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LAS VEGAS (AP) The past year has been tough for startups around the world, but running a business in Ukraine during the Russian invasion comes with an entirely different set of challenges.
Clinical psychologist Ivan Osadchyy brought his medical device, called Knopka, to this year’s CES in Las Vegas in hopes of bringing it to US hospitals.
His is one of a dozen government-backed Ukrainian startups who are at CES this year to showcase their technology to the world.
Two of our hospitals that we have operated previously are already in ruins and one is still busy. So that’s the biggest challenge, Osadchyy said.
The second challenge is for manufacturing and our team because they are bombing our electrical system and people are hard to work with with no lights, no heat in their apartments, he said.
He invented the device after spending a year with his grandmother in the hospital and discovering that he had to track down nurses when he needed something.
The system works by alerting nurses when a patient has an abnormal heart rate, needs treatment, or needs help. The nurse cannot turn the button off until she has fixed the problem.
We are still working and operating because hospitals are open and we need to support them and provide efficiency and safety for patients as well, he said.
Karina Kudriavtseva of the government-backed Ukrainian Startup Fund says that, like Knopka, all of the country’s startups have moved on since Russia’s invasion nearly a year ago.
Times have changed, their conditions have changed, but it can only make them stronger because all the startups are working to save the company, save the team, save the company and save their lives, of course, she said.
The invasion forced Valentyn Frechka to move to France, but he says his paper company Releaf never stopped production.
When he was 16, Frechka decided to investigate alternative sources of cellulose to decrease deforestation. He has now developed a technology that uses fallen leaves and recycled fibers to make paper.
The company’s main product is paper shopping bags, but it also produces food packaging, egg trays and corrugated boxes.
Frechka says the conflict has forced the company to become more flexible and more open to opportunities.
When this conflict occurred and we located our company in France, we found many new partners and raised funds. We raised the money for our needs, he says. So it really makes us more open to the world.
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