Ready Teddy is a virtual reality tool designed to prepare kids for an MRI. Biofeedback games use motion tracking to train kids to stay still enough for a quality MRI scan. The goal is to reduce fear, anxiety, and frequency of sedation.
Hi Product Hunt!
I made my career in academia using MRI techniques to map human brain development and I lived this problem for many years. Our research team tried our best to prepare kids and their families for the upcoming MRI but all too commonly the children were too freaked out to scan or moved so much the data was unusable. It wasn't until I found out that for clinical scans all of these kids would likely be sedated that I knew I could create a better solution.
Here is how it works:
Our friendly mascot, Teddy, shows the child the sights and sounds of the MRI room.
Real audio of MRI scans habituate the child to the loud noises of the scanner.
Using the motion trackers within the VR headset we created biofeedback mini games, providing audio/visual cues when the child moves their head too much. This way we are training the child to stay still within the threshold of a quality scan.
With the ability to translate this in Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, and more, we can delivery a product that is diverse as our patient populations.
It is not enough to make it child friend. Using enterprise hardware Ready Teddy ensures the easiest implementation for clinical teams possible.
Our goal is make a VR game that trains kids to meet the demands of an MRI with bravery and preparedness.
This is truly an innovative and impactful utilization of the VR technology. As a researcher that performs MRI acquisition on a day-to-day basis, I feel the need for ReadyTeddy. congrats to the team and kudos for the hard work.
When I was a kid, the dentist would give me a gameboy to keep me still. I loved the dentist for this reason. I have memories of bomberman and not of dental work.
This sounds like a great use of VR, a way to turn a pain point into a solution worth celebrating. Wish your team success.
What a gift to children in need of an MRI. Having the opportunity to receive an MRI without sedation has been needed since its creation. Congratulations and I look forward to seeing your vision as it develops!
This product is so important for the MRI research I do as well as the clinical world of pediatrics. Thank you for such an innovative way to help our field!
Making healthcare comfortable and accessible for all is so important. Ready Teddy is an innovative solution to a really difficult problem. Amazing! So excited to see where it goes.
I've been looking forward to the launch of Ready Teddy ever since trying out the demo. It's a wonderful use of VR for clinical applications! Great work Max and team!
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