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仿生学、疼痛&神经康复。

二十年来,他始终致力于将基础科学转化为人们日常使用的技术:与骨骼和神经系统相连的仿生肢体,以及帮助人们摆脱幻肢痛的治疗方法。

01 / 仿生学

让假肢成为身体的一部分。

Ortiz Catalán 教授主导研发了首个直接与患者骨骼、神经和肌肉整合的假肢(TEDx, 2014)。首位植入这种神经肌肉骨骼假肢的患者已在日常生活中使用超过 10 年;装配这类高度整合仿生肢体的人,能够通过直接刺激截肢时被切断的神经,感知所触摸的物体。

他的仿生学研究涵盖:提升灵巧性的外科重建、神经接口、生物电信号采集电子技术、基于机器学习的运动意图解码,以及用于感觉反馈的神经刺激。可观看近期 WIRED 拍摄的纪录片 ,了解概况。

Max Ortiz Catalán 教授
02 / 截肢后疼痛

重新认识幻肢痛。

除了功能上的挑战,截肢者还常常会出现慢性神经病理性疼痛。Ortiz Catalán 教授在幻肢痛(PLP)领域开展了开创性研究,开发出基于机器学习以及虚拟现实和增强现实的治疗方法,目前已在全球范围内应用(视频示例):幻肢运动执行(Phantom Motor Execution,PME;The Lancet, 2016)以及渐进式运动训练(Progressive Motor Training,PMT;JNER, 2026)。

2018 年,他提出了 Stochastic Entanglement 假说 ,阐释 PLP 的起源,并提供了更好地理解和治疗幻肢痛的理论框架。此后,他的研究扩展到神经损伤和中风引起的疼痛,包括外科治疗方法。 进一步了解幻肢痛 →

Ortiz Catalán 教授发表主旨演讲
03 / 神经康复

从实验室走向临床。

为仿生学和疼痛研究开发的技术,也被应用于严重感觉运动障碍(如神经损伤和中风)的康复。

中风康复研究
论文发表

成果发表于最具影响力的期刊。

他是其高被引论文的第一作者,并在超过 80% 的论文中担任第一作者或资深作者,发表期刊包括 The Lancet、NEJM、Science Translational Medicine、Science Robotics 和 Nature Biomedical Engineering。

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期刊论文

同行评审

30+
会议论文

国际

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学术摘要

学术会议

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专著章节

受邀撰写

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专利

医疗技术

代表性论文

精选学术论文(按时间顺序)

  1. Ortiz-Catalan et al., A highly integrated bionic hand with neural control and feedback for use in daily life, Science Robotics, 2023, 8(11):eadf7360.
  2. Zbinden J., ..., and Ortiz-Catalan M., Improved control of a prosthetic limb by surgically creating electro-neuromuscular constructs with implanted electrodes, Science Translational Medicine, 2023, 15 (704):eabq3665
  3. Ortiz-Catalan et al., Neuromusculoskeletal arm prostheses, New England Journal of Medicine, 2020, 382(18):1732-1738
  4. Ortiz-Catalan et al., Phantom motor execution facilitated by machine learning and augmented reality as treatment for phantom limb pain: a single group, clinical trial in patients with chronic intractable phantom limb pain, The Lancet, 2016, 388:2885-2894.
  5. Ortiz-Catalan et al., Osseointegrated human-machine gateway for long-term stable sensory feedback and motor control of artificial limbs, Science Translational Medicine, 2014, 257re6.
  6. Ortiz-Catalan M., et al., BioPatRec: A modular research platform for the control of artificial limbs based on pattern recognition algorithms, Code Source for Medicine and Biology, 2013, 8:11.
理论

幻肢痛的理论创新

  1. Ortiz-Catalan M., Theoretical foundations of Progressive Motor Training (PMT) for Phantom Limb Pain, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2026, 23:5.
  2. Ortiz-Catalan M., The Stochastic Entanglement and Phantom Motor Execution hypotheses: a theoretical framework for the origin and treatment of PLP, Frontiers in Neurology, 2018, 9:748.
新闻与观点

