Praised for easier diagnosis of nerve damage – New Technology

       

The competition has been launched by the company Inission, which manufactures electronic components for the industry.

– We think the industry which manufactures gadgets, especially electronics, get too little attention and wanted to do our bit to help, says Olle Hultberg, CEO of Inission.

Under Thursday settled the contest for the third time. Lara Diagnostics took home first prize, which means access to Inissions factories worth a million dollars, to manufacture the product.

Instrument Lara Diagnostics has developed to diagnose nerve damage is significantly less than the advanced equipment used in neurophysiology clinics today. The idea is to make it easier to use the technology in primary care, where the chances are greater for detecting early nerve damage, which is important for the treatment to be effective.

– We have taken the established highly advanced diagnostic method used today and modified it from a giant instrument to a handheld device. It provides an availability throughout the healthcare supply chain, says Louise Warme, President of Lara Diagnostics.

The new instrument could for example be useful for diabetics, who often suffer from impaired nerve function in the feet. By discovering such damage early and quickly put into action, the risk of foot ulcers, which can lead to amputation, hopefully reduced.

The method for establishing the diagnosis is based, as well as for the existing equipment on the patient’s response to vibrations and temperature changes are measured. Exactly how the innovators behind Lara Diagnostics has managed to scale down the instrument, they do not reveal.

The jury citation for the Lara Diagnostics as the winner by corporate social benefit:

“The winner is developing a product that will save a lot of suffering and have great public benefit, by significantly facilitate and improve early diagnosis of peripheral nerve injury. “

– The price means a lot to us. This makes it possible for us to go from prototype to something that may benefit the patient, says Louise Warme.

The company’s goal is that the new instrument should be on the market within two years.

Finalists in the competition were also Melaud company, which has developed smart headphones and Perific Technologies, which has developed a product to monitor and manage systems on board the boats at a distance.