Spun out of Inesc Tec under a strategic agreement with Frontier IP, Insignals hopes to commercialise a surgical guidance device for brain implants to treat conditions including Parkinson's.
Commercialisation firm Frontier IP on Tuesday unveiled Insignals Neurotech, a Portugal-based spinout of Portuguese Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science (Inesc Tec), to develop a surgical guidance system for brain implants.
Frontier IP will own a 33% stake in Insignals Neurotech, the third venture to emerge from its pipeline based on strategic agreements with Portuguese institutions.
The company has been founded with the support of São João University Hospital, a medical research and training practice operated in conjunction with University of Porto.
Insignals Neurotech is working on wearable surgical devices that precisely gauge the patient’s wrist rigidity to help clinicians complete brain implant procedures for neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s and epilepsy.
Muscle rigidity is considered a fundamental symptom of Parkinson’s in particular. A judgement on the wrist helps determine the best position in the brain for an implant, however the decision…
