2023 European Researchers' Night, September 2023

Retouch had the honnor to participate in the The European Researchers' Night in Thessaloniki's Concert Hall, on the 29th of September. The European Researchers' Nightis a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens' daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. The European Researchers' Night aims to
- bring research and researchers closer to the public
- promote excellent research projects across Europe and beyond
- increase the interest of young people in science and research careers
- showcase the impact of researchers’ work on people’s daily lives

The European Researchers’ Night attracts each year more than 1 million visitors in Europe and beyond. More details and video trailer here

3rd Award at 13th NBG Business Seeds Competition, July 2023

Retouch won the 3rd place in the competition among over 300 teams around Greece and 10 finalists! The annual innovation and technology competition is an action in the context of the NBG Business Seeds program for supporting innovative entrepreneurship. It takes place annually to provide mentoring, highlight and reward original ideas that will contribute to the development of pioneering systems and applications, based on new technologies, the inclusion of the environmental factor in the design of products and services, the proliferation of online banking, and online transactions and to the promotion of innovation in general, in Greece. More information about the competition can be found in the following link:
NBG Business Seeds

CE Product Certification, November 2022

The last stage of the commercialization of our product is here, the RETOUCH Exoskeleton and Dataglove are finally CE Certified! After the successful completion of all necessarry tests on Safety, Health, EMC and Radio Directives the team focused on the preparation of the paperwork for the RoHS Certification as well as the rest of the CE Certification procedure. With all documents ready and submitted, we are happy to announce that the Declaration of Conformity is available in the following link:
Declaration of Conformity

TIF, September 2021

Retouch participated in 86th TIF, in Thessaloniki Greece, as part of the ELEVATE GREECE programm. The team had the opportunity to meet other start-ups as well as the guests and present the product and news of the company. Additionally, the company exposure increased with a TV interview and many business contacts during the exhibition.

Succesful Completion of CE Laboratory Testing, July 2022

A big step in the certification process of the product has been achieved! After a few iterations and corrective actions, the team managed to pass all necessarry tests that the CE certification requires. Among them, the product passed the Safety, Health, EMC and Radio test procedures as defined in the latest Directives and ISO standards.

"Supportive Technology" Symposium, May 2022

The clinical trial that we are currently carrying out in collaboration with the Neurosurgery Clinic, ΕΚΠΑ (Γ.Ν.Α. «Ο Ευαγγελισμός»), the Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center "THESEUS" and the Laboratory LANECASM, ΠΑΔΑ, played the main role of motivation of the creation of the "Supportive Technology" Symposium.

Press Release on Partnership with THESEUS Rehabilitation Center, July 2021

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center THESEUS published the press release of the collaboration between the two companies, presenting the subject and goal of this partnership. More specific, in this particular publication titled “Partnership between THESEUS Rehabilitation Center and RETOUCH Health Solutions”, more details are given concerning the clinical trial that is carried out with participation of both companies.
►More info: THESEUS Press Release

TIF, September 2021

During the participation in 85th TIF, RETOUCH presented itself to a public audience related with innovation and entrepreneurship. In the company presentation the identity and product was discussed, focused on the potential benefits of utilizing RESTORE by the end users. Later on, a Q&A session carried out, concerning the future plans of the company, the timeline as well as the milestones RETOUCH has set. Last but not least, a discussion took place on the different growth perspectives of RESTORE and its evolution according to the current market needs.

Interview on website startupper.gr, October 2021

As a promotion action for the RESTORE project, an article was published presenting the objective and mission of RETOUCH HS company, on the website startupper.gr. This website focuses entirely on start-ups both in Greece and abroad. It serves as the main reference point, source of news around the Greek young entrepreneurship and start-up ecosystem, with hundreds of participations in events taking place in Greece and abroad. More specific, the article titled "RETOUCH in stroke patient rehabilitation" (To RETOUCH στην αποκατάσταση ασθενών με εγκεφαλικό) refers to the company establishment, the team as well as an extensive overview to the work and mission of the company. Additionally, the article describes the product and discuss the potential of improving the quality of patients' lives as well as the future plans of the company.
►More info: Startupper Article

Meeting THESEUS, October 2021

A face-to-face meeting took place on the facilities of Rehabilitation THESEUS, in Athens, in order for the company to present the prototype device to the doctors and therapists. Additionally, the research team discussed the clinical trial plan to optimize the procedure.

Company participation and successful registration in Elevate Greece, November 2020

REROUCH-HS Company has registered successfully in GREECE ELEVATE registry, on December 2020. The participation of the company to the RESTORE project played a significant role in the positive feedback of the committee due to its top ranking in Greece start-ups list.

RETOucH team participated in "Makerstown" exhibition in Brussels, May 2018

The RETOucH team had the pleasure to be part of the Makertown 2018 fair. This unique exhibition has different thematic areas, showcasing the makers, startups and inventors' most recent and innovative projects to the public. Open, fresh and outspoken panel discussions will take place, putting together start uppers of the Makerʼs Movement, business leaders and European policy makers. The organizers, partnering with Google, Lego Education, Martens Center, TCS, MSD and Burson-Marsteller, had built the town of the future in our 3rd edition of Makerstown, showcasing how technology will reshape houses, hospitals, schools, vehicles, banks, buildings, factories, nutrition, energy, telecommunications and many other industries in the coming years.
►More info: Makerstown Event

RETOucH team invited talk at “Build for the Future”, May 2018

Ms. Eleni Koltzi Co-founder and Co-inventor of the Robotic Exoskeleton hand for rehabilitation won the "Match & Develop a start up" competition organized by National Bank in collaboration with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and OKthess on 23-25 February 2018. Eleni is affiliated with Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Information Technologies Institute and on-behalf of the rest RETOucH team presented the first version of the controlled robotic exoskeleton hand. She won the prize during the 3rd day of the competition “match & develop a start up”, which concerned the direct pass on the second phase of the next competition of Innovation and Technology organized by the National Bank of Greece (2018-2019).

Award on “Match & Develop a start up”, April 2018

RETOucH team was invited to give a speech at the 4th Symposium of Research and Innovation “Build for the Future” at 5 May 2018 held at Thessaloniki and organized by the Metropolitan College (AMC).
The second version of the robotic exoskeleton hand that support active and passive rehabilitation capacities was presented in front of students and doctors motivated in the domain of Neuroscience. The innovative rehabilitation device paved the initiation of a constructive dialogue and captured the interest of the participants. The RETOucH successfully managed to trigger the curiosity and the interest of the young students and the neurologist participated in the event.