Awarded Proposals of PoC program – “Autumn phase 2019”

Applicant’s Full name: Sofia Pomakidou
Host Organization Name: MEDINEVO IKE
City: Thessaloniki

Abstract:

Bioengineering science combines Mechanics, Medicine, Programming and Mathematics and studies the mechanical response of human body after the exposure to physical loads. In order to manage and predict myoskeletal failures, an innovative bioengineering method is proposed – EVENOR.

Despite the enormous investments, sports injuries rank among the major public health problems and cost millions. Nearly 70% of total injuries are non-contact (wear) so they can be predicted. Addressing the above challenge, Evenor offers a Biomechanical diagnostic test for high-stressed athletes who often experience muscle breaks. The purpose of the test is to prevent injuries and facilitate the rehabilitation process. The accompanying Evenor software product assists experts (Physicians) to predict injuries in athletes with high accuracy, providing information such as 3D visualization, topology, quantity and quality for failure areas, situation frame (snapshot) of every athlete individually.

The process is very simple: teams or physicians send email with MRI or Ultrasound copies; Evenor analyzes data and sends back results in terms of detailed reports.

Our chief objectives for this project are:

  • Extend the current version of our models (mechanical, mathematical) to address muscles involved in 4 common sports injuries – ACL, PCL, Quadriceps, Achilles Tendon).
  • Improve our protocol to analyse and extract more data from MRI/Ultrasound.
  • Validate the Evenor prototype product in a Use Case with a Super League football team.

Our primary market includes athletes, sports clubs, academies and sports clinics. Evenor will be offered to the international market by the Greek startup MEDINEVO. Our motto “In-game, not in pain” goes along with our vision of helping athletes remain healthy. Company’s goal is to become the world’s first injury prevention company based on Sports biomechanics.

Applicant’s Full name: Symeon Papazoglou
Host Organization Name: PhosPrint Private Company
City: Athens

Abstract:

PhosPrint P.C. was founded in 2019 as a spin-off of the Institute of Communication and Computer Systems of the National Technical University of Athens (ICCS/NTUA) and is established at the Lefkippos Technology Park.

Our product is a semi-autonomous, laser bioprinting system dedicated to the high-resolution and high-precision printing of cells, biomolecules and drugs.  Our laser printer is unique as it is the first compact, desk top laser bioprinter at prototype TRL level 6 (Technology Readiness Level). Two upside opportunities are the production of 3D printing products and licensing agreements of the technology for bioreagents and cells.

We have a priority PCT in the filing of related applications [“Dual beam laser transfer”, Ioanna Zergioti, Symeon Papazoglou, PCT/EP2017/084740, 28/12/2017], and the freedom to operate in the Laser-Induced Bioprinting (LIB) process with our unique Dual Laser Induced Bioprinting (D-LIB).

Laser bioprinting is currently under development for the creation of tissues and organs suitable for regeneration and drug screening, eventually aiming to cure untreatable medical conditions, impacting the lives of millions while decreasing health care costs. Out of the bioprinting methods used, laser bioprinting achieves the highest degree of precision and resolution of printed structures offering a significant advantage for the printing of biomaterials.  Our targeted market is the Laser Segment of the Global Healthcare 3D Printing market, focusing on the subsegment for surgery units with applications in tissue regeneration. The Laser Segment is estimated at 25% of the total Healthcare 3D Printing market and valued at USD 239 Mn in 2017; it is expected to reach USD 780 Mn by 2025.

Awarded Proposals of PoC program – “Spring phase 2019”

Applicant’s Full name: Emmanouil Manos
Host Organization Name: NanoViis SA
City: Athens

