The world's first accessible migraine diary.
Loyola New
Venture Pitch Competition Winner
U.S Patent Pending
Migr-AID is a keychain that is voice-activated and touch-sensitive. It collects data that is automatically uploaded to an app for later viewing, so users have all the benefits of a digital migraine diary, without it being inaccessible.
What is a Migraine Diary?
When managing chronic migraine, patients are often asked by their neurologist to track their symptoms and medications taken during attacks. This practice allows neurologists to assess whether the patient’s current treatment plan is effective or if changes to the patient’s medication regimen and/or habits need to be made.
The Problem
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All migraine diaries are set up to be used before or after an attack, when the patient is incapacitated due to a migraine aura (which can consist of patients losing their vision and ability to speak coherently). If patients log information after the attack, it's likely that when they won't remember information, as migraine attacks can last days at a time with disorienting symptoms.
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Many diaries go into too much or too little detail and are unpersonalized, which makes the data logging process difficult to complete during an attack.
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While using a tracking app can be more convenient, screens can worsen an attack and recovery
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For those with an aura, these migraine diaries are physically impossible to fill out whether they're on paper or in an app. These diaries are designed for doctors, not patients.
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The Solution: Migr-AID
Migr-AID is a screen-free migraine diary alternative that allows patients to log their symptoms as they occur and medications as they are taken. Additionally, Migr-AID has the option of sharing the user's location with their pre-selected emergency contacts if they need assistance during an attack.
How Migr-AID Works
Upon purchase of the Migr-AID keychain, users go through a setup process through the Migr-AID app, downloaded from the app store. In this process, users identify their emergency contacts, input the amount of time it takes for them to recover from an attack, and choose the questions that they'd like to be asked during an attack, such as "Do you have an aura?" or "Did you take [your specific medication]?"
After set up, Migr-AID is ready for use. When an attack occurs, the user presses and holds the button on the keychain to initiate the data logging process. Migr-AID will verbally ask their first question (I.e. "Do you have an aura?"). The user can press the button once for "Yes" or twice for "No" or verbally respond out loud. Migr-AID logs the user's response and goes through the rest of the pre-selected questions while the user responds. Lastly, Migr-AID asks if the user would like to send a message to emergency contacts for assistance with their location. After the user selects "Yes" or "No", the data logging process is complete.
While the user is incapacitated, Migr-AID sends all the collected data to the Migr-AID app. When the user has recovered, they can end the attack in the Migr-AID app, edit their data if they answered a question incorrectly, and export their data for their doctor's use during appointments.
I created Migr-AID because I suffer from chronic migraines. In the past ten years of my diagnosis, I have seen no improvement in how patients like myself keep track of migraine attacks.
Migr-AID began as a product concept for an advertising design final in my junior year of college and has turned into my real side hustle. In November of 2022, Migr-AID placed first at the Loyola New Venture Pitch Competition. Shortly afterward, I was accepted as a part of mHUB's mPOWER program, which is an entrepreneurial community dedicated to uplifting women and people of color who are the founders of startup businesses. During the program, I had the opportunity to meet with a team of engineers to discuss prototyping, founded Migr-AID, LLC, and networked with leaders in the MedTech industry. This September, I filed for my provisional patent and will be the featured entrepreneur on the cover of the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition's annual Illinois Innovation Index University Entrepreneurship report.
Why Did I Create Migr-AID?
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