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Mike has won the award with his master’s thesis ‘the design of an osseo-integrated upper leg prosthesis fixation system’. He developed a prosthesis fixation system with interesting advantages for upper leg amputees. His thesis scored highly on all criteria: is it in the patient’s interest, could industry manufacture it and how innovative is the idea.
The award ceremony took place on January 20 in The Hague during the IMDI-Talent symposium. Mike received a nice plaque and 1,500 euros from chairman of the jury Cathy van Beek (University Medical Center Nijmegen). The other members of the jury were Josée Hansen (Health Care Inspectorate) en Hans Hofstraat (Philips Research). It is the first time that IMDI, the Innovative Medical Devices Initiative NL, granted this award.
Mike is honored that his thesis again has won a prize. In 2011 his thesis was awarded with the Thesis Prize of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO) Netherlands. (read Mike’s blog) Details on the project and results can be found on the ISPO website.
Currently Mike is doing his PhD research at INCAS3 in the SPRINT project that aims to reduce falls in elderly people by using sensor systems and serious games to train balance right in their home environment.