In Germany alone, 270.000 people per year suffer a stroke. The stroke unit admission doctor works under tremendous pressure and cannot keep in mind the complex inclusion criteria of the many available clinical trials. Thus, inclusion windows are often missed and patients forego new treatment options. A smartphone-powered device automatically matches patients with available trials [...]

The human brain is an incredibly powerful organ: it defines who we are, our personality, our interaction with the external world and the way we perceive our surroundings. Although on the macro scale, the human brain appears to be uniform, the picture is completely different at the micro scale. Vast connections of neurons, which form [...]

  Have you ever envisioned a world free of pain? Chronic pain is a global concern with a worldwide prevalence of nearly 40%. It is estimated that a fifth of all people suffering from chronic pain have neuropathic pain. Chronic neuropathic pain is very difficult to manage with existing therapies. Satisfactory pain relief is not [...]

Computer aided measurement devices are state of the art in modern laboratories. These devices get more and more complicated, increasing the need for innovative and more user friendly control software. Developing this software is specific to each device. One would expect that nowadays components exist that take away most of the developers’ work or at [...]

We are building a personal lifeguard for people with epilepsy. EpiLog is a wristband for all people with epilepsy and their relatives, who are in constant fear of being alone during a seizure. It is the first lifestyle-designed wearable for daily monitoring of epileptic seizures aimed to increase the quality of life for people suffering [...]

Currently, 44 million people worldwide are suffering from Alzheimer’s and 10 million from Parkinson’s disease. This is not a small problem. As medicine gets better and people get older, it’s the brain diseases that matter. So, the big challenge for doctors of our generation is the early detection and better treatment of neurological diseases in [...]