Arthritis Society awards $200,000 in first-ever Arthritis Ideator Awards

ORIGINAL ARTICLE, financialpost.com, April 22, 2022From l-r Michelle Laflamme and Alex Fuentes of KneeKG, Matthew Rosato of PROVA Innovations, Lianna Genovese of Guided Hands and Linda Li of OPERAS.

From l-r Michelle Laflamme and Alex Fuentes of KneeKG, Matthew Rosato of PROVA Innovations, Lianna Genovese of Guided Hands and Linda Li of OPERAS. GNW

TORONTO, April 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Four Canadian innovators received prestigious and valuable awards from the Arthritis Society last night to bring to life their solutions for fighting the fire of arthritis.

At the inaugural Arthritis Ideator Awards event, OPERAS received the Olga Munari Arthritis Ideator Award, and KneeKG and PROVA Innovations each received an Arthritis Ideator Award. They were selected by the panel of judges to each receive a $50,000 grant to help grow their ventures. Guided Hands was chosen as the People’s Choice Award winner based on the results of cross-Canada voting. The four winners were selected from among eight finalists who presented their innovations to the judges at the event held at MaRS in Toronto.

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