Interview: Joan Cabestany, Head of the REMPARK Parkinson's-Monitoring Project From: Medical Design - 11/05/2013 By: Sarah Mangiola The technology used by the REMPARK system to monitor Parkinson's Disease comprises three devices, which are connected to a smartphone, and then worn on the body. The first two tremor inertial sensors are attached to the wrist while the movement inertial sensor is connected to the waist. Both sensors are attached by Velcro. Together, these devices transmit gait measurements and other non-motor symptoms to the smartphone, which then signals a cueing device (either electronic in the leg or audible in the ear). The information is passed on to the patient’s neurologist, who activates the remotely controlled, externally attached drug-injection pump when necessary. Every minute, the sensors send information related to the patient’s motor state via Bluetooth. The system relies on a commercial cellular network to transmit that information to the physician. The system runs on a lithium battery, which must be recharged every day. Read the entire interview at: http://medicaldesign.com/electronics/interview-joan-cabestany-head-rempark-parkinson-s-monitoring-project-0 Links: REMPARK (with video 1:42) http://rempark.cetpd.upc.edu/ Joan Cabestany http://www.eel.upc.edu/aha/home/staff/joan.html