Projects
Translating scientific discoveries to practical applications
Simbex translates much of its research and the work of our partners into life improvement solutions for a wide variety of targets, from pro football players and elite military soldiers to the frail elderly and amputees. Our multi-disciplinary research and development group consistently achieves results using the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants to pioneer new technologies and translate them into marketable solutions.
The developments below are our pre-commercialization projects, which are funded via a Small Business Innovation Research award from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at the National Institutes of Health:
 iWalk: PowerFoot One™
- PowerFoot represents the next generation of wearable robotic devices for human augmentation, and incorporates computer intelligence and novel powered drive system to improve walking dynamics for lower limb amputees
- The power to react, the power to propel, the power of natural movement
- Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2007
- Joint project funded by the US Army among Simbex, MIT Media Lab, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and iWalk
A Powered Foot and Ankle Prosthesis for Improved
Maneuverability and Reduced Metabolic Cost
Funded by: Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Resource Center (TATRC)
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 IBEX™: In- Bed Exerciser™
- IBEX transforms the patient's bed into a rehabilitation station
- Patient quickly and efficiently build and maintain muscle strength
- Can return some bed-bound patients to functional mobility and ultimately independence
IBEX: Restoring Functional Mobility in the Elerly Through In-Bed Exercise
Funded by: National Science Foundation
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Active Gait™:
 Pediatric Rehabilitation and Mobility
- Portable in-shoe measurement and recording system allows monitoring of walking patterns of children with Cerebral Palsy as they go about their lives at home
- Developed specifically to help understand walking biomechanics and to optimize the outcomes following clinical interventions on children with Cerebral Palsy
- A collaboration between Simbex and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/Harvard professor Paolo Bonato, PhD, Director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory in the Department of Physical Rehabilitation.
A Device to Monitor Toe Walking in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Funded by: National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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 ActiveImplant™:
Rehabilitation Science and Mobility
- A collaboration between Simbex and inventors John Fago, an above-knee amputee and former prosthetist, Julie Fago, MD, and Michael Mayor, MD, a renowned orthopedic surgeon and above knee amputee
- Introduction of a broad anatomic shaped implant at the time of amputation that will better distribute loads, prevent rotation in the prosthetic socket, and allow more anatomical weight bearing
ActiveImplant Prosthesis for Lower Limb Amputees
Funded by: National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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 Active Stop™:
Wearable Dynamic Joint Control
- Dynamic joint control for injury prevention.
- Concept uses programmable textile configurations that are integrated into shoes and gloves.
- ActiveStop is a system of essential elements that may be used to create protection products that prevent terminal joint extension for snowboarders, paratroopers, etc.
- Performance functions include: Energy Management, Load Distribution and Fit Adjustment.
ActiveStop Dynamic Wrist Protector for Sports
Funded by:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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