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SQAIL Wins IÖB Project for Smart Textile in Pain Therapy

Vienna, 06/2024
The company SQAIL has won the IÖB-sponsored project for smart textile in pain therapy. The innovative smart textile provides synchronous muscle stimulation, supports the gait cycle, and stimulates muscle activity in affected areas. Specially designed actuators account for individual physiognomy and are integrated into washable socks, pants, or cuffs.
https://www.ioeb-innovationsplattform.at/challenges/detail/smart-textiles-in-der-schmerztherapie/

Findings of medicine nobel price used by WINGO

Vienna, 04/2024
WINGO manages to make walking easier in everyday life and, ideally, to increase mobility without more effort. This strengthens health literacy, but also has other very positive effects on the regulation of this type of disease. By increasing the metabolic activity rate, the sugar level is reduced and thus the progression of diabetes is stopped or at least greatly attenuated. At the same time, the regular stimulations of the gait machine WINGO on the muscle parts set important therapeutic effects in the repair and regeneration of nerves and blood vessels, this was impressively demonstrated in the work of David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian WINGO uses mechanisms based on these discoveries (Piezo-1, and Piezo-2 receptors) for temperature, mechanical stimuli and touch, for which Ardem Patapoutian and David Julius received the 2021 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

CO-FOUNDER OF SQAIL with a review on vibration therapy

Vienna, 09/2023
Vascular and Neural Response to Focal Vibration, Sensory Feedback, and Piezo Ion Channel Signaling
Penasso, H. Petersen, F., Peternell G.
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2475/2/1/6
Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer Gerfried Peternell published a review on focal vibration therapy, which aims to restore tissue and nervous system function. The therapy involves using vibration to improve the health of residual limbs and prosthesis acceptance in amputees. The review combined research on various aspects such as vibration therapy, sensory feedback, and the recovery of blood vessels and nerves. Key points include: - Intermittent focal vibration helps repair and form blood vessels and nerves by increasing shear stress on endothelial cells and triggering Piezo1 signaling. - Stimulating Piezo1 in peripheral nerves may reduce the growth of painful neuromas. - Vibrotactile feedback influences the motor cortex and modulates sensory signals, aiding in recovery and reducing phantom pain. The review recommends using focal vibration at frequencies of 60-120 Hz and amplitudes up to 1 mm to benefit motor control, locomotion, pain relief, nerves, and blood vessels, while avoiding adverse effects.

SQAIL Receives Preseed Funding from Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Vienna, 07/2023.
With the submission to PRESEED, WINGO was presented as a functional laboratory prototype. The product WINGO is a smart textile wearable, consisting of a body-adapted cuff or sock with a sensor sole, vibration stimulation, app, and accessories. Years of research at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Experimental Traumatology established the foundations for the current prototype. These have already been validated on initial test subjects in individual medical case studies.
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No end in sight for diabetes epidemic

Vienna, 08/2023
Despite the pandemic, there is no foreseeable end to the diabetes epidemic. The number of diagnoses is expected to continue rising in the next ten years, with 75% of patients not reaching target levels for A1C, blood pressure, and cholesterol. Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to serious complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, blindness, polyneuropathy and amputations. Fortunately, an increasing number of patients are utilizing technology-based programs to improve their diabetes outcomes. New remote monitoring devices make it easier to control blood sugar levels between doctor's visits. This integration of technology has the potential to dramatically enhance healthcare and contribute to reversing the diabetes epidemic. Source: HIT Consultant

Exercise: the best medicine for type 2 diabetes

Vienna, 07/2023
An increasing number of people suffer from type 2 diabetes in Germany, with at least 8.7 million affected. Exercise can help as a cost-effective and over-the-counter measure but is often neglected. Type 2 diabetes results from insufficient insulin function, and exercise improves this function as well as blood sugar levels. Despite the importance of exercise in diabetes treatment, its value is often underestimated and should be emphasized in treatment plans. Four reasons support the positive effect of exercise on blood sugar levels. Even small lifestyle changes can have a significant impact. Various sports may be suitable, and it is essential for exercise to be enjoyable and maintained in the long term. The choice of the right sport should align with individual preferences and health conditions.
Source: PNP.de

Cure of Polyneuropathy

Vienna, 07/2023
The widespread belief that one cannot intervene in polyneuropathies and therefore affected individuals do not receive adequate diagnosis and therapy is confirmed by Univ. Doz. Udo Zifko from the Department of Neurology at the Evangelical Hospital in Vienna. He counters that this is not the case: "The spectrum of polyneuropathies ranges from those that cannot be influenced to completely curable polyneuropathies." In general, Zifko advocates not giving up too quickly in the diagnosis and treatment of polyneuropathies. "Of course, there are cases where we can only provide symptomatic support. But that is also good because, although we cannot cure the majority of polyneuropathies, we can still influence them."
Source Text: Austrian Medical Journal
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