Assistive design · Silver economy
Restoring everyday comfort and dignity to fragile adults.
GentleTech is the first assistive design company dedicated to transforming the experience of care and assisted nutrition through innovative, safe and deeply human solutions.
The manifesto
Our approach: Human-Centered Assistive Design
At GentleTech we believe fragility deserves the utmost respect. Too often, people facing reduced autonomy or in need of daily assistance have to deal with tools that are heavily medicalised, rigid or, at the other extreme, borrowed from childhood. This causes psychological discomfort for those receiving care and real stress for those providing it.
Our mission is to fill this gap: we design ergonomic solutions specifically for young people, adults and the elderly. We turn the most demanding gestures of the care routine into discreet, orderly, safe moments, free of emotional barriers.
The why
Beyond care: why everyday experience matters
Comfort and acceptability
Mealtime and hydration are not just calorie intake, they are a relationship. We develop soft, ergonomic oral interfaces that remove the psychological impact of traditional devices.
Control and safety
We support family caregivers and care workers by reducing manual difficulties and making domestic routines smoother, more hygienic and more controlled.
Scalability and standards
Our projects combine advanced research on food-contact (MOCA) and medical-grade materials with full compatibility with international standards, for care without borders.
Pipeline & research
An evolving ecosystem of solutions
Our cross-functional team, led by experts in product industrialisation and CAD engineering and supported by specialists in the psychology of fragility, is constantly working on a pipeline of patented solutions.
We are developing a complete range of aids for:
- Assisted oral feeding with high emotional acceptability
- Controlled, anti-aspiration hydration for home care
- Oral hygiene and stimulation for fragile people
The team
Different skills, one focus: the person
Project management and governance
Program management, process mapping, business planning and coordination of technical partners.
CAD engineering and prototyping
3D modelling, PP/TPE and silicone prototypes, comfort and flow analysis, mould design.
Human factors and psychology of fragility
Assisted experience, reduced perceived medicalisation, field usability with caregivers.
Materials and MOCA/FDA compliance
Selection of food- and oral-contact materials, risk assessment, eco-design of packaging.
Intellectual property
Patent strategy, registered design, prior-art analysis and international extensions.
Digital and artificial intelligence
Cloud infrastructure, analysis of test data, support and training platforms for caregivers.
Care-home partner for usability testing
Ergonomic observation in the field, feedback collection and validation with professional caregivers.
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