A new Life Alert? UMd. grad advances medical alert system startup with new tech.

“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”We all know the catchphrase from the 1980s Life Alert TV commercials, which gained as much recognition over decades as the issue it was intended to solve: getting help to seniors who fall.But when Erich Meissner’s grandmother had a fall of her own, that device didn’t work for her — because she wasn’t wearing it, a problem the University of Maryland alum found to be widespread. So he’s tackling it with a