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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). โ๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐น๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ
Oct 24, 2025


WIB-Chicago: Start-up Challenge 11.0 โ Women Rocking the Start-Up World
๐ A befitting conclusion to a memorable evening. WIB-Chicago closed out Start-Up Challenge 11.0 taking home top honors: โจ Audience Choice Winner: AIRS Oxygen Read More
Sep 26, 2025


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, 2025


UMassM2D2
What if your oxygen tank could talk back? Or at least warn you before it fails? Thatโs the idea behind AIRSโ Oxygen Flow Monitor โ...
Jun 3, 2025


MTEC SmartZone
Celebrating Women Entrepreneurs โ Valerie Obenchain , Founder and CEO of Advanced Interactive Response Systems (AIRS). Valerie founded...
Jan 11, 2025


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 11, 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 11, 2024


UMassM2D2 200K Challenge Pitch-Off
The energy at the UMassM2D2 200K Challenge Pitch-Off was palpableโa true celebration of innovation and creativity! Our VP of Business...
Jun 4, 2024


Growing Michiganโs Life Sciences Industry
Yesterday, we hosted Governor Gretchen Whitmer for a Roundtable discussion on Growing Michiganโs Life Sciences Industry. Governor...
May 16, 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 12, 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 28, 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 14, 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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