Tag: the-29-year-old

  • Connected liner keeps pressure sores at bay

    French start-up Gaspard has developed a connected intelligent liner pad, which uses a system of sensors to help prevent pressure sores for wheelchair users, people of reduced mobility or patients hospitalized for long periods of time. Morgan Lavaux, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who developed this innovative product, was himself the victim of an accident that left…

  • Connected liner keeps pressure sores at bay

    French start-up Gaspard has developed a connected intelligent liner pad, which uses a system of sensors to help prevent pressure sores for wheelchair users, people of reduced mobility or patients hospitalized for long periods of time. Morgan Lavaux, the 29-year-old entrepreneur who developed this innovative product, was himself the victim of an accident that left…

  • Rugby-Australia’s Leali’ifano to have bone marrow transplant

    Wallabies back Christian Leali’ifano is to undergo a bone marrow transplant next month, with his younger sister the donor, as he continues to battle against leukaemia. Leali’ifano, who can play either flyhalf or inside centre, said on Friday he had already had two bouts of chemotherapy which had put the disease into remission and the…