KTAR News- Shoe insole with GPS device helps Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism patients
BY BOB MCCLAYFEBRUARY 26, 2020 AT 4:25 AM PHOENIX — A California company says one of its products can help find lost Alzheimer’s, dementia and autism patients through a GPS tracking device in the insole in their shoes. The product is called Smartsole. “Think of it like a ‘Lojack’ meets ‘Dr. Scholls,” said Patrick Bertagna, CEO of GTX Corporation, the company that makes Smartsole. “It’s an orthotic insole, but it’s embedded with a GPS Cellular module that triangulates your position and transmits it out via cellular to the cloud.” With the GPS tracker in the insole of a patient’s shoe, loved ones and caregivers can use their computer or smart phone to track the patient’s whereabouts. Smartsole is credited with helping someone find an elderly man who had driven away in his car here in Arizona. “He literally drove until his car ran out of gas,” Bertagna said. “It was a […]