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We replace the plaster cast with a 3D scanning-textile
Established approach – plaster cast modelling with manual correction
New 3D scan in seconds under manual correction.
BellwaldTEC is developing a new and versatile digital measuring system for recording body surfaces.
The measurement principle is based on the determination of the spatial position in a magnetic field generated near the patient.
By using a magnetic field, the orthopedist’s corrective hands are invisible to our scanning textile.
When used in orthopedic technology, the corrective position of the limbs can be recorded under palpation, since the corrective hands of the orthopedists are invisible to magnetic fields.
Our scanning textile offers the following advantages:
- Measurement in seconds
- Clean to use
- Can be reused multiple times
- Provides accurate spatial measurement
- The 3D data (STL) can be seamlessly integrated into existing post-processes
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Technology
Our 3D scanning textile is based on the principle of determining a spatial position within a defined magnetic field. The textile contains hundreds of sensors for measuring the field strength. Based on these measured values, the position in space can be calculated and a complete 3D data representation (STL file) is obtained in a matter of seconds.
The required magnetic fields are very weak. Even weaker than those of the magnets on a fridge at home. The technology also does not generate radio waves and has no ionizing effect on body cells.
The magnetic fields can still penetrate our body. That is why the corrective hands of the orthopedist are invisible to our sensors.
The integration of hundreds of magnetic field sensors in the textile is a challenge. For this reason, we work closely and intensively with strong partners who work out the ideal solution with us, so that we can quickly and optimally meet the needs of our customers with our innovative product.
About us
BellwaldTEC GmbH, a FHNW spin-off, is a Swiss start-up company that develops new body scanners for orthopedic solutions. The core technology is based on a scanning textile that was developed at the FHNW School of Life Sciences in Muttenz.
The inventors are Prof. Dr. Joris Pascal, Thomas Ruepp and Ralf Schumacher.
Thomas Ruepp
Managing Partner, Co-Inventor,
Former Managing Director of Basler Orthopädie
Prof. Dr. Joris Pascal
CTO, Co-inventor
Professor at the FHNW, Muttenz
Ralf Schumacher
Co-inventor
Formerly Medartis, Mimedis, FHNW
Corentin Féry
R&D Electronics and Software
Research Associate FHNW
Simon Lemoigne
R&D Electronics and Software
Research Associate FHNW
Dr. Thomas Quirin
R&D Electronics and Instrumentation
Research Associate FHNW
Manon Lambert
R&D Textile and Software
PhD student Strasbourg University
Historical
The name Ruepp has always been a guarantee for innovation in orthopedics. Ernst Ruepp, Thomas Ruepp’s grandfather, worked as an orthopedist in Nice, Paris and Brussels in the early 1920s before founding his own company in Basel in 1926.
The company Basler Orthopädie René Ruepp AG is now run by Thomas daughter Florence in the fourth generation.
Thomas Ruepp developed the idea of a measuring stocking as early as 1991 and was way ahead of his time.
However, the textile only became technically feasible much later, from the beginning of 2016, when Thomas Ruepp and Ralf Schumacher approached Prof. Joris Pascal (FHNW), a specialist in microelectronics and magnetic field sensors, who laid the technological foundations for the scanning textile.
As part of research and development work, together with the FHNW, the first prototypes were built and the functioning of the measuring principle could be demonstrated.
Investors
BellwaldTEC is planning to enter the market in the first quarter 2026.
If you would like to support us on this path as an investor or with global sales, please contact us at: investors@bellwaldtec.ch
Partners
Innovation (Innosuisse Project)
Funding / Network partners
Technology / Industry Partners
News
W.A. de Vigier Award 2023
BellwaldTEC has applied for this year’s de Vigier Award. The first hurdle could be mastered successfully. We have reached the…
Innosuisse Project Grant
The federal funding agency Innosuisse is supporting the innovation project entitled «Closing the gap in digital orthopedics», which BellwaldTEC will…
Prix Créateurs 2021
At the Prix Créateurs of the Valais Cantonal Bank 2021 BellwaldTEC can win a prize. Among the 46 submitted dossiers,…
Patent application
The invention «System and method for detecting a surface shape on the human or animal body» has been filed with…
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Bellwalderstrasse 471
CH-3997 Bellwald
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