PARTNERS

 

• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC

   

    CSIC is the largest public multidisciplinary research organisation in Spain. It has considerable experience in both participating and managing R&D projects and training grants. Within the NeuroTREMOR project CSIC will be represented by the Neural Rehabilitation Group. CSIC is a scientific research centre oriented to obtaining new knowledge and technologies in the field of processes, systems and advanced strategies of measurement, inspection, control and actuation.

  
  

    In the framework of NeuroTREMOR, CSIC will act as project coordination institution and technical developer in those aspects related to signal processing in neurophysiologic study of tremor (WP3), control strategies for neuromodulation of tremor (WP6), as well as design and prototyping of NeuroTREMOR subsystems and its integration (WP7). CSIC will also be responsible for coordinating the conceptual design (WP2).

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• Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, UMG-GOE

   

   UMG-GOE will be represented in this project by the Department of NeuroRehabilitation Engineering (NRE) and the EU Liaison Office/Department of International Relations (short for EU Office hereinafter). NRE has excellent research capabilities in EMG signal processing, neurophysiology modeling, and the analysis of human locomotion.

  
  

    UMG-GOE will lead the neurophysiological studies developed in the framework of NeuroTREMOR (WP3). It will also contribute to the processing of the multi-parametric data (WP5) in those aspects related to EMG and iEMG as well as in the development of the strategies for tremor suppression through stimulation of afferent pathways.

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• University of Maribor, UM

   

   The University of Maribor is second Slovenian University with a total of about 1200 faculty members and about 23500 undergraduate and 2000 postgraduate students, active in several scientific areas (16 faculty departments). The System Software Laboratory (SSL) was established at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Maribor in 1989. It consists of three subunits, the so called centres: Centre for Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Centre for Interactive Network Applications, and Centre for Multioperable Systems.

  
  

    In the framework of TREMOR, UM will be responsible for implementation and functional validation of advanced machine-based algorithms to support diagnosis of tremor and characterization from EEG and for extraction of individual motor unsit characteristic from multichannel surface and intramuscular EMG (WP5).

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• Servicio Madrileño de Salud, SERMAS

   

   Servicio Madrileño de Salud (Madrid Health Service) is the agency responsible for public health benefits in the Community of Madrid. This organism is part of the Spanish National Health System. Within the NeuroTREMOR project SERMAS will be represented by the Hospital "12 de Octubre". The University Hospital "12 de Octubre" is a third-level hospital belonging to SERMAS (Institute for Health in Madrid) and is also a partner of the hospitals network of Complutense University, Madrid (Spain)

  
  

    SERMAS will lead the elicitation of users needs (WP1) and will contribute to this activity by establishing criteria for recruiting users and developing testing protocols in addition to support the neurophysiological studies performed in the framework of WP4. They will also lead the validation phase of the project (WP8). SERMAS will develop the clinical case studies for supporting the dissemination activities of NeuroTREMOR.

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• Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Fraunhofer

   

   The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering is working in close collaboration with industry since its foundation in 1987. FRAUNHOFER offers solutions in the areas of biomedical and medical engineering, biotechnology, health telematics, environmental control systems, material testing, home systems, air quality control in homes and cars, security systems as well as industrial process automation and in-line/on-line process control, in particular for food, chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

  
  

    Fraunhofer-FRAUNHOFER will be the leader of WP4 and will develop flexible thin-film microelectrodes for intramuscular EMG recording as well as for neurostimulation. They will also be responsible for the design and development of the electronics for the neurostimulation system, and will cooperate with UMG-GOE regarding the development of the iEMG acquisition hardware and software.

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• ÖSSUR, Ossur

   

   Founded by Ossur Kristinsson, the company originally started life as a prosthetic clinic in 1971, steadily building itself a world-class reputation for the design and production of prosthetic liners, sockets and locking systems. At the forefront of research and development, it has pioneered silicone technology to great effect. Since then the product lines have diversified, to other prosthetic and orthotic products, with bionic prosthetic product line as the latest addition. Ossur’s head office is in Iceland. The company has global operations through offices in US, Europe, China, Australia and Sweden, with an extensive network across other international markets.

  
  

    Ossur will also lead the exploitation part of the project (WP9) and give input into other WP’s from industry point of view. Finally, Ossur operates a well-equipped machine shop that will be available for building prototype parts. Ossur will provide general support for other project partners, as well as being the link to commercialisation and protection of knowledge. Ossur operates an R&D department with around 80 employees and they will be involved as suits the needs of the project. OSSUR will coordinate the exploitation and demonstration WPs of the project (W9 & WP10).

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• Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York, COL

   

  Columbia University Medical Center opened in 1928. Situated on a 20-acre campus in the Washington Heights community of northern Manhattan, New York, and comprising roughly half of Columbia University's nearly $2 billion annual budget, the medical center is comprised of faculty members from its four schools (College of Physicians and Surgeons, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health, College of Dental Medicine, and School of Nursing). The 2,172-person full-time faculty (5,336 total faculty) includes 183 endowed chairs and 16 Nobel laureates (2 current).

  
  

    In the framework of NeuroTREMOR, COL will support SERMAS in performing the clinical activities related with the elicitation of users needs (WP1), mainly by establishing criteria for recruiting users and developing testing protocols. COL will also contribute to the neurophysiological studies performed in the framework of WP3. During the validation phase (WP8), all the experiments with patients will be performed in Spain by SERMAS, COL will support the analysis of the results based on their strong background on neurodegenerative diseases and on developing clinical scales for tremor.

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Consortium

• CSIC
• UMG-GOE
• UM
• SERMAS
• Fraunhofer
• Ossur
• COL

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