Toronto company building the ALTA Platform with SmartMoov, a robotic patient-transfer device with AI-based collision avoidance and patient-presence detection that lets one caregiver move immobile patients.
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Toronto company building the ALTA Platform with SmartMoov, a robotic patient-transfer device with AI-based collision avoidance and patient-presence detection that lets one caregiver move immobile patients.
Federal corporation 1065194-0 (Able Innovations Inc.), status Active, registered office in Toronto, Ontario since incorporation on 2018-02-26. ised-isde.canada.ca
Raised $7.5M CAD total by May 2022 — a $2M seed (Dec 2020), a $2.5M seed extension (March 2022) led by NorthSpring Capital Partners, and $3M in grants/non-dilutive funding. betakit.com
FedDev Ontario contributed $797,031 in January 2023 to acquire advanced manufacturing equipment, obtain regulatory approvals and enhance add-on features. betakit.com
The ALTA Platform's first U.S. hospital implementation was announced at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, a 400-bed Level-I trauma centre, in March 2026. ableinnovations.com
Sold the device to Bruyère, an Ottawa geriatric and rehabilitation hospital, in a deal reported March 2023; development was supported by Bruyère researchers and AGE-WELL. betakit.com
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Robotic patient transfer
Company describes a motorized platform that lets a single caregiver transfer immobile patients between beds, stretchers and imaging tables at the push of a button, using patient-presence detection and AI-based collision avoidance.
Learn moreAnnounced rounds only, newest first. Undisclosed amounts are shown as undisclosed.
Mar 1, 2022
Investors: NorthSpring Capital Partners, Ontario Centre of Innovation's Market Readiness Fund, Dr. Gaurav Puri, Dr. Andrew Vellathottam
Dec 1, 2020
Investors: University of Waterloo's Velocity Health Tech Fund
Publicly announced partnerships.
Canada's aging-technology research network provided financial backing supporting development of the ALTA Platform, alongside Bruyère hospital researchers.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
FedDev Ontario — Advanced manufacturing equipment and regulatory approval for the ALTA Platform
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada — procurement contract
Able Innovations announced the first U.S. hospital implementation of its ALTA Platform at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, part of the 14-hospital Beth Israel Lahey Health system.
Mission Memorial Hospital in British Columbia adopted Able Innovations' robotic patient-transfer platform.
Bruyère, an Ottawa geriatric and rehabilitation hospital, procured Able Innovations' robotic patient-transfer devices, developed with Bruyère researchers and Age-Well backing.
FedDev Ontario contributed $797,031 to Able Innovations to acquire advanced manufacturing equipment, obtain regulatory approvals and enhance the ALTA Platform's add-on features.
Sourced from the company's own pages or announcements.
Jay Singh
Co-Founder
Phil Chang
Co-Founder
Terms the company uses about its own work.
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