13/09/2016
SENS Innovation was part of Idan Forum project 'Sport Innovators' that identifies, analyzes and disseminates stories about actors who rethinks. Read what CEO, Kasper Lundberg Lykkegaard says.
http://www.idan.dk/nyhedsoversigt/nyheder/2016/a758_sens-innovation_plaster-maaler-aeldres-aktivitetsniveau
You can read English version here:
A patch on thigh should help the local authorities to motivate elderly to move more. Via an app the sensor patch communicates with health professionals. SENS Innovation is ready for launch in the spring 2016.
'Wearables' are very IN now and you can get them in the different form of bracelets, watches, heart rate monitors, etc. Usually these types are used by younger generation. SENS Innovation consists now of two engineers that developed a patch that can measure accelerations and activity among elderly. The patch can then send data directly to healthcare professionals who can respond to the measurements and streamline rehabilitation, etc.
"Inactivity is generally a major problem for elderly. Among people over 75 years it is 33% of women and 40% of men that are categorized as completely inactive. So we thought, how we can help people to be more active from a technological angle.
"If only the elderly would be a little more active, not just in relation to diabetes, but also in order to be able to manage in their own homes", explains one of the founders of SENS Innovation Kasper Lundberg Lykkegaard. SENS Innovations sensor patch should be put at the bottom of the thigh muscle near the knee, so it captures virtually all physical activity. The advantage of the sensor plaster, according to Kasper Lundberg Lykkegaard, is that once you have it, you don't have to think about it anymore. For a demented or a forgetful person, it's hard to remember to take for example a fitness bracelet on, each morning. At the same time the sensor patch is an effective 'tell-tale'.
"You get an objective measurement instead of asking the elderly, how much he or she has trained in a week. If I was asked how active I have been the past week, I probably would not admit that I did not exercise as I should. You can almost always be sure that people will not exercise - especially the ones who are very slightly active", says Kasper Lundberg Lykkegaard.
The patch can be thrown in the trash, due to relatively low cost and the used battery technology.
The patch and the associated app was initially developed for municipalities and health care.
SENS Innovation has high expectations in the Danish market but also abroad. After a thorough testing phase, where researchers from several hospitals were involved, SENS expects to launch patches in Denmark in the spring 2016th.
Kasper Lundberg Lykkegaard have not come across a similar product on the world market, and he sees several other options as the patch is going forward:
"We will build an interpretation of metadata into the long term. If you have 100 patients that are in a particular age group with a similar clinical picture, you can compare them with each other. In addition, we can measure relatively exactly, for example, a football player who is exposed to excessive shock and amount of training. This will help to make assessments on whether he trains properly, and when an athlete is exposed to the brunt."
Initially SENS Innovation started to gear the organization and the economy to launch in Denmark for the municipalities and the elderly activity.
Et plaster på låret skal hjælpe kommunerne med at aktivere de ældre. Via en app kommunikerer plasteret med sundhedsfagligt personale. Sens Innovation er klar til lancering i foråret 2016.
