When a severe earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, Yehuda Filosof joined a special delegation to establish a rehabilitation system there, including doctors and physiotherapists with extensive experience in treating disaster victims.
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Smart Medical Textiles
Revolutionizing Diabetic Care
SMT was established with the aim of improving the quality of life of those suffering from diabetes, by an advanced combination of smart medical textile technology, innovation, knowledge and experience.
The main goal is to enable people suffering from diabetes to live a healthier and better quality life, while providing advanced tools that will help them manage the health risks associated with the disease and reduce its negative effects.
About SMT
SMT was established to improve the quality of life for those suffering from diabetes. We do so through smart medical textile technology driven by our unique innovation, knowledge, and experience.
Our mission is to enable those with diabetes to live healthier and happier lives. We provide advanced tools that help them manage the unique health risks and negative impacts associated with diabetes.
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About Our Founder
Yhuda Pilosof, founder of SMT, has over 50 years of experience in the field of rehabilitation medicine and the construction of prostheses. He has practiced since 1967 and continues to pass on the knowledge he has gained to doctors, physiotherapists, and technicians worldwide.
His education in medicine includes a prosthetics major in New York in 1974, further training with Ottobock in Germany in 1976 and Blashford, England, in 1978, along with multiple training courses at the Osor company throughout 1990, 2008, and 2010.
He is a standing member of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), an organization that brings together leading experts from around the world.
His life’s work includes establishing institutes for rehabilitative orthopedics and the production of prostheses across multiple countries. His global experience lets him bring unique knowledge in rehabilitation medicine, prostheses, and disability to SMT.
Global Activity
In November 2010, Yehuda Filosof visited Peru to provide advice on the development of a rehabilitation program in a local hospital. As part of this project, he created a unique seminar on practical technology and techniques for building prostheses to instruct doctors and physiotherapists.
In 2015, Yehuda Filosof was sent on behalf of the Rotary World Organization to aid in rehabilitating soldiers in Odessa. He instructed technicians, physiotherapists, and doctors through a detailed seminar and participated in the physical construction of prostheses for soldiers himself.
Collaborations
SMT collaborates with a wide range of hospitals, medical centers, research universities, and other organizations in the field of medicine and technology.
Hospitals
Medical Centers
Research Universities
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Patients are estimated to live with diabetes by 2050.
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People are living with formally diagnosed diabetes worldwide today.
Incidence of Lower Limb Amputations among Diabetics aged 15+ in Israel and OECD, 2019
CONTACT US
smt.smartech@gmail.com
Tel-Aviv, Israel