ActiveProtective

What ActiveProtective does

ActiveProtective is a privately-held consumer medical device company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company designs, manufactures, and commercializes the Tango Belt, an FDA-authorized wearable device that combines advanced sensing technology with a rapid-deploy airbag to protect older adults from hip fractures during falls. Its proprietary system is intended to detect potential fall events in real time and inflate protective cushioning around the hip region before impact. ActiveProtective is a privately-held consumer medical device company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The company designs, manufactures, and commercializes the Tango Belt, an FDA-authorized wearable device that combines advanced sensing technology with a rapid-deploy airbag to protect older adults from hip fractures during falls. Its proprietary system is intended to detect potential fall events in real time and inflate protective cushioning around the hip region before impact. The Tango Belt has been enhanced through a 2026 partnership with AT&T and JACS Solutions to add a wireless broadband connectivity device providing LTE-based caregiver notifications and secure data transfer, removing the need for consumer Wi-Fi. ActiveProtective's go-to-market is enterprise-led, selling through senior living community partnerships (Independent and Assisted Living operators) such as Montgomery Place in Chicago, with a stated intent to set a national standard for fall prevention. The company operates with 1-10 employees and has not disclosed pricing, revenue figures, or post-2018 capital raises, suggesting an early commercial stage with the bulk of cumulative capital (~$15.5M) raised across four rounds between 2014 and 2018. Leadership includes an Interim CEO and CTO (Wamis Singhatat), a CTO (Robert Buckman), a VP of Software Engineering and Data Product, and a Director of Clinical Programs.

Name

ActiveProtective

Legal name

ActiveProtective

Website

https://activeprotective.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ActiveProtective is the maker of the Tango Belt, an FDA-authorized wearable airbag device that detects and mitigates falls to prevent hip fractures in older adults, sold primarily through senior living community partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wearable Medical Devices (Fall Prevention)

NAICS

Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing (334510)

SIC

Electromedical & Electrotherapeutic Apparatus (3845)

akta.pro primary industry

Elderly/Frail & Assisted Living Connected Care (PERS/Fall Detection) (HLACAFAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wearable Medical Alert Devices (Pendants, Watches, Bands) (HSAHAHAI)

Keywords

• Wearable fall protection
• Hip fracture prevention
• Medical wearable device
• Airbag safety system
• Senior care technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Allentown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

ActiveProtective manufactures the Tango Belt, an FDA-authorized wearable medical device that detects potential hip-impacting falls in older adults and rapidly deploys a protective airbag to cushion the hip and prevent fractures. The offering is enhanced by a separate connectivity device that uses cellular (LTE) wireless broadband to provide automatic caregiver notifications and secure data transfer without requiring Wi-Fi. The product is targeted at at-risk older adults and rolled out primarily through senior living communities and care facilities.

Product overview

ActiveProtective is a single-product company that makes the Tango Belt. The Tango Belt is an FDA-authorized medical device—a wearable fall protection system for older adults that uses advanced sensing technology to detect potential falls and deploys a rapid-inflating airbag to protect the hip from impact. The product has been enhanced through partnerships to include connectivity features enabling caregiver notifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Tango Belt: FDA-authorized medical device designed to protect older adults from fall-related hip fractures using advanced sensing technology and rapid-deploy airbag protection.

Products and services

• Tango Belt An FDA-authorized wearable medical device that uses advanced sensing technology to detect potential hip-impacting falls in older adults and deploys a rapid-inflating airbag to protect the hip from fracture. It is targeted at at-risk older adults and is rolled out through senior living communities and care facilities to reduce fall-related injuries and enable caregiver notification.
• Connectivity Device for Tango Belt A wireless broadband connectivity add-on device for the Tango Belt, developed with AT&T and JACS Solutions, that provides LTE-based automatic caregiver notifications and secure data transfer without requiring Wi-Fi. It is intended for senior living communities and care facilities using the Tango Belt to enable faster caregiver response after a fall event.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AT&TcoreTechnology or Integration · 12 February 2026AT&T partnered with ActiveProtective to enhance a wearable device for seniors using AT&T's LTE network. The collaboration involves developing a connectivity device for the Tango Belt that provides wireless broadband communication, automatic caregiver notifications, and secure data transfer without requiring Wi-Fi.
• JACS SolutionscoreTechnology or Integration · 12 February 2026JACS Solutions collaborated with ActiveProtective and AT&T to develop a connectivity device for the Tango Belt, enabling wireless communication and caregiver notifications for seniors using AT&T's network.
• Montgomery PlacecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 January 2026Strategic partnership with Montgomery Place, a not-for-profit senior living community in Chicago's Hyde Park, to introduce the Tango Belt to residents. The partnership involves an educational rollout to Independent and Assisted Living Communities with the goal of setting a new standard of care for fall prevention in senior living communities nationwide.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Life Alert: Iconic medical alert / PERS company providing emergency response and fall-related help for seniors — directly competes for the same senior fall-protection budget and target persona as the Tango Belt.
• Bay Alarm Medical: PERS and connected-senior company offering in-home and mobile medical alert systems with fall detection — overlapping target customer (independent seniors), overlapping use case (fall detection/notification), and increasingly connected-care roadmap.
• Safehip (Tytex): Safehip manufactures wearable hip protector pants/pads designed to absorb impact and prevent hip fractures in elderly fallers — the closest product-analog competitor, addressing the same biomechanical injury-prevention problem with a passive (vs. active airbag) approach.
• Philips Lifeline: Philips Lifeline is the market-leading medical alert / PERS service with fall detection capabilities for older adults living independently — directly comparable to Tango Belt in serving the same fall-prevention use case and senior customer base.
• Medical Guardian: Leading direct-to-consumer PERS provider offering fall-detection pendants and wristbands for elderly subscribers — same target customer (at-risk older adults), same caregiver-notification value proposition, same fall-prevention category.
• MobileHelp: Provider of mobile PERS devices and fall-detection wearables for seniors — comparable in targeting older adults with wearable fall-prevention and emergency-response technology.

Broad incumbents

• ADT Health: ADT's health division offers medical alert systems with fall detection integrated into its broader home security platform — competes in the same senior-safety category, with the benefit of an incumbent home-services channel.
• Apple: Apple Watch includes built-in fall detection that notifies emergency contacts and emergency services for seniors — a consumer-grade overlapping capability that competes for the same end-user and family-decision-maker, though not a clinically validated device.

Emerging players

• Lively (formerly GreatCall): Lively offers senior-focused connected health devices including medical alert smartwatches with fall detection — comparable target market and connected-care positioning, though narrower clinical validation than an FDA-authorized device.
• CarePredict: Wearable health-monitoring device for seniors that uses AI to detect changes in daily activity patterns and early fall risk — comparable connected-care, AI-driven elderly-monitoring approach with overlapping senior-living customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors8 records

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M&A

Investments

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