先进假肢推荐阅读

  1. Ortiz-Catalan M., Rehabilitation beyond prosthetics in wartime Ukraine, Nature Reviews Bioengineering, 2026.
  2. Ortiz-Catalan M., Thermally sentient bionic limbs, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2024.
  3. Ortiz-Catalan M., Engineering and surgical advancements enable more cognitively integrated bionic arms, Science Robotics, 2021,6:eabk3123.
  4. Ortiz-Catalan M., Ultrasound-powered tiny neural stimulators, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2020, 4:144-145
  5. Ortiz-Catalan M., Restoration of somatosensory perception via electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves, Clinical Neurophysiology, 2018, 129(4):845-846.
  6. Ortiz-Catalan M., Deciphering neural drive, Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2017, 1, 0034.
学术演讲

足迹遍及各大洲。

在全球各地发表主旨演讲、受邀会议报告,并在大学和医院担任客座讲者。

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主旨演讲

国际大会

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受邀讲者

国际会议

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受邀讲座

全球各地大学

主旨演讲 20 场+
  • 07/2026AI for Good, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 04/2026Bionic Reconstruction Conference (BReCON), Charlotte, USA.
  • 11/2025Innovations in Rehabilitation, Rome, Italy .
  • 05/2025Amputee Forum 2025, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 11/2024International Conference on NeuroRehabilitation (ICNR), La Granja, Spain.
  • 07/2024IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Orlando, USA.
  • 08/2022MEC Symposium, Fredericton, Canada.
  • 11/2021World of Drones and Robotics Congress, Queensland, Australia.
  • 05/2021LOGIN, Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation, and Technology, Lithuania.
  • 03/2021Swedish Society for Biomechanics Annual Conference, Sweden.
  • 10/2019International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics – ISPO World Congress, Kobe, Japan.
  • 05/2018European Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • 10/2017Congress of the French Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Nancy, France.
  • 05/2017Osseo 2017, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
  • 04/2017Annual Conference of the Swedish Technical Audiology Society, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 03/2017International Conference of Advances in Orthopaedic Osseointegration, San Diego, USA.
  • 11/2016Orto Medical Care, Madrid, Spain.
  • 06/2016User Body Experience and HMI Assistive Robotics, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • 05/2016OT World, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 06/2015Conference of the International Graphonomics Society, Guadeloupe, France.
受邀会议报告 72 场+
  • 06/2026Sociedad Española de Rehabilitación y Medicina Física (SERMEF), Barcelona, Spain.
  • 02/2026Annual Convention of Philippine Academy of Rehabilitation, Manila, Philippines.
  • 11/2025ISPO France Congress, Lyon, France.
  • 04/2025Oporto Biomedical Summit, Oporto, Portugal.
  • 02/2025Returning Hands to our Heroes, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 10/2024Sensory Integration in Neuroprostheses, Rehabilitation, and Humanoid Robots, Munich, Germany.
  • 10/2024Biosafety and Modern Rehabilitation Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 10/2024International Healthcare Summit, Kiev, Ukraine.
  • 09/2024International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • 05/2024OT World, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 05/202416th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery, Milan, Italy.
  • 11/2023Bionic Reconstruction Conference (BReCON), New York, USA.
  • 11/2023International Healthcare Summit, Kiev, Ukraine.
  • 10/2023Osseointegration and Bionic Limb Reconstruction, Bologna, Italy.
  • 09/20233rd Orthopedic Trauma Congress, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 08/20234th International Workshop on Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation, Chengdu, China.
  • 05/2023FESSH-EFSHT (Fed. Eur. Soc. Surgery of the Hand and Hand Therapy) Congress, Rimini, Italy.
  • 04/2023LokoAssist Symposium 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • 03/2023Boğaziçi LifeSci Symposium: Targeted Treatment Technologies, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • 10/2022The British Society of Hand Surgery Scientific Meeting 2022, Winchester, England.
  • 10/2022New Technologies in Neurorehabilitation and Motor Learning, Munich, Germany.
  • 09/2022ISPO Sweden 截肢课程,Jönköping, Sweden.
  • 09/20221er Encuentro en Avances Tecnológicos en Rehabilitación Física, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
  • 09/2022Professional Day on post-amputation Pain by ISPO Norway, Oslo, Norway.
  • 06/2022IFSSH, IFSHT & FESSH Combined congress, London, England.
  • 05/2022StratNeuro Retreat, Sweden.
