On different scales...

The US Department of Health and Human Services reports 1 in 3 injuries in the US are SPORTS RELATED most frequent at 40%, then fractures at 20%. At the local scale, interviews with team physicians at UCI confirmed similar statistics where less than 50% of the cases of suspected fractures were actual fractures. An Orange Country podiatrist additionally noted how, "roughly 50-50 of what may point to a possible fracture on clinical judgement will turn out to be soft-tissue damage". Athletes surveyed in the field and in the founders' immediate networks reported one day to week delay to confirm a fracture's presence. The ambiguity is due to modern fracture screening methods available to the common athlete, including visual & felt inspection of the injury site or the tuning fork test, both proven to have "statistically insignificant results".

The CURRENT PROCESS

Our Needs Statement


Ossible enables more effective sports medicine healthcare by saving on time, money, and harm in the fracture screening process.

The NEW PROCESS

Our market potential

Ossible enables those who deal with sports-related injuries directly, Sports Medicine Practitioners, to deliver more effective healthcare.

The industry of Sports Medicine Practice is expected...

• To grow 1.9% on average annually
• To reach a value of over $25.1 billion
• To include over 140,000 workers nationally

by the year 2023

Our design target market

We particulary considered the needs of the most mobile, on-action involved subset of sports medicine, athletic trainers, in developing our solution for reliable, easy, on-the-spot fracture screening. Although designed to accommodate the mobile needs and price point of this niche market, the Ossible Mk 1 is also capable for sports medicine physicians in medical offices. Additionally the expansion into the industry of primary care practice is being surveyed.