Wearable Mobility Solution in Parkinson’s Disease
Photo: Jarli&Jordan/University of Oslo.
Wearable and non-invasive sensorimotor stimulation for walking difficulties in people with Parkinson’s disease.
Application
Freezing of gait detection, prediction and individualized stimulation
Competitive advantages
Non-invasive, low-cost, multimodal sensor modelling for event detection and signaling, personalized to individuals
Market assessment
The global Parkinson’s disease diagnosis and treatment market, valued ~ USD 7.5 billion (2025), is anticipated to reach USD 17.57 billion by 2035 (CAGR of 8.9%)
IP status
IP strategy / portfolio under development, discovered challenging patents and product descriptions
Needs
Technological validation for walking impairment detection and efficacy of stimulation patterns
Project leader
Tarun Arora - tararo@ous-hf.no
Project coordinator
Per Håvard Kleven
The team:
• Christian Tronstad
• Kristian Bernhard Nilsen
• Lasse Pihlstrøm