Project description
Wearable device for neuropathy patients
Many types of sensory loss occur due to conditions such as amputation, diabetes, or multiple sclerosis, severely impacting a patient’s quality of life. In this context, the ERC-funded NEURO-SOCK project aims to provide a wearable device that restores sensation to patients with sensory loss. Gathering information from the environment through wearable sensors, it translates it into electrical impulses delivered to the nerves embedded in a soft-robotic garment. An AI-based algorithm optimises stimulation parameters to restore natural sensation to patients in real-time. The device has shown promising results in neuropathy patients, restoring 30 % of sensation in the foot and improving cadence in 60 % of users. The project will also investigate the device’s long-term effects on people suffering from neuropathy.
Objective
The NEURO-SOCK is a non-invasive, fully-wearable device designed to induce sensations in patients with sensory loss due to conditions such as amputation, diabetes, or multiple sclerosis. The device captures information from the environment interaction through wearable sensors and translates it into electrical impulses delivered to the nerves embedded in a soft-robotic stimulating garment. An AI-based algorithm optimizes stimulation parameters to target the nerves and restore natural sensation to patients in real-time. Our device has been already validated in 12 neuropathy patients, resulting in 30% restoration of lost sensation in the foot and in an improved cadence in 60% of the users. The generated artificial feedback intuitiveness was validated through an fMRI study. This ERC-funded project aims to investigate the health benefits of NEURO-SOCK, with the potential to improve skin conditions, lower cardiovascular stress, and ultimately reduce the harmful conditions that lead to sedentary lifestyle, heart failures, amputations, and elevated death rates. Therefore the funding will be used for optimizing the NEURO-SOCK design for home-use scenarios and a following clinical trial investigating the long-term rehabilitative effects on people suffering from neuropathy, who currently have no immediate solution.
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- medical and health sciences clinical medicine endocrinology diabetes
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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1090 Wien
Austria
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