  • 05/2022OT World, Leipzig, Germany.
  • 03/2022IV Congreso Nacional sobre Técnicas Ortoprotésicas, Sevilla, Spain.
  • 11/2021British Assoc. of Chartered Physiotherapist in Amputee Rehabilitation, Manchester, England.
  • 08/2021Rotary Club Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 08/2021Orthotics Prosthetics Canada 2021 National Conference, Canada.
  • 07/2021Blast Injury Conference, London, England.
  • 06/2021FORUM 2021, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 06/2021STEM Fest: Semana de la Ingeniería, Mexico.
  • 07/2020Online Workshop on Upper-limb Prosthetics, Newcastle University, England.
  • 03/2020ISPO Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 10/2019World Congress of Neurology (XXIV), Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
  • 08/201927th Scandinavian Hand Society Congress, Tallin, Estonia.
  • 06/201910th Congress of World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, Bologna, Italy.
  • 03/2019Leva & Fungera (Nordic conf. for Assistive Technology and Accessibility), Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 11/2018 Association for Quality Assurance in Arm Prosthetics – Dialogue 2018, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • 10/2018Workshop 1010: The Maths of Biology, Mittag-Leffler Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 10/2018iMed Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 07/2018 Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society (41st), Kobe, Japan.
  • 06/2018Young Scientist Association Symposium (14th), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • 06/2018IV Jornadas de Ortoprotesia (4th), Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal.
  • 04/2018Elektronikindustriföreningen i Göteborg (EIG), Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 01/2018ISPO UK Osseointegration Workshop, London, England.
  • 11/2017ARMADA Talsk 2017, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 10/2017Svenskt Smärtforum (Swedish Pain Forum), Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 07/2017Rehabilitation Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, Australia.
  • 04/2017Leva & Fungera (Nordic conf. for Assistive Technology and Accessibility), Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 03/2017Handdagar (Swedish Society for Hand Rehabilitation), Malmö, Sweden.
  • 02/2017Nordiskt Tvärfackligt Forum för Dysmeli och Armamputation, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 05/2016Restoration of Sensory and Motor Function Symposium, Göttingen, Germany.
  • 02/2016TEDx Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico.
  • 01/2016Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur, India.
  • 12/2015Go:LIFE, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 10/2015Epicenter Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 10/2015The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 03/2015International Conference on Advances in Orthopaedic Osseointegration (6th), Las Vegas, USA.
  • 11/2014TEDx Göteborg (http://youtu.be/V4UQU4392wM), Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 10/2014Trans. Eng. in Neurorehabilitation (DEMOVE Symposium), Göttingen, Germany.
  • 09/2014Life Science – National Day, Sep 30, 2014, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 08/2014Annual IEEE EMBC 2014, Chicago, USA.
  • 06/2014Neural Interface Conference, Dallas, USA.
  • 05/2014MedTech West Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 04/2014Myo-Seminar by Ottobock, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 02/2014DARPA Sensorimotor Prosthetic Workshop, Phoenix, USA.
  • 06/2013International TMR Symposium, Vienna, Austria.
  • 09/2010Young Scientists Forum 2010 “From Laboratory to Clinics”, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 09/2010Int. Conf. on Advances in Orthopaedic Osseointegration (3rd), Gothenburg, Sweden.
受邀客座讲座 70 场+
  • 06/2026客座讲座, Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain.
  • 05/2026客座讲座, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • 05/2026客座讲座, Medical Rehabilitation Center Pushcha-Vodytsia, Pushcha-Vodytsia, Ukraine.
  • 05/2026客座讲座, Philippines General Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
  • 10/2025客座讲座, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
  • 09/2025客座讲座, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 08/2025客座讲座, Kamianets-Podilskyi National University, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine.
  • 06/2025客座讲座, Vinnytsia Emergency Hospital, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
  • 05/2025客座讲座, Kyiv Polytechnique Institute, Kiev, Ukraine.
  • 11/2024客座讲座, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
  • 04/2024客座讲座, Feofaniya Clinical Hospital, Kyiv, Ukraine.
  • 04/2024客座讲座, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
