UAB Gruppo FOS Lithuania together with Kaunas University of Technology are implementing the project “Development and Integration of Tools and Technologies for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation into Clinical Practice”
UAB Gruppo FOS Lithuania and Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) are implementing the project “Development and Integration of Tools and Technologies for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation into Clinical Practice” co-funded by the European Union. This project is provided under the Progress Measure of the Economic Transformation and Competitiveness Development Program of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, managed under the 2022-2030 Development Program No. 05-001-01-05-07 “To Create a Consistent System for Promoting Innovative Activities.”
The goal of the project is to create innovative products through R&D activities, specifically:
A post-stroke rehabilitation course objectification system for physiotherapy free-hanging equipment and related post-stroke rehabilitation solutions.
A hip joint exoskeleton for walking rehabilitation for patients with hemiparesis.
During the implementation of the project, it is planned to create new tools and technologies which could be integrated into clinical practice and significantly increase the efficiency of post-stroke rehabilitation providing better outcomes for the patients.
The created system will be used to provide services for the course of physical therapy rehabilitation and the objective evaluation of the human muscular system. The intended structure of the system will allow it to be sufficiently universally adapted not only for the specific Redcord physiotherapy equipment planned to be used during the project but also for other types of similar systems. Additionally, the research planned during the project will aim to develop a light hip exoskeleton and adapt it to facilitate walking for people with hemiparesis after a stroke.
Project Details:
Total value: EUR 1,547,171.90
EU funding: EUR 1,038,055.68
Financing body: European Regional Development Fund
Duration: 2024-07-01 to 2026-07-01
A consortium consisting of academic and industrial partners is working on the development of a new monitoring technology for additive polymer manufacturing.
Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is a technique used to fabricate objects using a “layered” approach, adding material to the workpiece as it is manufactured during the production cycle.
Specifically, polymer powder bed fusion (PBF) is an additive manufacturing technology that uses polymer powder to mass produce objects quickly.
During this process, it is critical to know the cooling profile of the components produced. Temperature variations between layers can in fact generate different microstructures, which affect the mechanical properties of the final product. The latter may then be unsuitable for use and be discarded, causing waste of energy and material.
To avoid this inhomogeneity during the cooling phase, the consortium consisting of the UAB Groppo FOS Lithuania, Institute of Systems and Applied Electronics (ISEA), the FOS Spa Group, the University of Genoa, inspire AG, Sintratec AG is working to develop a microwave-based imaging system that allows the thermal volumetric profile of the entire printing chamber.
Thanks to this system, it will be possible to simultaneously monitor all parts produced during the cooling phase even when the parts are immersed in the polymer powder during processing.This is a particularly innovative goal: to date, conventional thermal cameras are only able to monitor the surface layer of the polymer powder.
“This project involves a variety of different technical disciplines that need to be purposefully integrated, making it an exciting opportunity to explore new approaches to collaboration between different areas of science,” comments project leader and science area manager of analog and radio frequency electronics, telecom and imaging systems at ISEA, Eng. Samuel Poretti.
The µTEAM project is funded by the European Eureka Eurostars program and will end in 2025.
UAB “GRUPPO FOS LITHUANIA” IMPLEMENTS THE PROJECT
“SYSTEM OF NATURAL INDOOR LIGHTING EXTENSION”
UAB “Gruppo Fos Lithuania” implements the project “System of natural indoor lighting extension”, co-financed by the European Union, provided under the progress measure of the Economic Transformation and Competitiveness Development program of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania, which manages the 2022-2030 development program: 05-001-01-04-02 “Encouraging companies to move towards a climate-neutral economy”.
The goal of the project is the creation of an environment friendly product (System of natural indoor lighting extension).
The product (System of natural indoor lighting extension) is designed to reduce the negative impact on the environment.
The System of natural indoor lighting extension will enable the use of daylight (sunlight and skylight) for the lighting of the premises located in the lighting deficit areas of the buildings. During the project, it is planned to create an expanded system of indoor natural lighting that would allow its users (building owners and building managers) to improve natural indoor lighting and reduce electricity consumption.
The value of the project is EUR 62,511.
EU funding is EUR 50,000