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EU Framework 6- Healthy Aims - Further Information
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For Key Facts click here.
| Overall objectives: |
- Develop a range of medical implants and diagnostic equipment to help the ageing population and those with disabilities. It has been estimated that around 50% of the western population, some 500 million people, are affected by at least one of the health problems targeted in this project.
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| Our objectives: |
- Design, develop, test, trial and approve a novel implantable upper limb muscle stimulator
- Manage the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) work package
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| Our achievements: |
- Succesfully trialled the STIMuGRIP® system - restores control of the wrist and hand grasp action to the user following spinal cord injury, a stroke, the onset of MS or other neurological injury.
- ideas and research
- determining application
- establishing control method
- determining specification
- research and prototyping
- development of implant (epimysial electrode and implantable inductively coupled receiver)
- development of external unit (controller and accelerometer trigger)
- testing
- suite of tests covering:
- medical device directive
- electrical safety standards
- biocompatability standards
- sterilisation standards
- packaging
- risk managment
- approvals
- ethical approval
- clinical protocol
- clinical trial and associated insurance
- clinical review
- Developed:
- implantable epimysial electrode
- constructed of a platinum button electrode embedded within silicone rubber
- implantable inductively coupled receiver (stimulator)
- 2 independent channel, inductively coupled, implant receiver
- significantly reduced crosstalk between channels
- epimysial surgical probe
- surgical probe incorporating the epimysial electrodes for use when implanting the device
- surgical stimulator
- new stimulator design capable of both variable frequency stimulation and variable pulse width stimulation
- improved range of stimulation parameters
- wireless charger
- demonstrated that wireless charging of implants with implanted lithium-ion batteries was feasible
- Managed the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) work package - presentations, progress reports, financial reports.
- Managed ethical approval applications and clinical trial applications for entire project.
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| Papers and publicity |
Papers and publicity associated with Finetech Medical:
Papers and publicity associated with the overall project:
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| Project information: |
- European Union Framework Package VI project.
- 26 partners, including 6 SME's, across 9 EU countries.
- Funded under the IST Microsystem programme.
- €26 million project fund
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For Key Facts click here.
| Overall objectives: |
- Develop a range of medical implants and diagnostic equipment to help the ageing population and those with disabilities. It has been estimated that around 50% of the western population, some 500 million people, are affected by at least one of the health problems targeted in this project.
|
| Our objectives: |
- Design, develop, test, trial and approve a novel implantable upper limb muscle stimulator
- Manage the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) work package
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| Our achievements: |
- Succesfully trialled the STIMuGRIP® system - restores control of the wrist and hand grasp action to the user following spinal cord injury, a stroke, the onset of MS or other neurological injury.
- ideas and research
- determining application
- establishing control method
- determining specification
- research and prototyping
- development of implant (epimysial electrode and implantable inductively coupled receiver)
- development of external unit (controller and accelerometer trigger)
- testing
- suite of tests covering:
- medical device directive
- electrical safety standards
- biocompatability standards
- sterilisation standards
- packaging
- risk managment
- approvals
- ethical approval
- clinical protocol
- clinical trial and associated insurance
- clinical review
- Developed:
- implantable epimysial electrode
- constructed of a platinum button electrode embedded within silicone rubber
- implantable inductively coupled receiver (stimulator)
- 2 independent channel, inductively coupled, implant receiver
- significantly reduced crosstalk between channels
- epimysial surgical probe
- surgical probe incorporating the epimysial electrodes for use when implanting the device
- surgical stimulator
- new stimulator design capable of both variable frequency stimulation and variable pulse width stimulation
- improved range of stimulation parameters
- wireless charger
- demonstrated that wireless charging of implants with implanted lithium-ion batteries was feasible
- Managed the Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) work package - presentations, progress reports, financial reports.
- Managed ethical approval applications and clinical trial applications for entire project.
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| Papers and publicity |
Papers and publicity associated with Finetech Medical:
Papers and publicity associated with the overall project:
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| Project information: |
- European Union Framework Package VI project.
- 26 partners, including 6 SME's, across 9 EU countries.
- Funded under the IST Microsystem programme.
- €26 million project fund
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