Development and commercialisation of a next generation sports head guard, embedded with clinically validated sensors, for the detection of sports induced brain injuries.

Project Information

NProSend

Grant agreement ID: 190142218

DOI 10.3030/190142218

EC signature date 31 March 2022

Start date 1 March 2022

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost € 3 311 475,00

EU contribution € 2 318 032,00

Coordinated by

CONTEGO SPORTS LIMITED
Ireland

Objective

10% of all contact sport athletes (in rugby/football/baseball/boxing) sustain regular concussions & mild traumatic brain (mTBIs) injuries due to linear & rotational head impacts. Globally >4M/annum mTBI incidents are reported in contact sports. With 20.1 concussions per 1000 player hrs, concussion is the most common reported match injury, occurs in 81% of the matches. Currently concussions/mTBI management/treatment costs EU €17B/annum.

No existing headgear is clinically approved to provide protection against linear and rotational impacts hence fail to reduce concussion incidents.
Contego Sports are developing world’s first clinically approved headgear for contact sports ‘NProSend’ which will reduce all linear impacts by 75% & rotational by 55% as compared to existing headgear. NProSend will also provide early detection of concussion/mTBI by processing cumulative effect of head impact data collected by embedded IoT enabled triaxial sensors and processed by AI algorithms.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet › internet of things
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors

Keywords

• concussion
• impact protection
• clinical evidence in contact sport
• bioinformatics
• artificial intelligence

Programme(s)

• HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
• HORIZON.3.1.2 - The Accelerator

Topic(s)

• HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01 - EIC Accelerator Open 2021

Call for proposal

HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATOROPEN-01

Funding Scheme

HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF - HORIZON EIC Accelerator Blended Finance

Coordinator

CONTEGO SPORTS LIMITED

• Net EU contribution: € 2 318 032,00
• Address: UNIT 1 ORANMORE BUSINESS PARK - ORANMORE ; H91P7X8 GALWAY ; Ireland
• SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes:
  Region
  Ireland › Northern and Western › West
• Region: Ireland › Northern and Western › West
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Total cost: € 3 311 475,00