WATERLOO, Canada — Veta, an anaphylaxis and food allergy support system for individuals and their families, has been named a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree.
“Being recognized by the CES Innovation Awards is extremely rewarding, knowing that our efforts to improve the lives of those dealing with life-threatening allergies is valued,” said Alex Leyn, President and CEO of Aterica. “We believe Veta will be a game changer for the millions of adults and children affected by severe allergies and anaphylaxis across the globe. Our mission at Aterica is to provide those individuals and families the technology they need to live safer, easier and happier lives.”
Veta system includes a smart case, which replaces the stock epinephrine auto-injector case (initially supporting the EpiPen brand of auto-injectors) and a mobile app, running on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Android mobile devices.
Veta features include:
- Electronics and sensors that integrate with a cloud-enabled mobile app infrastructure.
- Support Circles (both private and extended) allow individuals and families to stay connected to support someone living with anaphylaxis.
- Ability to locate a misplaced auto-injector and receive alerts when the auto-injector and its user are separated.
- Ability to monitor temperature and expiration dates that could affect integrity of epinephrine inside the auto-injector.
- When the auto-injector is removed from the Veta smart case, signaling a possible serious anaphylactic reaction, Veta shares information about the user’s location and broadcasts an Auto-Injector Removal alert to the user’s private support circle.
“The CES Innovation Award is particularly gratifying because it recognizes the tenacious efforts of our engineering and design teams to deliver a rich system experience in something that is so accessible,” said Mike Fisher, VP Marketing and Business Development at Aterica. Aterica’s team of designers describe Veta’s new design as "… a design that fits into its user’s daily life and simplifies anaphylaxis vigilance through automatic monitoring and connectivity. Veta’s sophistication is concealed in its simplicity.”
The CES Innovation Awards are sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association , the producer of CES 2016. All of the CES 2016 Innovation Honoree products are featured on CESweb.org/Innovation.