Imagine a tiny sensor placed inside a blood vessel that doesn't need a battery to work. Instead, it gets its power wirelessly through the body from a device worn on the outside. This allows doctors to track heart health from a distance, catching problems before they lead to emergency hospital visits.
Chronic heart failure causes frequent, expensive hospitalizations and has a 50% five-year mortality rate. Current monitoring often lacks the miniaturization needed for seamless, long-term intravascular sensing.
A remote patient monitoring platform consisting of an intravascular microsensor, an external power/communication unit, a vascular delivery system, and a monitoring application.
If you are a manufacturer dealing with the bulkiness of battery-powered implants — this project developed a microsensing platform that uses the human body as a conductor. This allows for thin, flexible devices under 1 mm that can be deployed in the vascular tree.
If you are a provider dealing with the high cost of heart failure hospitalizations — this project developed an external unit and app that monitors patient status wirelessly. This helps manage the 10.5 million candidates for RPM in the EU and US.
If you are a hospital network dealing with annual care costs of US$30,000 per heart failure patient — this project developed a miniaturized sensor for pulmonary artery pressure. This optimizes medical management and reduces frequent hospitalizations.
Chronic heart failure leads to annual care costs exceeding US$30,000 per patient in the US.
The technology achieves extreme miniaturization, creating devices thinner than 1 mm that lack bulky components or batteries.
Based on available project data, the project is focused on moving from TRL3 to TRL5 and developing a business strategy for market access, but specific patent numbers are not listed.
The team has implemented a traceability matrix based on ISO 13485 to define design input and output requirements.
The project runs from December 2023 to November 2026, aiming to reach TRL5 by the end of the period.
The project is currently led by a single academic partner, Universidad Pompeu Fabra in Spain. With 0% industry representation in the consortium, the project is heavily research-driven, though it explicitly includes the development of a business strategy to bridge the gap to market.
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