EPILEPTIC ABSENCE SEIZURES

QUICK FACTS

almost 1% of the world's population have epilepsy
that are more than 65 million people

30% of people with epilepsy do not respond to medical treatment
despite medication they live with unpredictable and uncontrollable seizures

1 out of 7 people with epilepsy suffer from absence seizures
which are difficult to notice and are more common in children

“It happened regularly that the teacher was mad at him without him knowing why.”

— Peter, dad of Christian

HOW DOES IT WORK?
HOW DOES IT WORK?

Epihunter detects and signals silent, difficult to notice epileptic absence seizures. We simply turn on a light when the brain switches off.

“Thanks to the Epihunter solution I now live my life more relaxed and have a better contact with my neurologist.”

— P, 52 years old, has absence epilepsy - Antwerp (Belgium)

FOR WHOM?

Children

Children or adults gain insight into the length of their seizures. Can actively optimize the algorithm. Lessens frustration and misunderstandings.

Teacher

Teacher or interlocutor is aware of a seizure and can repeat information later. Improved relationships.

Family

Families receive recognition and reassurance about daily situations. Objective information about seizure frequency.

“The neurologist always asks us how many seizures he has. It is really stressful, as a mother I don’t know either!”

— Laura, mum of Bart

“Being able to consult a seizure history of a few months will be very interesting for medication optimization.”

— Prof. Dr. Lieven Lagae

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Our Team

Our Team

Tim Buckinx

Tim Buckinx

Founder & CEO

Dirk Loeckx

Dirk Loeckx

Co-Founder & CSO

Niki Driessen

Niki Driessen

Co-Founder & CTO

Tim - CEO

Tim has over 10 years global digital leadership experience with the consumer electronics company Bose. He is also father of a son with daily complex partial seizures (focal seizures with impaired awareness) due to Ring 20 epilepsy.

Dirk - CSO

Dirk is a serial entrepreneur combining a PhD in biomedical engineering and an MBA. For the past 8 years he has grown icometrix, another healthtech startup, from 2 to 30 people as CEO.

Niki - CTO

Niki has over 15 years experience as software / solution architect in digital, e-comm, big data & analytics and IoT, including software delivery management.

“With the Epilepsy League, we will support Epihunter with the scientific validation of their application. In this way, the app can give researchers more insight into absence epilepsy and contribute to new treatments!”

— Prof. Dr. Paul Boon, president of the Flemish Epilepsy League

AWARDS

IDEATION 2017

IDEATION 2017

INNOVATION 2018

INNOVATION 2018

NOMINEE 2018

NOMINEE 2018

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OUR WHY

1 out of 3 people with epilepsy suffer from uncontrollable seizures despite medication. We believe current digital technologies are able to massively improve daily life of people with epilepsy. At Epihunter we create digital connected solutions to make epilepsy matter less at moments that matter most.

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3500 Hasselt
Belgium

*names of parents and children were changed
*image by Wolfgang Flamisch