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BELK

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Wearable exoskeleton for knee rehabilitation with Functional Electrical Stimulat...
Knee is in practice the most often injured joint. There are a wide range of origin of injuries that can lead to needing knee rehabilitation: sport practices, traffic accidents, acquired brain damage, arthritis and other degenerati... Knee is in practice the most often injured joint. There are a wide range of origin of injuries that can lead to needing knee rehabilitation: sport practices, traffic accidents, acquired brain damage, arthritis and other degenerative diseases consequence of aging. It is estimated an incidence of 2,29 knee injuries per 1.000 population, most of them requiring a rehabilitation period. In spite of this high incidence, available robotic rehabilitation devices (static CPM - Continuous Passive Motion – devices; powered KAFO – Knee Ankle Foot Orthosis –; and exoskeletons) are not fully tailored for an effective and cheap rehabilitation of the gait. GOGOA has developed a functional prototype of the BELK system, a wearable robotic device that can be used for knee rehabilitation, in the sub-acute phase of knee injuries. It incorporates assisted-as-needed control and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) features, helping to speed-up and to improve the rehabilitation process. Combination of assisted-as-needed attendance and muscular stimulation during the natural gait represent an effective combination of optimized gait assistance techniques not applied by their competitors to date. BELK project aims to cover the gap between the current TRL6 stage of the product and the full commercial deployment of this solution. Main objectives are (i) to improve technically the existing prototype, preparing it for industrialization (ii) to produce industrially a pre-series of BELK devices (iii) to perform clinical trials and achieve the CE certification (iv) to update the preliminary business and exploitation plans, and (v) to prepare the commercialization, disseminating the project results towards potential customers and the society in general. ver más
31/03/2021
2M€
Duración del proyecto: 28 meses Fecha Inicio: 2018-11-12
Fecha Fin: 2021-03-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo H2020 notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2021-03-31
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 2M€
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GOGOA MOBILITY ROBOTS Ingenieria y servicios en el área de la salud. diseño y desarrollo, fabricación y comercialización en el área de la salud. diseño, desarroll...
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5 784K