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AIRS News & Updates


Breathing New Life into Oxygen Therapy
Respiratory therapist Valerie Obenchain was tired of watching her COPD patients return to the hospital with complications that could have been avoided with better supplemental oxygen monitoring at home. It was when her own grandmother began having issues that she decided to do something and founded ADVANCED INTERACTIVE RESPONSE SYSTEMS (AIRS). “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘹𝘺𝘨𝘦𝘯
Oct 23


WIB-Chicago: Start-up Challenge 11.0 – Women Rocking the Start-Up World
🏆 A befitting conclusion to a memorable evening. WIB-Chicago closed out Start-Up Challenge 11.0 taking home top honors: ✨ Audience Choice Winner: AIRS Oxygen Read More
Sep 25


A Breath of Fresh Air: AIRS' Mission to Improve Life for Oxygen Users Worldwide
Everyday life can be a constant challenge for millions of people who rely on oxygen therapy. Simple tasks like leaving their home or...
Jun 10


UMassM2D2
What if your oxygen tank could talk back? Or at least warn you before it fails? That’s the idea behind AIRS’ Oxygen Flow Monitor —...
Jun 2


MTEC SmartZone
Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs – Valerie Obenchain , Founder and CEO of Advanced Interactive Response Systems (AIRS). Valerie founded...
Jan 11


MSRC Conference
Recently had the pleasure of speaking at the MSRC conference in Troy and even being on the closing panel. I'm grateful for the...
Jun 10, 2024


Conquer Detroit Accelerator Cohort Startups
Today, we're excited to introduce ADVANCED INTERACTIVE RESPONSE SYSTEMS (AIRS), the next in our series highlighting Conquer Detroit...
Jun 10, 2024


UMassM2D2 200K Challenge Pitch-Off
The energy at the UMassM2D2 200K Challenge Pitch-Off was palpable—a true celebration of innovation and creativity! Our VP of Business...
Jun 3, 2024


Growing Michigan’s Life Sciences Industry
Yesterday, we hosted Governor Gretchen Whitmer for a Roundtable discussion on Growing Michigan’s Life Sciences Industry. Governor...
May 15, 2024


Entrepreneurship Ups and Downs: Breath of fresh AIRS
Join us for our fourth Entrepreneurship SpeakHER Series session featuring Valerie Obenchain , founder, and CEO of AIRS! Valerie is the...
Apr 11, 2022


NHLBI Air You Wear Challenge
It was announced in early December 2021 that AIRS was a Phase 1 Winner of the NHLBI Air You Wear Challenge with prizes for two phases...
Dec 16, 2021


Michigan Celebrates Small Business
This year AIRS is being honored on July 28 for the 16th annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business virtual event! Join us in celebrating...
Jul 27, 2021


Dell Women's Entrepreneur Conference
Great catching up with so many incredible Springboard women at the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Conference in Toronto this week
Jun 13, 2019


IPF Catalyst Challenge Award
The ambitious healthcare competition invited innovators from around the world to develop real, executable solutions to help change the...
Jan 25, 2018
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