Hocoma
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| Robotic rehabilitation, Medical technology | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Volketswil, Switzerland |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 110 (2012)[1] |
| 🌐 Website | www.hocoma.com |
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Hocoma is a privately hold globally active medical technology company based near Zurich, Switzerland. Hocoma was founded in 1996[2] as spin-off of the Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Balgrist University Hospital in Zurich,[3] by the electrical and biomedical engineers Gery Colombo and Matthias Jörg and the economist Peter Hostettler. Today, Hocoma employs more than 110 people at its headquarters near Zurich and in its subsidiaries in Norwell, Massachusetts, Slovenia, Singapore and Chile . It develops therapy solutions for neurorehabilitation and low back pain therapy working closely with clinics and research centers. The Hocoma therapy solutions support the treatment of neurological patients with movement disorders caused by stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy or other neurological diseases and injuries as well as low back pain patients.
Awards[edit]
Hocoma has won several awards over the years[4]:
- IF-Design Award for Andago (2016)
- Winner UX Design Awards for Valedo (2015)
- 1st place ‘Best Wearable App’, Wearable Technology Show, London for Valedo (2015)
- CES Innovation Award ‘Wearable Technologies’ for Valedo (2015)
- Bronze for Valedo in the category ‘General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products’, Medical Design Excellence Award (2015)
- ‘Bronze Edison Award’ for Valedo (2015)
- Red Dot Award 2015: Honourable mention (2015)
- Silver medal ‘Best Mobile App Awards’ for Valedo (2014)
- ‘pro humanis award’ for FreeD development team (2014)
- ‘AGR Seal of Approval’ for all products of the Valedo therapy concept (2014)
- ‘High-Potential SME’, Swiss Economic Forum (2012)
- ‘Technology Transfer Award’ for Hocoma and ETH Zurich (2012)
- Finalist ‘Swiss Venture Club Entrepreneur Award’ in the economic region of Zurich (2011)
- Finalist in the ‘Maturity’ category of the ‘Swiss Technology Award 2010’ (2010)
- ‘Red Herring 100 Global Award’ as one of the 100 most innovative start-ups worldwide (2009)
- ‘Red Herring 100 Europe’ for Hocoma (2009)
- ‘Swiss Technology Award’ for ArmeoPower (2006)
- ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2004’, Start-Up category, for Hocoma co-founder Gery Colombo, Ernst & Young (2004)
- Third rank ‘Swiss Economic Award 2004’, Swiss Economic Forum (2004)
- Commendation ‘eligible for venture capital financing’, The Industrial Support Committee of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology’s Innovation Promotion Agency (KTI) (2002)
- ‘Entrepreneurs prize’, W.A. de Vigier Foundation for Hocoma founders (2001)
- ‘Swiss Technology Award 2001’, technology location Switzerland for Lokomat project (2001)
- ‘Ludwig Guttmann Prize’, German-speaking Medicinal Association for Paraplegiology (DMGP) for Hocoma co-founder Gery Colombo (2001)
- ‘The Outstanding Young Person of Switzerland’ (TOYP) award for Hocoma co-founder Gery Colombo, Swiss Young Chamber of Economics (1999)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Company Overview". Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "History of Hocoma". Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ↑ "Balgrist University Hospital: Funding". Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "Awards". Hocoma. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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