Stone was gored by a stag on 30 December while holidaying with friends near Fort William in Scotland, in what was described as a ‘one in a million’ incident. She was airlifted to the Southern General hospital in Glasgow after the accident, and has since had an operation to repair her trachea.

Novalia spokeswoman Louise Shephard said: “Having spoken with the hospital, we understand that Kate will remain in an induced coma for the next few days to minimise any movement following her surgery earlier this week. She remains in a stable condition and the doctors are pleased with her progress so far.

“We have received an overwhelming number of messages from friends, colleagues and clients for Kate, which we are looking forward to passing on to her.”

Following a PhD in physics, Stone founded Cambridge-based interactive print specialist Novalia in 2004, with the aim of integrating print and electronics to create new applications for the medium.

She is a frequent speaker at events and conferences, and just prior to Christmas gave a presentation to the Print Networking Club at the St Bride Foundation. She is also among the speakers scheduled for Ipex’s World Print Summit in March.

Novalia project manager Chris Jones is currently covering for Stone at a speaking engagement in the USA.

Most recently Novalia has produced a series of interactive posters that play a variety of sounds using the techniques it has developed.

Stone’s talk at the TED conference in February 2013 can be viewed here.