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| ichó: The smart therapy ball for home use |
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Building communication, strengthening skills, and responding to individual needs – that is the goal of icho systems GmbH. To realize their vision, the team has developed the ichó therapy ball. It brings therapeutic measures and individual support to people's homes and can be used to promote cognition and motor activity.
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| Messe Düsseldorf Shanghai: hearing aid adaptation event successfully held |
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On 17th December 2022, the hearing aid adaptation event, hosted by Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., was successfully held at the Hearing Rehabilitation Service Center of Shanghai Prosthetic Factory, bringing an end to hearing difficulties and opening up a whole new world of sound and melody for people with hearing impairments.
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| Sascha Scholz – That's how he rolls |
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Nowadays, mobility for many people with disabilities means being able to be self-determined in their own car. One prerequisite for this is a driver's license. Which detours and obstacles Sascha Scholz had to overcome to get his license, where he went on his subsequent European tour, and how he rolls otherwise, he tells us on REHACARE.com.
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| Stroke treatment for people with disabilities |
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When conducting clinical research, investigators aim to control as many variables as possible so it is easier to examine the effectiveness of new treatments. However, this sometimes means strict requirements lead to only a narrow population of patients being eligible to be enrolled in a trial.
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| A prosthetic limb that can read my mind |
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Lifting a glass, making a fist, entering a phone number using the index finger: it is amazing the things cutting-edge robotic hands can already do thanks to biomedical technology. However, things that work in the laboratory often encounter stumbling blocks when put to practice in daily life. A team at FAU is investigating how intelligent prostheses can be improved and made more reliable.
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| Funke Medical donates 5,000 euros to children's home in South Africa |
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The company Funke Medical GmbH donated 5,000 euros to the sponsoring group of the Rotary Club Dorsten for the financial support of a children's home in South Africa. The company's social commitment was also demonstrated by the fact that Funke Medical GmbH was a finalist in the "Großer Preis des Mittelstandes".
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| FDA awards breakthrough device designation to the ReWalk ReBoot Soft Exo-Suit for stroke rehab at home |
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The FDA grants breakthrough device designation to the ReWalk ReBoot Soft Exo-Suit for stroke rehab at home. The ReBoot is a lightweight, battery-powered orthopedic exo-suit designed to support walking function in individuals with limited ankle function due to neurological injury.
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