SE Valley Times

EyeTech, which is a global leader in Health AI, recently launched the EyeOn self-calibrating augmented and alternative communication (AAC) device and now the company is using its software to help combat the coronavirus.

Robert Chappell, who is the EyeTech CEO, said the entire team jumped into action to modify the software with the coronavirus in mind. The EyeTech team created the EyeOn LifeLine, so COVID-19 patients can communicate directly with health professionals. The EyeTech system enables the patient to communicate while a ventilator tube is inserted.

“As a long-time eye-gaze user with hand disabilities, I was devastated to see doctors and nurses not being able to communicate with ICU patients under a ventilator,” Chappell said, according to Tucson.com. “If we can save one life, it will be a huge contribution. I just wish we had enough units to serve all the ICUs around the country. We are also donating $500 per unit to the American Nurses Foundation to express our heartfelt support to those fighting this pandemic on the frontlines."