Abstract:
The proposed project aims to address an emerging need related to the removal of crude oil and oil residues from oil drilling wastewater treatment facilities. The technologies that are used to treat wastewater produced from oil drilling are based on flotation and separation of crude oil and subsequent entrapment of oil residues in sorbent beds. This process, however, is limited by the relatively fast saturation of the sorbents requiring frequent regeneration which is associated with high operational and investment costs as it is time-consuming. To deal with this problem we propose herein the fabrication of filter bags modified with super hydrophobic coatings and materials, which can be used either independently or in combination with the currently employed technologies. The developed filter bags will be modified using low-cost precursor materials based on an easily scalable synthetic process, developed in our laboratory, that enables to remove crude oil, oil residues or both. The use of such filter bags, either in combination with the current methods or as stand-alone treatment platform is expected to have significant advantages to oil drilling wastewater treatment by offering a versatile tool that is easily adoptable to the available facilities, requires no specialized infrastructure and is easily replaced while offering high removal yield of dispersed crude oil and high purification ability for dissolved oil residues. The technology which is already in an advanced state of development will be evaluated in a pilot plant available at the facilities of NanoViis SA which is a major supplier of oil removal materials in the Norwegian oil extraction facilities. For this reason, we
expect that this technology will be of immediate interest to the market. In a long term perspective, we expect ths technology to attract the interest of many other end-users (oil industriles) in Europe and worldwide.

Applicant’s Full name: Spiros Kapotas
Host Organization Name: Ioannis Loukeris
City: Patras

Abstract:
Shipping companies must paint the hull of their ships with a special paint, which is called antifouling (a/f) coating, to prevent the fouling (dirt). Failing to paint a ship properly, results in increasing the hull roughness due to fouling, which in turn results in fuel overconsumption. Moreover, the ship will need to be cleaned multiple times before being repainted, usually after five years. The overall cost of the antifouling coating miss performance is many thousands of USD per ship, per year. Although painting the ship with the proper antifouling coating is critical, it is of equally importance to prevent, or rather delay, the fouling during the operation of the ship. There are many factors, which affect the performance of the antifouling coating. Most of them, such as the temperature of the sea and the biomass concentration in the ports, constantly change. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the shipping company to predict if and when a ship’s hull is fouled. It is even more difficult to adjust ship’s operation in order to prevent the fouling. The most reliable method to detect the fouling is the underwater inspection by experienced divers. If the inspection shows that the hull is fouled indeed, then the shipping company has an underwater cleaning performed when the ship is at berth. These underwater works cost some thousands of USD depending on which port they take place. In general, the fewer underwater cleanings are needed the better for the ship is, cost-wise as well as operation-wise. The proposed service will be monitoring the factors, which impact the performance of the antifouling coating during the operation of the ship and will generate reports, which will be handed over to the owner. In this way, we shall help the shipping company to take actions in order to avoid the fouling or decide when it is the right time to do an underwater cleaning.

Applicant’s Full name: Dimitrios Moustakas
Host Organization Name: AIDPLEX OE
City: Thessaloniki

Abstract:

The proposed pilot use aims to examine further iterations of an orthopedic back brace solution designed by AidPlex with the aim of higher comfort levels and retrofitting the resulted design with IoT sensors capable of monitoring the progress of a patient’s spinal condition (e.g. scoliosis, kyphosis etc), whilst gamifying the process to achieve higher rates of adherence in back brace usage. Use Scenarios: Scoliosis, kyphosis or similar spinal deformities are currently treated with heavy incumbent back braces, which lead to fatigue, reduced manoeuvrability and potential social exclusion especially in younger patients. The overarching goal is to finetune the design of a back brace by examining aspects like weight distribution, modularity, size, adaptability and overall comfort, whilst IoT sensors will help patients self-assess and adapt their back braces leading to higher degrees of adherence and outcome. The IoT component of the solution will also support gamified processes which stand to help patients follow through treatment and exercises more diligently achieving better results and subsequently increase their quality of life.

AidPlex’s 2020 Recap

  • Our core team has grown // Adding 3 extra core members who share the same vision and values for AidPlex, plus 5 business & scientific advisors, and 1 full-time intern.
  • Managing 2 Horizon 2020 EU Grants for further development of our 2nd product.
  • Pilot testing for our second product has started and we are getting ready for our first feasibility study.
  • A Provisional Patent application for our second product was submitted.
  • Covid-19 Response Greece // We coordinated the delivery of up to 55000 face shields in hospitals and front-line doctors all around Greece.
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