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Technology that restores independence

Patient-controlled hospital rooms and homes for people living with spinal cord injury, brain injury and the effects of aging. Proven at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital.

Solutions

Built for the hospital room. Made to come home.

A clinician and a patient reviewing the room controls on a screen in a hospital room
For hospitals and care facilities

Patient-controlled rooms for rehabilitation and acute care

Give every patient control of the room from day one, on a platform that integrates with the systems you already run.

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For home and family

The same independence, at home

Bring the controls learned in the hospital home, with people who help you design, install and keep it running.

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Proof

What 75 rooms taught us

Every command a patient sends is a moment of independence they did not have to ask for. At the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital, that adds up.

  • 1.9M

    Patient-originated room interactions a year

    Across 75 patient rooms at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

  • 5,205

    Commands sent by patients every day

    Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

  • 104

    Moments of independence per patient, per day

    Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital

Source: NRH KPI Report, September 2025.

See it in action

One minute in a patient-controlled room

A one-minute walk through the basic room controls at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital.

In their words

What control feels like from the bed

“When you have a sense of control over something, it does make me feel better, like I still have control. A lot of times when you are in a hospital, you feel like you don’t have control over anything.”

Patient participantUniversity of Utah PEDEL study of the smart rooms, Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital (opens in new tab)

Research

Research-backed and peer-reviewed

Tetradapt combines practical innovation with world-class research. Our staff serve as principal investigators (PIs) and collaborators (opens in new tab) on research initiatives with leading scholars at the University of Utah and other respected institutions. These partnerships help ensure that Tetradapt solutions are supported by scientific evidence, user-centered design, and peer-reviewed research.

Our collaborative research efforts have been funded by organizations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and several of the world's leading technology companies.

For additional publications or research partnership inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].

A nurse and a patient talking in a hospital room

Let’s design your solution

Whether for a facility or a home, we tailor the system to the people who will use it.