5. Consumerism Managing Self-tracking,
health self-care,
at home self-management
Smart
environment
Tele-health care
Social media
in wellness and
health care
Prevention
Independent
Communities,
living
user-generated
health care
6. Health and Wellness is a Megatrend
Main market drivers are aging population
(600 million people over 60), chronic diseases (diabetes,
cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension and certain
cancers) and overweight (1,6 billion people).
(Source: World Health Organisation)
Escalating costs and lack of resource drives new innovations and
results a rapidly growing field of business and one of the most
promising global markets.
For many health care and wellness companies, Oulu is one of the
leading environments for research, product development and pilot
projects. As a result several new products and services related to health
care field are being created and tested for the first time in Oulu.
There are over 100 Wellness companies in Oulu
with the total revenue of 250 Million euros.
8. Ball-IT Oy
Business brief: Wireless Motion Control
Gaming with Unique Ecosystem.
Product category: Wireless Motion Control
Gaming for PC and MAC.
Main milestones achieved so far:
Product Launch in Finland Q4/2009.
Working ecosystem for selling the
additional content supply.
Contact person: Juha Rytky, CEO
Contact info: juha.rytky@ball-it.com
Tel. +358 50 5623 285
www.bloboshop.com
9. Eneris Solutions
Business brief: IT-solutions to optimize laborious
processes in company operations.
Product category:
a) solutions to optimize laborious processes
b) HIFRA-tool to analyze risk of hip fracture
Main milestones achieved so far:
Well known and trusted software co-operation
partner for health care companies.
HIFRA-product soon ready to market. Contact person: Tuomas Fabritius, CEO
Contact info: tuomas.fabritius@eneris.com
Looking for new enterprise customers or Tel. +358 50 534 5311
potential co-operation partners in field of
health care. www.eneris.com/en/index.html
10. Juno Medical Oy/LLC
Business brief:
Juno Medical/Juno Sports provides novel
method to optimize physical therapy treatment
and professional athletic training.
Product category:
Medical devices and equipment/Therapeutic/
Non-invasive; sports technology
Main milestones achieved so far:
Shipping ISO13485 –certified products. Contact person: Katriina Otsamo, CEO
Contact info: katriina.otsamo@junomedical.fi
Seeking distributors in Europe and North Tel. +358 44 551 3005
America.
www.junosports.com
11. MILitUP
Business brief: Remote stress monitoring package for
the management of soldiers’ physical load.
Product category: Activity monitoring devices,
Wellness Technology.
Main milestones achieved so far:
Soldiers’ physical performance research, product
development
3/2010 U.S. Patent pending
3/2010 MILitUP concept release and marketing
campaign in Finland
4/2010 Scientific article published and presented
at ICPS 2010 Berlin, Germany
6/2010 Presented to American Defense
International (ADI) Contact person: Jukka Huovinen, CEO
8/2010 Presented to U.S. Military forces in FHPC
Contact info: jukka.huovinen@newwell.fi
2010 in Phoenix, Arizona
9/2010 First delivery (Air Force cadets school, Tel. +358 50 442 1267
Finland)
Seeking distributors in Finland, Europe and in North
www.militup.com
America.
12. Optomed
Business brief: Affordable and easy-to-use
hand held digital ophtalmoscope, otoscope and
dermatoscope in one device.
Product category: Digital ophthalmoscopes,
otoscopes and dermatoscopes for screening and
diagnosis.
Main milestones achieved so far:
ISO 13458:2003 certified Quality Management
System
Smartscope and optics modules are CE marked
complying to 60601 standard
FDA approved
Certified in Japan
Contact person: Seppo Kopsala, CEO
Available in over 20 countries through distributors.
Optomed aims to become the world’s leading Contact info: seppo.kopsala@optomed.fi
manufacturer of handheld digital ophthalmoscopes, Tel. +358 40 555 1050
otoscopes and dermatoscopes.
Looking for distributors and pilot customers in new www.optomed.fi
markets.
13. Otometri Oy
Business brief: Otometri develops and
markets ear infection meter for home use,
and a related Web-service.
Product category: Non-invasive medical
devices and equipment for home use.
Main milestones achieved so far:
Shipping product 12/2010.
Seeking distributors in Finland, Europe and Contact person: Manne Hannula, CEO
in North America. Contact info: manne.hannula@otometri.fi
Tel. +358 45 321 9440
www.otometri.fi
14. TimerGPS
Business brief: TimerGPS helps trotting
coaches and drivers in controlling their trotting
horse training.
Product category: Trotting horse training
device.
Main milestones achieved so far:
Product launch July 2010
Web-pages in Finnish July 2010
Brochure in Finnish July 2010
Pre-orders for 2010 Contact person: Niklas Törn,
Dealer contacts in main markets Executive Vice President
Deliveries start in October 2010 Contact info: niklas.torn@timergps.fi
Tel. +358 40 755 4600
Seeking distributors in Finland, Europe and in
North America. www.timergps.com
15. Valkee
Business brief: Develops and produces Bright Light
Headsets. Company aims to offer non-chemical and
convenient relief for people struggling with mood
disorders, especially seasonal affective disorder.
Product category: Medical devices
Main milestones achieved so far:
Invention of a new and more efficient way to
deliver light into brains via auditory canals.
Medical device approval and first launch in
Contact person: Juuso Nissilä, CEO
March 2010.
Contact info: juuso.nissila@valkee.com
Excellent clinical results in intervention involving
Tel. +358 40 701 9897
patients with severe seasonal affective disorder
in 2008-2009.
www.valkee.com
16. Wisecom
Business brief: Wisecom develops and produces
empowering innovative services for education and
rehabilitation. Our competitive advantage is research
findings in the field of positive psychology, solutionfocused
working approach and latest information technology.
Product category: Mobile and internet applications for
personal support and training.
Main milestones achieved so far:
Development projects in co-operation with UbiGo
-project and Center for Internet Excellence, Oulu, FI
Conference Participation:
- EBTA 2009 – Imagine, European Brief Therapy
- Association Conference in Helsinki 4th - 6th
September 2009
- ECPP 2010 - 5th European Conference on
Positive Psychology 23rd - 26th June 2010 Contact person: Hilkka Putkisaari, Development Director
First pilot customer 5/2010
Launch of WiseSteps® - helps students to notice Contact info: hilkka.putkisaari@wisecom.fi
success steps in their studies, and activates Tel. + 358 44 591 2334
encouraging communication between the students
and their counselors, tutors and support persons.
Looking for development and business partner in the www.wisecom.fi
Europe and US market.
17. Oulu Wellness Institute - OWI
Business brief: We support companies and other
actors in the commercialization of the world-class
competence and services of the wellness sector.
Product category:
Wellness industry knowledge cluster/Non-profit.
Main milestones achieved so far: We have created
networks, arranged partnerships, evaluated
business ideas, coached entrepreneurs, created
wellness industry community and helped
entrepreneurs on their path toward global Contact person: Eeva Kiuru, Executive Director
marketplace. Contact info: eeva.kiuru@owi.fi
Tel. +358 40 588 6237
www.owi.fi
