REPAREREstore PARalysis with Electronics

Mark van Helvoort – mark.van.helvoort@philips.com

REPAREChallenges and objectives• Develop electronic solutions to maximize

rehabilitation outcome for paralyzed humans• Develop electronic solutions to minimize

preparation and rehabilitation time

Technical goals• Implants

• Spine stimulator• Brain sensor

• Surgery equipment• Robotics for surgery• Stimulation devices• MRI based navigation

• Diagnostic equipment• MRI (nervous system imaging)• EEG, optical MEG, TMS and NIRS• Motor function mapping

• Rehabilitation equipment• Exoskeleton robotics• ‘Care’ robots• Treadmill-like exercise equipment• AR / VR gamification• Motion detection (wireless body area network, camera’s)

Project idea namePartners• NL: Philips, G-Therapeutics, Motek• CH: EPFL• A: gTec, AIT• ES: gTec, Gogoa, CSIC?• BE, DE, FI

• Others countries are welcome• Responses received from IT and LV

Economical impact• Products, patents, publications,

‘public goodwill’

Contact

• Mark van Helvoort, mark.van.helvoort@philips.com 00-31-40-2764790

Expected Duration / budget (optional)• 36 and budget in k€ 30.000

State-of-the-art

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REPARE• From lab to life

https://courtine-lab.epfl.ch/

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