The Neurological Rehabilitation Expo taking place on the 4th and 5th of March at the Javits Center in New York City will be the USA´s largest showcase for medical professionals treating neurological conditions and is expected to draw over 1500 neuro rehabilitation professionals. Virtualware will be participating in this exciting event with Barrett Medical, developers of the Procifio rehabilitation robotic arm. Proficio uses the largest ever 3D haptics-force-field to explore brain neuroplasticity, and will assist in the rehabilitation of patients recovering from spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, and stroke....
Denken, which is specializes in detection, prevention and rehabilitation therapies of patients with cognitive diseases, has introduced VirtualRehab in their centre in Barcelona, Spain. Denken uses different non-pharmacological therapies to improve neurological functions with personalized cognitive stimulation treatments. The users of the centre not only include patients suffering from cognitive disease but also elderly people who want age in a way that assures the best quality of life for themselves, as well as for their families and caregivers....
VirtualRehab has just exceeded 10,000 games sessions and 1000 hours of game played by the patients who are currently using it, including those suffering from Neurodegenerative diseases and Neuromuscular and Neurovascular disorders. This milestone is a major achievement for Virtualware in its aim to make VirtualRehab a normal part of the rehabilitation process in clinics and hospitals around the world. David Fried, the Director of International Business Development and Julio Alvarez, the Director of the Health Business Unit in Virtualware, discussed their views on the importance of these latest results, and the future of VirtualRehab....
On November 20th, VirtualRehab was presented as part of the event “Update on Neurodegenerative Diseases” organized by the Spanish Alliance for Neurodegenerative Diseases (NeuroAlizanza) that formed part of the LXVI Annual Reunion of the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN) that took place in Valencia. The event combined the meeting of patients, social and healthcare and representatives of various public institutions to study the strategic priorities related to Neurodegenerative Diseases not only on at the social and healthcare level, but also to share the latest scientific and medical advances in the field....
Coinciding with Medica2014 in Dusseldorf, Virtualware took part in the 4th General Assembly of International Industry Society in Advanced Rehabilitation Technology (IISART), which Virtualware recently joined as a member of.** IISART**, whose members include some of the most prestigious physiotherapy technology manufacturers in the world, is dedicated to advance and promote modern healthcare technology in rehabilitation for the benefit of the patient and society at large. At the occasion of its 4th General Assembly, IISART was able to look back to another successful year of the society and to discuss the upcoming activities for 2015....
Virtualware will be attending Medica2014, the World Forum for Medicine, an event which is a global reference in the health technology sector, and where the latest technological advances in medicine will be shown by some of the most important companies in the field. This year’s event once again takes place in the German city of Dusseldorf, between the 12th and 15th of November. The world’s largest and most international Medical event will have almost 4,600 exhibitors in nearly 116,000 square meters of space....
The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of cutting-edge technologies transforming health and healthcare. It brings together the best minds in the field with companies ready to disrupt the healthcare system to discuss and review the latest innovations in the sector. Health 2.0 Europe will take place at the Mermaid Conference Centre in London between Monday, November 10th 2014 and Wednesday, November 12th, 2014. Virtualware was chosen by the Health 2....
Leading Robotics manufacturer Barrett Technology will introduce the research edition of the Proficio, their new rehabilitation robotic arm that runs on the VirtualRehab platform, tomorrow at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Conference (ACRM’14), being held in Toronto, Canada. Proficio has the largest 3D haptics-force-field ever produced for the exploration of neuroplasticity of the brain. It is hoped that this device will soon be applicable to patients* recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, and spinal-cord injury....
VirtualRehab today announced it is the first virtual reality platform to receive CE mark approval as a medical device from the European Commission and the first certified motion capture physical rehabilitation software using Microsoft Kinect and LeapMotion VR technology approved by the EU. The following video shows how virtual reality games are used for physical rehabilitation in patients. VirtualRehab is a clinically validated physical rehabilitation software designed in collaboration with neurologists and physiotherapists....
The 2nd edition of the Queen Square Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation Course is taking place between the 19th and the 20th of June in London at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery. The programme can be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cnr/docs/events/ulcourse Lecturers at this prestigious event include specialists from The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology (includes leading researchers in upper limb research in neurological patients). This informative two day course will provide therapists with an overview of current research looking at treatment and rehabilitation options for the neurological patient with upper limb deficiency....