We make personal assistive devices that help people with vision loss remain self-sufficient and live with dignity and independence.
Mission
Technical Vision Inc. is a medical equipment company specializing in the design and manufacture of quality personal assistive devices.
We turn ideas into products by working closely with rehabilitation professionals, orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists, engineers and end-users from the conceptual stage through product design, field testing and commercialization.
Technical Vision’s customers, many of who are older adults, live every day with chronic, uncorrectable eye conditions that co...
Technical Vision Inc. is a medical equipment company specializing in the design and manufacture of quality personal assistive devices.
We turn ideas into products by working closely with rehabilitation professionals, orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists, engineers and end-users from the conceptual stage through product design, field testing and commercialization.
Technical Vision’s customers, many of who are older adults, live every day with chronic, uncorrectable eye conditions that compromise personal safety and the ability to live independently.
More than 30 million people in the U.S. have uncorrectable vision loss due to chronic eye diseases including:
• Glaucoma
• Macular Degeneration
• Cataracts
• Diabetic retinopathy
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Age related night blindness
• Vision loss as a side effect of: Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, hypertension, lupus and other chronic medical conditions.
Our personal assistive devices help people with vision loss remain self-sufficient and live with dignity and independence.
My Mobile Light™ Low Vision Aid is an Aid for Daily Living for people with vision loss who need extra, high quality lighting in their walking path when traveling under conditions of low lighting to brightly illuminate obstacles that could cause injuries from tripping or falling.
My Mobile Light™ projects an intense, clear, even light beam in a wide arc around the feet and in the immediate walking area so that the user can feel more secure about traveling inside and outside of the home.
While people with poor vision may have little or no difficulty navigating in bright light, everything changes in the dark, where they may lose depth perception, ability to see edges and to judge distances or even become totally blind. One of the greatest worries for people with vision loss is personal safety – getting around safely at home and away without being injured by tripping or falling. Poor vision and poor lighting double the risk of falling.
• Fall-related injuries are the number one reason for loss of independent living for people 65 and older, and the leading cause of death in people over 70.
My Mobile Light can help people overcome social and infrastructural barriers and enable them to more easily and independently carry out everyday activities that would otherwise be difficult, dangerous, or even impossible.
My Mobile Light was designed and tested in collaboration with low vision rehabilitation therapists at a leading
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