IS-ACTIVE: Inertial Sensing Systems for Advanced Chronic Condition Monitoring and Risk Prevention

Project acronym: IS-ACTIVE

Partners (7): University of Twente/CTIT (The Netherlands), NORUT Northern Research Institute (Norway), Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine (Norway), Roessingh Research & Development (The Netherlands), Inertia Technology (The Netherlands), University Hospital Elias (Romania) and PROSYS (Romania).

Project coordinator: Paul Havinga, University of Twente/CTIT, The Netherlands.

Project manager Norway: Tatjana M. Burkow, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø

Primary objective: To devise a person-centric healthcare solution for patients with chronic conditions - especially elderly people - based on the recent advances in wireless inertial sensing systems. The project emphasizes the role of the home as care environment, by providing real-time support to patients in order to monitor, self-manage and improve their physical condition according to their specific situation.

Project summary: IS-ACTIVE aims at producing tangible results in the form of fully-functional prototypes with a relatively short estimated time to market. The project addresses all the development phases of such a prototype wireless sensing platform for patients with chronic conditions, from hardware platforms and software packages to algorithms and user interfaces. The consortium aims to design, build and test systems that can eventually be bought and used by the individuals, instead of being the property of healthcare institutions.

IS-ACTIVE will attempt to shift medical device technology into the mainstream consumer electronics market. This implies that there is a strong focus towards ease of use, integration and pricing. Project results are to be validated through field trials involving patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is now the 4th cause of death worldwide, due to an increase in smoking rates and demographic changes in many countries. Patients need to manage their chronic condition through extensive physical therapy, which needs to be adapted to the situation of the patient and his/her progress.

Project period: April 2009 - June 2012

Further information/website: http://telemed.no/is_active.4647305-51255.html

National grant programme in Norway: IT Funk (ICT for disabled and elderly)

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Les også omtalen av IS-Active-prosjektet og Nasjonalt senter for samhandling og telemedisin (NST) og Norut i Tromsø på EU-siden: http://www.epractice.eu/en/news/5315662