Description du projet
Une solution révolutionnaire pour tirer pleinement parti de l’analyse des mouvements corporels
L’analyse de la marche constitue une approche fondamentale dans la détection rapide des troubles du mouvement chez les patients atteints de maladies chroniques affectant leur capacité à marcher normalement, chez les individus ayant souffert de blessures ou subi une intervention chirurgicale, ainsi que chez les adultes plus âgés. En outre, cette méthode joue un rôle important dans l’optimisation des performances athlétiques et la prévention des blessures. En exploitant son potentiel tout en éliminant les inconvénients des systèmes disponibles sur le marché, le projet InsoFeet, financé par l’UE, a conçu une semelle intérieure non-intrusive capable de mesurer précisément les paramètres clés de la dynamique de marche et de la dépense énergétique. InsoFeet entend prévenir les troubles musculo-squelettiques et les blessures, proposer une optimisation de la gestion des charges à des fins de sécurité, tout en améliorant l’efficacité de mouvement et le contrôle précis du corps.
Objectif
Gait dynamics’ monitoring and Energy Expenditure (EE) calculation is of high importance for patients with chronic diseases affecting normal walking, for individuals after injuries & surgery, as well as for older adults, in order to early detect and correct gait problems or accelerate rehabilitation. The need extends to the multibillion industry of professional athletes for a) load management (injury prevention, performance optimisation), b) accelerated recovery from a lower limb injury, c) running efficiency optimization and precise body control.
Due to the significant drawbacks of market available systems (high price, difficult to use software, necessity to operate under expert supervision, intrusiveness), gait analysis is used less often than would actually be required. For patients & clinics, this has an impact on rehabilitation time & cost, as well as on the timely detection of certain medical conditions. For athletes, this has an impact on costs related to delayed rehabilitation, but also on increased cost for injuries that could have been avoided.
insofeet is a completely non-intrusive insole for measuring accurately key gait dynamics’ parameters and EE. The insofeet insoles are capable of fitting in different shoe types. The insofeet insole integrates highly accurate miniature force sensors in a customisable design, adaptable to the application. Sensor measurements are collected in real-time, processed through validated algorithms and presented through a friendly interface. What differentiates insofeet from the competition is its unparalleled accuracy, comparable to hi-end professional solutions at a price 15 times lower. An EU/WO patent application was submitted by CyRIC.
Our goal is to bring the insofeet solution to market, after preparing an elaborate business plan. According to our initial plan, within 5 years from insofeet commercialisation, revenues will reach an annual total of approximately 7.8 M and 25 new jobs for CyRIC will be created.
Champ scientifique
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgery
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicinephysiotherapy
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiophysics
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthoccupational health
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
1060 Lefkosia
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L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.