Based on his life experiences, Jason Troutner could be forgiven for never wanting to see another orthopedic cast again. In some ways, that is the exactly choice he made. As the co-founder of innovative startup Cast21, Troutner is helping rethink the cast as we know it — courtesy of some smart algorithms and even smarter engineering.
“I have spent much of my life in casts due to birth defects, surgeries, and broken bones, so I am all too familiar with the discomforts of wearing [one],” he told Digital Trends. “After studying biomechanics in college, I decided that there had to be a way to engineer a better cast, so I started Cast21 with the help of my colleagues Ashley and Justin.”
Like the best solutions, the wearable created by Cast21 isn’t just using new materials and tech for the sake of it, though. It’s based on what they saw as the fundamental problems with current fiberglass casts.