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Pain relief and a way home

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workChloe Innovations (Dr Karlheinz Tondo Samenjo) and Aumens (Vincent and Rick Eurlings, on a concept by prof. Rens Brankaert), Secrid Talent Podium 2026 (Secrid Impact Fund), Klokgebouw (B4), Strijp-S. Dutch Design Week 2026 ddw.nl

Research cited

  1. Tangsiriwatthana et al. Paracervical local anaesthesia for cervical dilatation and uterine intervention. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013 doi.org
  2. Gwer et al., 2024 doi.org
  3. Ipas, Paracervical Block Technique ipas.org
  4. Samenjo et al., Frontiers in Medical Technology 2023 doi.org
  5. Renner et al., Cochrane 2024 doi.org
  6. Ipas, Steps for performing MVA ipas.org
  7. Ramanathan et al., Frontiers in Pain Research 2024 doi.org
  8. de Jong and Brankaert, Design4Health 2015 research.shu.ac.uk
  9. Nivel, Dementiemonitor 2024 nivel.nl
  10. Free full texts of the two Cochrane reviews on PubMed Central: 2013 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  11. Free full texts of the two Cochrane reviews on PubMed Central: 2013, and 2024 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  12. doi.org/10.3389/frsus.2023.1079685 doi.org

Other sources

  1. Chloe Innovations, website chloeinnovations.com
  2. Aumens, website aumens.com
  3. OpenStax, Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §27.2 Anatomy and Physiology of the Ovarian Reproductive System openstax.org
  4. Dutch Design Week programme: Chloe Innovations ddw.nl
  5. Dutch Design Week programme: Aumens ddw.nl
  6. Secrid, Impact Fund secrid.com
  7. DDW, "Designed for women?" ddw.nl
  8. DDW, Klokgebouw ddw.nl
  9. Secrid, "How it all started" secrid.com
  10. Secrid, "Chloe Innovations" secrid.com
  11. TU Delft, "A simple end to screams of pain" tudelft.nl
  12. WHO, Abortion care guideline, 2022 who.int
  13. NRHS, "The CHLOE-SED study" nrhskenya.org
  14. TU Delft, Mekel Prize 2023 tudelft.nl
  15. TU Delft, "Entrepreneur in mind, scientist by heart" tudelft.nl
  16. Secrid, "Aumens" secrid.com
  17. Aumens, press release, 21 October 2026 aumens.com
  18. Cursor, 2016 cursor.tue.nl
  19. Cursor, 2025 cursor.tue.nl
  20. Aumens, "Over ons" aumens.com
  21. Hart van Nederland, 2025 hartvannederland.nl
  22. Rijksoverheid, Dementie rijksoverheid.nl
  23. flickr.com flickr.com
  24. Local path: longform/polymath_ready/img/ddw26-rnc-811-pain-relief-and-a-way-home/flickr_55603283376_qrblur_crop.jpg (Flickr flickr.com
  25. Expertise Center for Dementia and Technology, TU/e: the research group behind the compass, an initiative of TU/e and Alzheimer Nederland. research.tue.nl
  26. Secrid's YouTube channel, "Chloe Innovations, by Karlheinz Samenjo," the short film shown on the DDW page. youtube.com
  27. Secrid's YouTube channel, "Aumens, by Vincent and Rick Eurlings." youtube.com
  28. TU Delft, Chloe SED project video linked from the Mekel Prize page. youtu.be
  29. Designboom, "wooden compass with single red arrow leads people with dementia to their homes," 28 December 2025, with product photographs. designboom.com
  30. 10 6 exercise and muscle performance (openstax.org) openstax.org
  31. ddw.nl/en/programme/unusual ddw.nl
  32. Aeropod by muju earth (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
  33. Dutch researcher invents compass help people dementia find way home (nltimes.nl) nltimes.nl
  34. supporttudelft.nl/project/chloe supporttudelft.nl
  35. How it all started (secrid.com) secrid.com
  36. Ten exhibitions installations dutch design week 2026 (dezeen.com) dezeen.com

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A card reading Design for Impact rests on a beige leather-look seatPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 2
Tall printed banners for the Secrid Talent Podium in a hall, with visitors talking across a table of screens and samplesPhoto: B. Bollmann/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram of the uterus and cervix from the sideImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 27.2 (the cervix is the narrow inferior portion of the uterus that projects into the vagina; the superior portion of the vagina, the fornix, meets the protruding cervix), checked 23 Oct 2026 (source line drawn on the graphic)
Slide 4
Press visitors among red display tables under the curved panels of the Secrid Talent Podium in the KlokgebouwPhoto: RN Collins
Slide 5
Diagram of the cervix as seen through the vagina, with its opening in the middle and two marked areas beside it where a paracervical block places local anestheticImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Tangsiriwatthana T et al., Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013, CD005056.pub3 (): paracervical block eased pain, but no method gave reliable pain control; anatomy from OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 27.2 (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 6
The Aumens compass held in a hand: a round sand-colored case with a white face and a single coral needle, in front of a laptop showing the compass manual in DutchPhoto: Blickfänger for SecridMuseum or journal record
Slide 7
A white-haired man in a striped track jacket holds a microphone, a group of journalists around him by a white columnPhoto: RN Collins
Ring frame
Binnacle compass by Georg Hechelmann Nachf., Geniemuseum, VughtFrame: Alf van Beem, CC0, croppedMuseum or journal record
Quotes and video
The Secrid co-founder's words quoted in this post, from RN's video at the Secrid Talent PodiumRN's own footage, 17 Oct 2026, Klokgebouw, Strijp-S, Eindhoven

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