Therapeutic Systems

University of Massachusetts' Innovation Challenge to hold fall MinutePitch

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...The year that Therapeutic Systems won, they gave one prize of $50,000.” Brian Mullen, creator and now CEO of Therapeutic Systems, won the $50,000 prize in 2008 with his idea for a pressure vest that provides a calming e... (Read Full Article)

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Inside Look—Startup Sees Need for Autism, Mental Illness Devices | MDDI Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry News Products and Suppliers

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...le with autism, they’re not reimbursable through Medicare or Medicaid and often aren’t covered by insurance. Therapeutic Systems, an Amherst, MA–based startup, hopes its Vayu deep-pressure therapy vest will achieve what... (Read Full Article)

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Start-up advances to money round - BostonHerald.com

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...us to reach out to doctors and other caregivers of kids with autism and bring them into the process with us.” Therapeutic Systems hopes to get Food and Drug Administration approval of its vest as the first insurance-reim... (Read Full Article)

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Raising money and scraping by - BostonHerald.com

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...urces to convert years of research into a growth business, but sustaining their personal lives. Amherst-based Therapeutic Systems — which in May launched its wearable Vayu vest that’s designed to help soothe autistic chi... (Read Full Article)

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MassChallenge finalist pumped up by autism vest

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...vention” vein. “I’ve even heard of parents using a five-pound bag of rice with a cover over it,” Mullen said. Therapeutic Systems has launched a partnership program that enables sponsors to donate Vayu vests to nonprofit... (Read Full Article)

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Theraputic Systems of Amherst designs special vest designed to sooth autistic children

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...evelopers, Brian Mullen and business partner Chris Leidel, both graduated from UMass in 2009. Their company, Therapeutic Systems, is based at the Amherst Center for Entrepreneurship at 196 Pleasant St., an incubator for... (Read Full Article)

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