Descripción del proyecto
Una solución rápida para la protección frente a la propagación de bacterias
Cualquier superficie pública puede ser tratada con un compuesto especial que mata cualquier bacteria que entra en contacto con el mismo. Tales coberturas antimicrobianas han tenido una gran demanda desde la pandemia de COVID-19. Además, las infecciones nosocomiales provocan miles de muertes cada año en Europa. Teniendo esto en cuenta, el proyecto SAFE-ON, financiado por el Consejo Europeo de Investigación, comercializará estos recubrimientos antimicrobianos inteligentes. Esto conlleva la preparación de dos recubrimientos antimicrobianos basados en formulaciones comerciales utilizadas en catéteres y en fundas de picaportes (una basada en hidrogeles y la otra en silicona), y las pruebas posteriores de su capacidad antimicrobiana. El proyecto probará dos prototipos: un catéter recubierto y una funda para picaporte.
Objetivo
Infectious diseases are a rapidly growing threat to humanity. For instance, the current COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2, has already killed over 4.5 million people since 2019 and is taking a devastating socioeconomic toll around the world. Similarly, nosocomial infections are among the major causes of death and increased morbidity, causing thousands of deaths every year in Europe. Recently, the use of antimicrobial coatings has garnered increasing interest as a simple prophylactic strategy to combat these infectious diseases. In this PoC project, we aim advancing a new patented antimicrobial coating technology called SAFE-ON, into the pre-commercial stage, with the aim of demonstrating its breakthrough innovation potential and approaching its arrival to market.
The first part of this project encompasses optimization of SAFE-ON technology as highly efficient, smart antimicrobial coatings. This entails the preparation of two antimicrobial coatings based on commercial formulations used in catheters and door-handle covers (one based on hydrogels and the other, on silicone), and subsequent testing of their antimicrobial capacity. It also involves preparing the first two SAFE-ON prototypes: one coated catheter and one door-handle cover. The second part of SAFE-ON will be dedicated to intellectual property (IP) and market aspects needed for the pre-commercialization of this new technology for antimicrobial coatings. This study will include a freedom-to-operate analysis and a market study to identify the antimicrobial coating producers that could ultimately serve as manufacturing partners.
In this project we will design, fabricate and evaluate two innovative prototypes incorporating our iodine delivery platform, with the aim to assess the commercial viability of with antimicrobial SAFE-ON coatings, accelerate their market entry and ultimately, commercialize and further develop antimicrobial coatings and other biocide products based on our technology.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirology
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologypandemics
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryhalogens
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-ERC-POC - HORIZON ERC Proof of Concept GrantsInstitución de acogida
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