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VIDEO- driving with Alzheimer’s

The dangers of driving with Alzheimer’s, a safe alternative to driving is walking and having a pair of wander guard GPS SmartSoles. Peace of mind, safety and security knowing your loved one can be easily found if they get lost. Published on Jun 23, 2013 Watch how memory problems caused by Alzheimer’s make driving unsafe. See this great video to open up the discussion with family members, friends and patients. Here are 15 signs it may be time to stop driving: 1. Driving too slowly or too fast 2. Receiving traffic tickets 3. Being honked at or yelled at by other drivers 4. Becoming upset or angry while driving 5. Dents, dings or scraped paint on the car, mailbox or garage 6. Misunderstanding or not noticing signs on the road 7. Getting lost in familiar places 8. Stopping at a green light 9. Changing lanes without looking 10. Drifting into […]

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Entrepreneur of the Week: Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp | The Longevity Network

February 16, 2017 | Entrepreneur Spotlight, Caregiver Quality of Life, Health and Safety Awareness GTX Corp — an acronym for Global Trek Xploration — was an early player in the location-tracking wearable tech market. When it was founded in 2002, as the name suggests, GTX was originally focused on outdoor adventurers, but they now operate in a much broader market: anyone looking to keep track of a person or other valuable.  In early 2015, they launched a product specifically aimed at helping caregivers keep track of their loved ones with dementia, Alzeimers or other conditions that cause a person to wander. They now offer a suite of products they describe as an IoT Personal Location Services (PLS) platform. These products use patented tracking methods to provide continuous, real-time location coordinates rendered on a map on a GTX portal. GTX Corp is a holding company that owns and operates two subsidiaries and has been publicly […]

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GTX Corp Announces Launch of Take-Along Tracker 3G

LOS ANGELES, CA – January 27, 2017 – GTX Corp (OTCQB: GTXO), an IoT platform and leading provider of personal location GPS, BLE, cellular and RFID, tracking and monitoring wearable technology and wandering assistive technology, today announced the official release of its new GPS and voice tracking device, the Take–Along Tracker 3G (TA3G) including the launch of its coinciding brand-new website and online store. The GTX Corp Take–Along Tracker 3G is the latest and greatest in 3G miniaturized wearable GPS tracking technology. Waterproof and dirt resistant, this robust device is strong enough to handle the outdoors, but at just 3 inches long, small and light enough to fit easily in a pocket or bag, and even comes with a lanyard for wearable convenience.   For a limited time, GTX Corp is offering customers $20 off their purchase by using promo code: TA3G  Take-Along Tracker 3G also offers the security of S.O.S. voice […]

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Merck CEO: Alzheimer’s Tsunami Coming

By Matthew Wisner Published January 10, 2017 Business Leaders FOXBusinessOpens a New Window. Merck CEO: Seeing ‘revolutionary change’ in the cure for cancer Merck CEO Ken Frazier on the company’s drug pipeline, the research into Alzheimer’s drugs, drug pricing, potential acquisitions and the areas of growth for the company. As society is living longer and longer, the risks of diseases such as Alzheimer’s are becoming even greater. Of the 5.4 million Americans with Alzheimer’s, an estimated 5.2 million people are age 65 and older, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. And as more Baby Boomers age that number may triple to 13 million by 2050. “At 85 you have a one in three chance of getting Alzheimer’s or that form of dementia, so this is an incredible tsunami that’s hitting our society given the fact that people are living longer,” said Merck CEO Ken Frazier (MRK) during an appearance with the […]

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Gtx Corp GPS SmartSoles News January 2017 – Security Stock Watch and Verizon

Security Stock Watch Updates In The Boardroom With… Mr. Patrick Bertagna CEO, Founder, Chairman Mr. Patrick Bertagna CEO, Founder, Chairman GTX Corp The SmartSole is our flagship product, think Dr. Scholl’s meets LoJack. We make a miniaturized GPS and Cellular module and imbed it inside an orthotic insole. The application is for people who have a memory disorder and have a tendency to wander, anyone with Alzheimer’s, dementia, autism, traumatic brain injury, etc. Currently there are over 100 million people worldwide who are afflicted with one of these debilitating aliments. Being that our module is small and robust we also imbed it inside other form factors and we are starting to look at OEM deals. And then we have our tracking App, which basically turns a smartphone into a tracking device, the application there is for mobile work force, sales people, delivery people, service business like electricians and plumbers, police officers, […]

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Inventergy Launches Licensing Campaign for Location Based Services Patents

Inventergy Launches Licensing Campaign for Location Based Services Patents CAMPBELL, CA — (Marketwired) – January 04, 2017 — Inventergy Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVT)  (the “Company”), an intellectual property licensing and innovation company, today announced that its subsidiary, Inventergy Innovations, LLC (“Inventergy Innovations”) has launched a patent licensing campaign for GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) for its wireless location-based services intellectual property assets based on 2-way GPS tracking. The licensing campaign is a follow-up to the definitive agreement announced in June 2016 in which Inventergy Innovations obtained the exclusive right to license or sell three of GTX’s patents — US 8,154,401, US 8,760,286 and US 9,219,978, commonly referred to as the “Comm. Protocol” family.   The licensing campaign represents the Company’s second monetization program announced by its subsidiary following the proof of concept engagement between Pabellon Power, Inc.  (a company developing magnetic based wireless power and data transfer systems) and a Fortune 100 […]

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Ingenu Announces Availability of Los Angeles Machine Network

Los Angeles-based GTX Corp to enable wearable solutions with Ingenu’s RPMA technology SAN DIEGO – November 30, 2016 – Ingenu Inc.™, the company that delivers purpose-built IoT connectivity, today announced availability of its Machine Network™ in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Internet of Things (IoT) network will serve applications including transportation, manufacturing, logistics, smart city and wearable technologies, providing coverage to the second-largest city in the U.S., reaching more than 2,220 square miles and serving a population of over 13 million people. The availability of the Machine Network in the Los Angeles area is enabling exciting new use cases, such as that of GTX Corp. (GTXO), an IoT platform and provider of personal location and monitoring wearable technology and wandering assistive technology. The company will be integrating Ingenu’sRPMA® (Random Phase Multiple Access) technology into its patented GPS SmartSole® shoe insole tracking solution, to assist in monitoring people with […]

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Dementia Study Report- Reaction from GTX CEO

“We were disheartened to see that the recent Eli Lilly Phase 3 clinical trials of a drug to treat Alzheimer’s disease has ended in failure,” stated GTX Corp. CEO, Patrick Bertagna. (Read the article on CNN here) “We all hope and pray for a cure to be found for all dementia. Unfortunately, we have to deal with the dangers of wandering until medical science can develop effective treatment, which is one of many reasons why GTX remains fully committed to providing innovative monitoring and recovery solutions to keep you connected to who and what matters most.”

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