How a wrist-worn device treats essential tremors

Cala Health co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Kate Rosenbluth [Photo courtesy of Cala Health]

Cala Health co-founder Kate Rosenbluth developed a solution for essential tremors, a debilitating disorder that can make it difficult to perform daily tasks like drinking from a glass or writing checks.

A neuroscientist and engineer by training, Cala Health co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Kate Rosenbluth saw the necessity for an easy treatment option for essential tremors while doing her biodesign fellowship at Stanford University.

She was performing observations at Stanford Hospital and clinics for several months, following neurosurgeons, neurologists, practitioners and any nurse that was willing to allow her to observe unmet needs in medicine. That’s when she noticed an opportunity to help patients in the field of essential tremor and hand tremor.

Essential tremor is a nervous system d…

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