Desintox Technologies Pvt Ltd, a startup founded by Don Paul and Sooraj Chandran, deals with the design, manufacture, and marketing of assistive equipment to help the differently abled people. Kerala-based Desintox Technologies is incubated at maker village Kochi.
While pursuing BTech at the Government Engineering College in Thrissur, Don Paul and Rahul developed a walking device for children affected by cerebral palsy as part of their college project. After their graduation, one of their friends met with an accident and the duo realized the need of assistive equipment for paraplegic patients and thus developed a patient transfer device, Patient Hoist.
Currently the firm has 5 members and so far they have developed a walking device for children affected by cerebral palsy, patient transferring system, Patient Hoist, standing wheel chair Smart Motive and an autonomous voice controlled wheelchair which is under development.