Breaking: ELECTRA-STROKE study publication in Neurology
17 October 2023
Between 2018 and 2022, the ELECTRA-STROKE brain-wave cap was tested in twelve Dutch ambulances of Ambulance Amsterdam and Witte Kruis, with data collected from 389 patients. The study found that the brain-wave cap could accurately identify patients with LVO stroke, which is a type of ischemic stroke that is caused by a blockage in a large artery in the brain.
The study also found that the brain-wave cap can be used in the ambulance setting, which is important because it could allow ambulance personnel to quickly and accurately identify patients who need to be transported to a specialized stroke center for treatment.
Future of pre-hospital stroke triage
TrianecT, an Amsterdam UMC spin-off company, is further developing the brain-wave cap into a product in order to bring it to the market. A follow-up study (AI-STROKE) is currently ongoing to collect data from 1192 patients in order to further improve the algorithm for recognizing LVO stroke in the ambulance.
News coverage
Our breakthrough publication on ELECTRA-STROKE was covered in the media internationally:
- https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/10/17/badmuts-meet-beroerte
- https://www.nu.nl/wetenschap/6283820/slimme-badmuts-helpt
- https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brainwave-reading-cap-identifies-which-stroke
- https://www.elconfidencial.com/tecnologia/ciencia/
- https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/
- https://www.nporadio1.nl/uitzendingen/nieuws-en-co/
- https://www.skipr.nl/nieuws/slimme-badmuts-diagnosticeert-beroerte-in-ambulance/
- https://www.khabaronline.ir/news/1826408/
- https://hightech.fm/2023/10/18/smart-cap-stroke
- https://dispositivosmedicos.org.mx/
- https://wonderfulengineering.com/
- https://www.infobae.com/salud/2023/10/18/
- https://bioengineer.org/smart-brain-wave-cap-recognizes-stroke
- https://www.news-medical.net/news/20231017/New-brain-wave-cap
- https://www.miragenews.com/brain-wave-cap-detects-stroke
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1004818
- https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-smart-brain-wave-cap