Company Profile

RxFunction Inc (AKA: Walkasins)
Profile last edited on: 3/8/2023      CAGE: 62V99      UEI: FTLJHKYBT5V4

Business Identifier: Sensory prosthesis aiding balance
Year Founded
2010
First Award
2011
Latest Award
2020
Program Status
Active
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Location Information

7576 Market Place Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
   (612) 800-9950
   info@rxfunction.com
   www.walkasins.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 03
County: Hennepin

Public Profile

RxFunction is usefully understood as a wearable technology company in the assistive technology marketplace focused on improving physical ability for social participation and better living. The company’s first product is a wearable sensory prosthesis - designated Walkasins - designed to function as an aid to balance improvement. Anchored in patented technology developed by one of the firm's co-founders while a research professor at Boston University’s Neuromuscular Research Center - the product is designed and developed for individuals with peripheral neuropathy having balance problems. Walkasins is indicated for patients with lower limb sensory peripheral neuropathy who present with gait and balance impairments - for patients who can feel the tactile stimuli from the Haptic Module on the lower leg. IMPORTANT NOTE by RxFunction management on the firm's website: Federal law restricts this device to sale by or on the order of a physician.

Extent of SBIR involvement

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Synopsis: Awardee Business Condition

Employee Range
20-24
Revenue Range
2M-2.5M
VC funded?
Yes
Public/Private
Privately Held
Stock Info
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IP Holdings
15-19

Awards Distribution by Agency

Most Recent SBIR Projects

Key People / Management

  Dan Leach -- Co-Founder, Board Secretary,

  Thomas Morizio -- CEO & Director

  Mary Anderson -- Chief Executive Officer

  Joseph Leach -- Founder

  Daniel Nilsson -- Program Manager, Engineering

  Lars Oddsson -- Co-founder and CTO