Project description
Innovative autonomous device for venipuncture procedure
The persistent shortage of healthcare personnel extends to blood draws from patients. The EIC-funded VD-1 project introduces an innovative device developed by Vitestro. This fully-autonomous system can draw blood without human intervention, handling the entire venipuncture procedure, from vein detection to applying the bandage. With over 1 000 volunteers testing the solution, it demonstrates comparable user acceptance, first-time success rates, and hemolysis rates to those achieved by human nurses. The device also standardises the venipuncture process, which has remained unchanged for decades. Targeting both lab chains and hospital labs, the solution addresses the needs of various customer types.
Objective
Vitestro has created the first fully-autonomous device that draws blood from patients. Our solution, called VD-1, performs the whole venipuncture procedure, from vein detection to bandage application, without any human intervention. We have fully developed our technology in-house and protected it with seven patents. More than 1,000 volunteers have tried our solution: the user acceptance, first-time success rate, and hemolysis rate are comparable to those measured using human nurses. The VD-1 will mitigate the chronic shortage of healthcare personnel. It will also standardize the venipuncture process, which has been substantially unchanged for decades. We target two categories of customers – lab chains and hospital labs – and we have launching customers in both of them. Vitestro has a team of nearly 50 people, including technical, medical, regulatory, and commercial expertise.
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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3526 KS Utrecht
Netherlands
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