e-Health

The MyVENT project aims to improve home mechanical ventilation patients’ treatment and health care with the implementation of a smart telemedicine technology system. The system includes a web platform, supporting professionals, and a mobile platform, enabling patients with home mechanical ventilation needs to follow the therapy remotely and being involved in the therapy actively. The MyVENT system, allows both professionals and patients to have access to the information about the machine, adherence to therapy and the physiological (patient) and electromechanical (of the machine that provides HMV) more relevant parameters and variables. In addition, the patient will [...]

Feasibility study for the identification of pre-frailty and frailty conditions in elderly people. The Defrail project will allow designing a preventive intervention to delay or prevent their loss of functionality. The analysis will serve as a basis to develop, in a second phase, a simple and intuitive mobile application for the supervision of the physical activity of the elderly by health, sports and social entities. The tele-monitoring app will allow the realization of an early intervention to prevent, reverse and decrease the progress of frailty in the elderly. The objectives of the project are aligned with [...]

Development of a new biomedical implant based on optogenetics technology – the combination of genetics and optics techniques to control and monitor activities of cells in a living tissue with light to activate cells to produce themselves the necessary drug (interferon-ß (IFN-ß) protein in this case) – that can be applied to improve the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis ,improve the quality of life of people affected by this disease and reduce the side effects of current treatments. Optogenerapy project t is led by Eurecat and counts on the participation of eleven partners from seven different European [...]

Pegaso-Fit 4 Future develops a mobile app with the aim to monitor and improve teenagers diet and healthy habits. The application, designed by psychologists, healthcare professionals and experts in responsive interfaces, uses a t-shirt and an intelligent bracelet to monitor the user’s daily habits. In particular, the application keeps track of twelve different key parameters of healthy behavior: the amount of exercise and sedentary activities, number of steps, quality and quantity of sleep, fruit and vegetables intake, breakfast content and the consumption of sugary drinks, fast food and snacks, among others. Pegaso-Fit 4 Future, started in [...]

The EXORAPI projects aims to develop, implement, and validate a walking EXOskeleton for use in children affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The objective is to improve their quality of life and delay the decline of their physical condition. The team in charge of developing the project is made up of a multi-disciplinary consortium which together gathers all the scientific knowledge necessary in the field of engineering and medicine to design a paediatric exoskeleton that may be used as an alternative to physiotherapy in children with serious neuromuscular diseases. General details Project EXORAPI [...]

The expansion of tropical diseases such as dengue, malaria, and more recently, Zika, is becoming a continuous growing global problem according to all the world health associations and departments. One of the main vectors in the transmission of these diseases on a worldwide scale are mosquito bites. The primary aim of the RETOS Microrep project is to develop intelligent microcapsules that include mosquito repellent and fragrances to prevent the spread of tropical diseases. These microcapsules are applied to fabrics, and emit controlled amounts which vary according to temperature changes. In addition to developing the microcapsules, research will be done [...]

Integrated and personalized management system based on participative, predictive and preventive medicine to provide a better quality of life to chronic disease patients. Connecare project develops a technological solution that allows a more efficient monitoring of the patient and a reduction of sanitary costs. The solution developed by Connecare is based on P4 Medicine (Participative, Personalized, Predictive, and Preventive) involving a paradigm shift that will promote managing preventive medicine in patients’ homes. Aside from this, Connecare will also offer a technological solution developed through a combination of different types of technology resources to improve patient monitoring. The Connecare solution will [...]

Do Change project aims to increase the health and well-being of patients through a management eHealth system that allows to monitorize the physiology function in real time. The eHealth technology developed in the project allows the monitoring of nutritional and behaviour habits and patient's health by observing their physiological conditions in real time. Thanks to this information, patients can adapt their habits and routines to improve their health. The Do Change project provides a new approach in medical treatments, prioritizing action over prescription in order to improve patients’ well-being. General details Project DO [...]

ACE (Annulus Closure Expandable Device) project develops an innovative solution for the herniated disk management with the aim to solve a clinical challenge that until now had not been addressed. The innovation of the project presents a product that adapts to the movements of the spine, avoids the recurrence of the hernia and has a minimal impact on the current surgical procedures, which allows the patient to recover faster and with a better quality of life. ACE is the most important innovation project by Neos Surgery, a Eurecat spin-off, focused on the research and creation of advanced [...]

ChefMySelf project main goal is to develop a customizable and extensible (ICT) service ecosystem built around an automatic cooking solution to support older people in preparing meals and maintaining healthy eating habits. A food processor with an accessible interface, specially tailored for the elderly, will encourage them to self-care, accordingly to their particular nutrition requirements, and a social network focused on the topic of healthy aging and eating, will become a tool to motivate them to be active and maintaining existing social relationships and creating new ones. ChefMySelf will support elderly in developing culturally appropriate guidelines [...]

The main objective of the GERAR project is the development and evaluation of innovative, integrated health services for patients with rare illnesses, supported by intelligent ICT and network solutions. The use case of patients with PAH AND CTEPH will be considered as a starting point and the results will undergo in-depth analysis in order to adapt the proposed solution to another four, rare, pneumological and neurological illnesses: diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease (DIPD), cystic fibrosis (CF), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS). The resulting GERAR platform will improve clinical management and quality of life for patients [...]

The project consists of the development of an integrated telemedicine system to manage patients with OSA syndrome. The system consists of a Web application, artificial intelligence algorithms and data mining as well as a mobile App Web 2.0 (MyOSA). Thanks to the online analysis of the data collected during the sleep, patients can make a continuous and systematic monitoring of their disease and the adherence. Also lung therapists at the hospital will be about the status of the patient and her/his adherence for a better following-up. General details Project MyOsa, Management and Treatment of Patients [...]

The objective of COLTEST is the development of a comprehensive testing methodology and set of testing technologies that allows for the systematic prediction of biomechanical functional and biological behaviour of dynamic spinal column implants. Consortium formed by: Neos Surgery, IBV (Biomechanical Institute of Valencia), UAB (Autonomous University of Barcelona) and Eurecat. General data Project Development of new testing technologies and testing methodologies for dynamic spinal implants. Project reference RTC-2014-1798-1 Programme and call for proposals The Collaboration-Challenges call for proposals of the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation aimed at Societal Challenges, within [...]

The objective of NANOPATEX is the development of functional textiles aimed at thermal sensorisation and/or controlled release of substances into the skin for health and physical well-being purposes, based on the use of synthetic micro/nano-structured PA fibres through polymeric particles which contain the active ingredients and components. Consortium formed by: Nurel and Eurecat. General data Project Development of micro/nano-structured PA textiles with polymeric particles functionalised with active substances for health purposes (NANOPATEX). Project reference RTC-2014-2514-1 Programme and call for proposals The Collaboration-Challenges call for proposals of the State Programme for Research, Development and [...]

A device designed for secure extubation for patients in states of muscular relaxation RTC-2014-2806-1 A device designed for secure extubation for patients who have been induced into a state of muscular relaxation as an anaesthetic technique. This project involves the manufacture of a medical device, which takes the form of a simple compressive wristband to measure blood pressure (NIBP) in a non-invasive way, and which also includes all the stimulation and sensorial elements that until now, with the devices available on the market, anaesthetists need to manually induce on the patient’s body. Given that hospitals are [...]