HelpMeWalk Project

The HelpMeWalk project is part of the Science Offensive of the trinational Upper Rhine Metropolitan Region. The project aims to develop an intelligent 3D scanning-textile that takes digital measurements in order to produce orthotics more efficiently.Prof. Dr. Joris Pascal and his team has been involved for several years in the development of this system, which is attracting a growing number of end-users, right up to their place of training.Supported by Innosuisse for two years, the project is now expanding to a European level.The need to reinvent body scanningSeveral pathologies require the wearing of an orthosis, a medical device used to compensate for a musculoskeletal disorder. These devices can concern multiple body parts (e.g. arm, hand, knee, ankle, etc.), but they all face a common challenge: a precise adaptation to the patient’s anatomy. In the case of an ankle orthosis, measurements are currently taken using a plaster cast.