Arved Vain, PhD
University of Tartu, Associate Professor in Biomechanics. Inventor of the device.
Graduated from Tallinn Polytechnic Institute as a mechanical engineer in 1961. 1970 PhD, 1993 Dr Habil. Biol.
Supervisor of 10 doctoral dissertations, 14 Master’s theses and more than 40 Bachelor’s theses.
First inventor’s certificate in 1977, first patent in 1996, second in 2011, third in 2015, fourth EU patent in 2020 and fifth in 2021.
Visiting professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.