

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AllAlbert Einstein College of MedicineCity College of New YorkCity University of New YorkCold Spring Harbor LaboratoryColumbia UniversityConnecticut Children'sCornell UniversityFairfield UniversityHospital for Special SurgeryIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC)Mount SinaiNew York Institute of TechnologyNew York Medical CollegeNew York UniversityNew York University Medical CenterNY Genome CenterPolytechnic Institute of New York UniversityQuinnipiac UniversityRockefeller UniversityState University of New York DownstateStevens Institute of TechnologySUNYUniversity of ConnecticutWeill Cornell Medical CollegeWright State UniversityYale University

Technology

AllBioinformatics ToolChemical SensorsDiagnosticDigital Health TechnologyDx and RxFunctional Food and DrinksHealthcare ServicesImaging MaterialsImmunotherapyIT SystemsMedical DeviceNutraceuticalPharmaceutical DrugPlatform Technology for Rapid DevelopmentResearch ToolTherapeuticTransplantationVaccinesWearable Assistive Technology

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AllAllergy/AsthmaAssistive footwearAutoimmune & InflammationBasic ResearchBiologicBiomaterialsBotanical Treatment for Keloid DisorderCardiovascular DiseaseCentral Nervous System DisordersClinical ResearchClinical TrialsDelivery MethodDentistryDermatologyDevelopmental DisordersDisease SurveillanceDisordersDrug CompositionDrug DiscoveryEducationFibrosisGenetics & GenomicsHardware/SoftwareHealthcare ManagementHematologyImmunotherapyInfectious DiseaseMaternal healthMedical ImagingMetabolic DiseaseMobile Health IT PlatformMolecular DiagnosticMusculoskeletal DisordersNanotechnologyNephrologyNeurodegenerative DiseaseNeurologyNew method of sequencing mitochondrial DNANutritionObesityOccupational TherapyOncologyOrphan DiseasesOrthopaedicsPain ManagementPediatric HealthPersonalized MedicinePharmacoeconomicsPhysical TherapyPlatform TechnologyProduction ProcessRegenerative MedicineResearch toolsRespiratory DiseaseSmall molecular inhibitors of Rel/NF-kBSurgical ToolTransplantationTwo-way text message based patient engagement, medical therapy management and care coordination platform (enterprise level)VaccineWomen’s health

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