  • 08/2023客座讲座, Southern University of Science and Technology Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
  • 07/2023客座讲座, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), Sydney, Australia.
  • 07/2023客座讲座, Vinnytsia National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsia, Ukraine.
  • 02/2023客座讲座, University of Houston, Texas, USA.
  • 12/2022客座讲座, Rizzoli Orthopaedics Institute, Bologna, Italy.
  • 08/2022客座讲座, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • 06/2022研讨会, Bionics Institute, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 04/2022客座讲座, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain, Belgium.
  • 02/2022客座讲座, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
  • 02/2022客座讲座, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • 12/2021客座讲座, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 10/2021客座讲座, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands.
  • 10/2021 客座讲座, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 07/2021客座讲座, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
  • 03/2021客座讲座, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • 12/2020客座讲座, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 06/2020客座讲座, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
  • 06/2019客座讲座, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA.
  • 06/2019客座讲座, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
  • 06/2019客座讲座, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
  • 03/2019客座讲座, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
  • 02/2019客座讲座, Uni. of North Carolina & North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, USA.
  • 08/2018客座讲座, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (formerly RIC), Chicago, USA.
  • 03/2018客座讲座, Rigshospitalet – University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 02/2018客座讲座, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
  • 02/2018客座讲座, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ibaraki, Japan.
  • 01/2018客座讲座, Univ. of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria, Linz, Austria.
  • 09/2017客座讲座, University of Monash, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 09/2017客座讲座, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 04/2017客座讲座, Hospital del Trabajador, Santiago, Chile.
  • 03/2017客座讲座, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
  • 03/2017Biomed 系列讲座, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
  • 11/2016客座讲座, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
  • 11/2016客座讲座, Univ. of Applied Sciences for Health Professions Upper Austria, Wels, Austria.
  • 09/2016MedTech West Seminar, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • 07/2016客座讲座, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • 05/2016客座讲座, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
  • 12/2015客座讲座, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
  • 12/2015客座讲座, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 11/2015客座讲座, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
  • 11/2015客座讲座, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden.
  • 06/2015客座讲座, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
  • 04/2015客座讲座, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, USA.
  • 03/2015客座讲座, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
  • 11/2014客座讲座, University Rehabilitation Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • 04/2014学术报告会, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany.
  • 03/2014Café-å-lär, Applied Physics Dept., Chalmers University of Technology (CTH), Sweden.
  • 07/2013Workshop on Advances in Hybrid Organs (2nd), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
  • 05/2013Medical Physics (硕士课程), Applied Physics Department, CTH, Sweden.
  • 04/2013MedTech West Seminar, CTH, Gothenburg University (GU), Univ. of Borås, and VGR, Sweden.
  • 04/2013Lunch Bunch (博士研讨会), Applied Physics Dept., CTH, Sweden.
  • 03/2013客座讲座, LIRMM, U. Montpellier and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France.
  • 03/2013Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine (博士课程), Biomaterials Dept., GU, Sweden.
  • 10/2012Graduate School (博士研讨会), Applied Mechanics Dept., CTH, Sweden.
  • 12/2011Medical signals and system with electricity (本科课程), Bioengineering, CTH, Sweden.
  • ’15 –’21Medicine for Engineers (硕士课程), Signals and Systems Dept., CTH, Sweden.
  • ’12 –’21Biomedical Instrumentation (硕士课程), Signals and Systems Dept., CTH, Sweden.
  • ’11 –‘13Biomedicine for Business Creation and Entrepreneurs (硕士课程), Gothenburg Int. Biosci. Business School, GU, Sweden.
Ortiz Catalán 教授在 ISPO 2019
Ortiz Catalán 教授在 TEDx Gothenburg
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
Ortiz Catalán 教授在一场学术活动中
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