(COLUMBIA, MO) – Healium, the world leader in immersive biofeedback solutions, is proud to announce sole source contract status with the US military. Healium is already healing at VA hospitals across the country using its award-winning virtual and augmented reality experiences. The successful execution of this most recent US Air Force contract expands its products for PTSD, anxiety, and sleep to the nation’s 300,000 US Airmen.
Healium’s mental fitness training and patented technology bring biometric data to life inside virtual, augmented, or mixed reality stories so the user can see and interact with their own EEG brain patterns, heart rate, skin conductance, blood pressure, or other biomarkers. Healium immersive products, including Sleepium, are used worldwide by frontline healthcare workers, elite athletes, students, and the US military to self-manage anxiety, burnout, and downshift the nervous system before sleep or stressful events. In 9 peer-reviewed journals, Healium has been shown to have clinical benefit in as little as 4 minutes. In a recently wrapped Mayo Clinic clinical trial, Healium showed significant reductions in state-trait anxiety in patients waiting for cardiac surgery.
Prior to this sole-source contract, Healium was selected by AFWERX for SBIRs to address the most pressing challenges in the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The Air Force Research Laboratory and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) process by accelerating the small business experience through faster proposal to award timelines, changing the pool of potential applicants by expanding opportunities to small business and eliminating bureaucratic overhead by continually implementing process improvement changes in contract execution. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018 which expanded the range of innovations the DAF funded and now, Healium has started its journey to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the national defense of the United States of America.
Each year, 800,000 people worldwide take their own lives. Anxiety is the cause of 60% of all illnesses and diseases, up to 50% of insomnia cases, and up to 90% of doctor visits.
“We’re delighted to empower more members of the US military and VA hospitals with Healium’s mental health solutions that are uniquely powered by quantitative data from the user’s own body”, says Sarah Hill, CEO of Healium, who founded the company after covering decades of trauma as a TV news reporter. “Of all of the dashboards Airmen monitor, Healium is a way for them to train their mental resilience with their own biometric EEG brainwave or heart rate data.”
About Healium
Healium is a media channel and patented technology that connects bio-data from consumer wearables to modify and recommend objects. Its products for anxiety and sleep allow users to learn to self-regulate their stress by giving them the ability to SEE their own EEG brain patterns or heart rate in real-time. In 9 peer-reviewed journals, Healium has been shown to significantly reduce anxiety and improve mood in as little as four minutes.
About AFRL
The Air Force Research Laboratory is the primary scientific research and development center for the Department of the Air Force. AFRL plays an integral role in leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable warfighting technologies for our air, space and cyberspace force. With a workforce of more than 12,500 across nine technology areas and 40 other operations across the globe, AFRL provides a diverse portfolio of science and technology ranging from fundamental to advanced research and technology development. For more information, visit afresearchlab.com.
About AFWERX
As the innovation arm of the DAF and a directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory, AFWERX brings cutting-edge American ingenuity from small businesses and start-ups to address the most pressing challenges of the DAF. AFWERX employs approximately 370 military, civilian and contractor personnel at four hubs and sites executing an annual $1.4 billion budget. Since 2019, AFWERX has awarded over 10,400 contracts worth more than $7.24 billion to strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and drive faster technology transition to operational capability. For more information, visit: afwerx.com.
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