corrects posture and keeps you moving

The Parkinson Buddy is a small wearable device that gives Parkinson patients a warning signal when their posture is excessively bend forward. Furthermore it contains a metronome that has been proven to reduce freezes and keep going more easily. This has been researched and published by the VU medical centre in Amsterdam. The patient can select to use audio and/or vibro feedback. Optionally there is the possibility for the care provider to store posture and activity information over time to spot changes over time or get a better idea of the amount of physical activity a Parkinson patient undertakes.  The Parkinson Buddy can be worn underneath or outside normal day to day clothes and is powered by rechargeable batteries.
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2M Engineering ltd is developing a mattress for contactless measurement of important vital body during sleep signs like movement, breathing rate, heart rate and oxygen levels. Hereby a visualization of how such a system would look like. The video also contains basic info about Skunkx and VitaMove.

(video in Dutch)

We are happy to announce that 2M has been awarded an SBIR grant for the development of a new device for non-invasive glucose monitoring for diabetic patients. Development of the product is underway, using unique lasers developed by 2M as part of the detection system. The product is planned to be ready for clinical validation in June 2013.

Purpose of glucose monitoring is to reveal individual patterns of blood glucose changes, and helps in the planning of meals, activities, and at what time of day to take medications.Also, testing allows for quick response to high blood sugar or low blood sugar. This might include diet adjustments, exercise, and insulin (as instructed by the health care provider). Non-invasive glucose monitoring will free the person with diabetes from finger sticks to supply the drop of blood for blood glucose analysis. 2M has planned at a later stage to also provide based on the same platform to deliver a continuous glucose monitoring methods offering the advantage of providing additional information to the subject between the conventional finger stick, blood glucose measurements and over time periods where no finger stick measurements are available.
More information about diabetes (WIKI)..

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Eindhoven´s Dagblad published an article on the edocal project. A light based cancer detection solution with wide practical application.

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2M welcomes Zameed SahebAli who will become responsible for mechanical engineering. Zameed spent 8 years working at Biosensors International in technical and managerial functions. 5 years as medical device product developer and project leader, 3 years as Manager Research & Development of the Catheter Division. We are very pleased Zameed has joined 2M.

See www.vitamove.nl for more detailed information about benefits, how it works, application areas and so on.

The first batch of single mode laser for the PhoCryLa project have been produced and successfully tested. The laser will be used to build devices to non-invasively test glucose levels in people with diabetes. The great advantage of being able to use a laser to do this is that no blood has to be drawn from the patient. This work is carried out with support from the International Innovation Co-operation funds from Senter Novem.

2M has agreed a partnership with a Korean company to develop a new module for the next generation of mobile phones. The launching customer for the new module will be Samsung Electronics in Korea. The R&D is supported by a grant from the Dutch government (Agentschap.nl).

2M is starting production of Skunkx.  Skunkx are heated shoes that stimulate your bloodcirculation. See www.skunkx.com for more information.