News Archive

2014-12-09

Participating in the Spanish talkshow El Hormiguero

Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan from Integrum will participate in the Spanish talkshow El Hormiguero together with Magnus Niska, who is the first patient using OPRA with neuromuscular electrodes and Irene Villa, who is a bilateral amputee using the OPRA implant system. The program is broadcasted on Spanish Antena 3 TV the 10th of December at […]

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2014-11-17

Interview with Magnus Niska

Magnus Niska, the first patient using OPRA with neuromuscular electrodes, was interviewed in the Swedish talkshow “Malou efter tio”. The interview can be seen here (in Swedish).

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2014-11-13

TEDxGöteborg

Dr. Max Ortiz Catalan from Integrum will give a talk at TEDxGöteborg the 18th of November about his mind controlled prosthetics that are based on the OPRA implant system. More information about the talk can be found here

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2014-10-31

Interview with Dr. Rickard Brånemark

CEO of Integrum and associate professor at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Dr. Rickard Brånemark, is interviewed by Reuters about the mind-controlled prosthetic arm, that has been made possible with the next generation of the OPRA system. The report can be seen here.

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2014-10-08

The first patient using OPRA™ with implanted neuromuscular interfaces is revealed.

The future for the OPRA™ system is presented today, as the first patient using OPRA™ with implanted neuromuscular interfaces is revealed. The system has been used by the patient since January 2013. This breakthrough is the result of a collaboration between Integrum, Chalmers University of Technology and Sahlgrenska University Hospital. The official press release can […]

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2014-08-28

Lecture by Max Jair Ortiz Catalan

Max Jair Ortiz Catalan from Integrum will give a short lecture on future control of arm and leg prosthetics at the National Life Science Day. The event takes place at Skogshem & Wijk, Lidingö on the 30th of September and the lecture will be at 11:20. Read more about it here.

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2014-08-18

Study from Chalmers University of Technology

In February this year, a study from Chalmers University of Technology, that was supported by Integrum, that demonstrated a novel treatment for phantom limb pain (PLP) was published. The treatment successfully reduced the pain levels for a chronic PLP patient, for whom no other treatments had been successful. A multi-centre clinical trial verifying the results from this […]

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2014-06-09

Lecture by Dr. Todd Kuiken

Dr. Todd Kuiken from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago is giving a lecture on Developing Neural Interfaces for Robotic Prostheses at Chalmers Wednesday the 11th of June at 15:00-16:00.  The lecture is taking place at the EC-room, EDIT-building at Hörsalsvägen 11

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2014-05-07

Vetenskapsfestivalen

Researchers from Integrum will participate in Vetenskapsfestivalen (The Science Festival) in Gothenburg Friday the 9th of May to present research in naturally controlled prosthetics. Research engineers Morten Bak Kristoffersen and Alejandra Zepeda will have a presentation followed by a 2-hour demonstration at 13:00 in Nordstan and research engineer Max Ortiz Catalan will  give a lecture at 19:30 […]

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