Start-up announces connected percussive massage system

Impact Biosystems, a fitness recovery start-up, has announced its debut product, Pact - a connected percussive massage system customised to the user's muscle profile.

Inspired by professional trainers, the Pact system tailors its massaging experience to the user's body conditions, giving the most effective recovery treatment possible. 

Bridget Hunter-Jones, co-founder and CEO of Impact Biosystems, said: “Existing muscle recovery solutions are almost exclusively one-size-fits-all types of products. But everyone and their recovery is different, so we designed the Pact system with the belief that recovery should be informed and personalised, using data from the body, effectively eliminating the guesswork.”

The Pact system relieves muscle pain and improves muscle readiness by creating a data-backed recovery experience. It operates with two core devices: Pact Sense and Pact Pulse, both connected with the user’s smartphone via the Pact app.

Unlike other impersonal massagers on the market, the Pact system will first measure your muscles’ conditions before recommending an appropriate recovery treatment. Using six sensors that take over 5,000 measurements per scan, Pact Sense tracks the user’s muscle readiness, measuring muscle mass and stiffness in real-time. The data gathered will allow the Pact mobile app to generate a bespoke warm-up or recovery routine for the user, which will inform the Pact Pulse for a precise and optimised massage.

Impact Biosystems’ proprietary technology, based on advanced modelling techniques, has been developed over the last three decades by co-founder and chief inventor, Ian Hunter, the Hatsopoulos professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT.