Welcome CareNet Denmark...FOCAL MEDITECH BV Developers, manufacturers and distributors of Technical...
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Welcome
CareNet
Denmark
FOCAL MEDITECH BV
Mission:
• Adding value to the lives of Handicapped
Persons
• Adding value to the Assistive Technology Market
FOCAL MEDITECH BV
Developers, manufacturers and distributors of Technical Aids for handicapped persons
• Privately owned • Since 1992 (until 2009: Focal Revalidatietechniek) • 40 employees
• State of the art own R&D and production capacity
• Main focus on Assistive Technology for independent living • Emphasis on products supporting hand function and independent feeding
• Including robotics
• Export to several EU countries and Australasia
• Import of products from US, Japan, Canada
Focal Activity Overview
Production at Tilburg:
• Dynamic Arm supports
• Head supports
• Eating devices
• Personal Robotics
• Special products
Focal Activity Overview
Import and Sales:
• Mealtime support robot MySpoon
• Modular headrests
• Personal robot Jaco
• Social Robot Paro
Focal Activity Overview
Services/Sales:
• Environmental Control Systems
• Systems Integration
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Devices
Focal Activity Overview
Research & Development:
• Focal and OEM label products
• Joint projects
• Third party research
At National and International level. Demand and User driven!
Focal Product Portfolio
Dynamic Arm Supports: • Market leader
• Used to support weak or paretic arm function
• Goal: compensation of gravity during manual activities
• Types: Darwing, TOP/Help, Sling, Balancer
• Mech. or el. powered
Focal Product Portfolio
Most recent Dynamic Arm
Support: Darwing
• Patented double balancing
mechansim
• Independent support of lower
and upper arm
• Several electronic adjusment
possibilities:
• Adaptation of force against
gravity
• Locking mechanism
• Storage of setting
• Levelling mechanism
Focal Product Portfolio
Headsupports
Headsupport Specialist
• Modular Headrests
• Additional Adjustment
mechanisms
Eating Devices
• Mealtime Support Robot
MySpoon (Secom)
• Various Focal Products
Focal Product Portfolio
Personal Robotics
Wheelchair Mounted Robotics:
• Bridgit, robot on Railsystem
• Jaco, Innovative Leightweight
Robot
Focal Product Portfolio
Social Robotics:
Robotseal Paro for persons
with Dementia
Project McArm: Motion Controlled
Arm Support
A ‘Pieken in de Delta’ Project • Development of a sensor
steered powered dynamic arm support
• For persons with very limited arm force
• For Daily Life and Training
• Building on outcomes of 2 pilot projects
• Intended project outcome: prototype of product
• Bridging the gap between dynamic arm supports and stand alone personal robotics
• Running Time: April 2011- March 2014
Project McArm: Motion Controlled
Arm Support
Consortium
• Focal Meditech, Tilburg
• Zuyd University (TidZ), Heerlen
• MUMC+, Maastricht
• St Radboud Rehab, Nijmegen
• M2Control, Uden
• TU/e (Electronics andMechanics), Eindhoven
• EuroCarbon, Sittard
• National Aerospace Lab., Marknesse