Patient Innovation
European tour
Exciting times for Patient
Innovation! From the digital world to 29
museums and scientific centers around Europe, we are now
presenting live some of the innovations from our
platform!
We are very happy and honored to be participating in “Beyond the Lab: The DIY Science
Revolution”, an exhibition that will be touring
around 29 European countries, from July 2016 to May 2018.
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The exhibition is about citizens turned scientists, hackers
and innovators who are taking science into their own hands,
revolutionizing science by showing that a lot of what is
happening in the innovative and technologic world is taking
place beyond the lab.
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The first exhibition opening was at the LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn, Germany, on
July 6th
2016, followed by the opening at the Science Museum of London, on July 7,
and then the opening, on July 14, in Warsaw, at Copernicus Science Centre . Pedro
Oliveira and Helena Canhão, Patient Innovation project
leaders, will give a talk during Przemiany Festival, at
Copernicus, on September 4.th the
Patient Innovation team was present at the Science Museum
exhibition opening, along with Michael Seres and Duncan Fitzsimons, both winners of
the 2nd
Patient Innovation Awards.
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You can check the countries that will host the exibition
below. For more information regarding the venues, please click here. The entry is free.
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Exhibition Tour Dates
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2016 |
Jul-Aug |
Bonn, Germany |
2016 |
Jul-Aug |
London, UK |
2016 |
Jul-Sep |
Warsaw, Poland |
2016 |
Aug-Sep |
Ljubljana, Slovenia |
2016 |
Sep-Nov |
Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
2016 |
Sep-Nov |
Lošinj, Croatia |
2016 |
Oct-Dec |
Granada, Spain |
2016 |
Oct-Dec |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
2017 |
Jan-Mar |
Lisbon, Portugal |
2017 |
Jan-Mar |
Nicosia, Cyprus |
2017 |
Jan-Mar |
Bratislava, Slovakia |
2017 |
Jan-Mar |
Noorköping, Sweden |
2017 |
Apr-Jun |
Tartu, Estonia |
2017 |
Apr-May |
Bordeaux, France |
2017 |
Apr-May |
Linz, Austria |
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2017 |
Apr-May |
Pallini, Greece |
2017 |
Jul-Aug |
Mechelen, Belgium |
2017 |
Jul-Aug |
Cesis, latvia |
2017 |
Jul-Aug |
Budapest, Hungary |
2017 |
Jul-Aug |
Kalkara, Malta |
2017 |
Oct-Nov |
Kerkrade, Netherlands |
2017 |
Oct-Nov |
Vilnius, Lithuania |
2017 |
Oct-Nov |
Pardubice, Czech Republic |
2017 |
Oct-Nov |
Sofia, Bulgaria |
2018 |
Jan-Feb |
Dublin, Ireland |
2018 |
Jan-Feb |
Vataa, Finland |
2018 |
Jan-Feb |
Trento, Italy |
2018 |
Jan-Feb |
Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
2018 |
Apr-May |
Lugano, Switzerland |
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Patient Innovation is featured on this exhibition with seven
innovations from the Patient Innovation platform, which has
now 600 innovations online. “Beyond the Lab: The DIY Science
Revolution” features seven real-life case studies that are
explored through a combination of objects, images and films,
giving the visitors the chance to get to know these
innovators and what drove them to be creative and take
action.
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Francisco Veloso, Dean of Católica Lisbon School of Business
and Economics, also visited the exhibition.
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Patient Innovation is exhibiting the following innovations:
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3D printed hand and forearm (USA/Portugal)
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Low cost 3D printing prosthetic hand and
forearm, a collaboration between Ivan Owen (USA) and
the Patient Innovation team. These hands were printed and
assembled in the Patient Innovation office, at Católica
Lisbon. In 2015, Ivan was awarded with the Patient Innovation Award, in the
Collaborator category. During his days in Portugal, Ivan and
Salomé Azevedo, from the Patient Innovation team, teamed up
and developed a 3D printing hand and forearm for a
seven-year-old Portuguese boy named Nuno.
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Removable thermal pockets (Portugal)
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The removable thermal pockets were
designed to warm up the hands of patients who suffer from
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease. These pockets were built
by engineering students from JUNITEC - Instituto Superior
Técnico. Diogo, a young pianist who suffers from CMT, had
the concept for the thermal pockets in his mind, but lacked
the skills and resources to create it by himself. So
Patient Innovation brought them together.
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The Shower Shirt™ (USA)
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Lisa Crites was diagnosed with breast cancer. Following a
mastectomy, she was advised by her doctors to avoid
showering in order to prevent infection through the drain
sites. She then created a water-resistant garment, the Shower Shirt™, to enable patients
who are recovering from surgery to shower without risking
infection. Lisa is one of the 1st Patient Innovation Awards
winners, in the Patient category.
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Upsee (Israel)
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Debby Elnatan’s youngest son was born with Cerebral Palsy,
so he couldn’t stand and walk. Debby tried different ways to
“link him” to her through straps, leading to Upsee. With Upsee, her son, and
children from all over the world, are now able to “walk”
like other children and participate in family activities. Debby is one of the 1st Patient Innovation Awards
winners, in the Caregiver category.
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ExoVasc® (UK)
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Tal Golesworthy is a Marfan Syndrome patient, and his
ascending aorta was gradually enlarging over time.
Being an
engineer Tal compared his enlarged aorta to a plumbing
problem, so he thought that he had to create something that
would act like an insulation tape, that could be wrapped
around the outside of the a aorta. After a lot of CAD
models, along with his doctor, they developed the final
prototype, the ExoVasc®,which has been used in 76
(and counting) patients since then. Tal is one of the 1st Patient Innovation Awards
winners, in the Patient category.
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ViEx (USA)
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Sarah Betts is a young violinist who was diagnosed with
juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when she was ten years old.
Because she plays the violin, she realized that her left
hand was a lot less swollen and less painful than the right
hand. She created ViEx, a wooden device to help her
exercise both hands using strings. The ViEx cost has a
production cost of 3 USD.
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Ostom-I Alert (UK)
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Michael was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when he was 12
years old. That is why he invented the Ostom-I Alert: a sensor based device
that can be attached to any ostomy bag and is able to send
messages via Bluetooth to a mobile app to warn the patient
when his bag is close to being full. Michael is one of the
2nd Patient Innovation Awards
winners, in the Patient category.
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Coming next
2nd Patient
Innovation Awards ceremony
While touring around Europe until 2018, Patient Innovation
will be welcoming our most recent awardees
Have you met the new winners, from UK, USA, Israel,
Russia and Netherlands? You can also meet them in person, at
the 2nd
Patient Innovation Awards ceremony, which will take place on
November 10th 2016, at
the Web
Summit 2016, Lisbon. This is Europe’s largest
conference on technology and innovation, and about 50,000
attendees, from more than 150 countries are expected.
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All the best from the Patient Innovation Team
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The Pi Awards ceremony
November 10, 2016
Patient
Innovation (PI) is a nonprofit, international, multilingual,
free venue for patients and caregivers of any disease to
share their innovations. PI is an initiative by Católica
Lisbon School of Business and Economics in collaboration
with Instituto de Medicina Molecular (IMM).
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