Objective Peripheral nerves are basic communication structures guiding motor and sensitive information from CNS to effector or receptor units. Severe nerve injuries include axon bundles section and Schawnn cells destruction, which results in loss of motion control and sensorial perception. After the lesion, cells present in damaged nerves activate spontaneously self-regeneration programs that might facilitate further treatment. Nerve autograft is the “gold standard” surgical intervention that demands autologous tissue extraction and corresponding function loss. The goal of the project is the validation of biomaterials structural plasticity and those compatible manufacturing technologies that will enable the generation of a tubular structure containing an intraluminal microstructure based on an array of aligned channels or fibers. The regenerative properties of this prototype will be also validated in vivo in a sciatic nerve section animal model. This project proposal will take advantage of partners’ experience in the design of medical devices composed of natural and synthetic biomaterials and in scaled-up production mechanization technologies for the generation of the most effective peripheral nerve implant. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologyengineering and technologymaterials engineeringfibersmedical and health sciencesclinical medicinesurgerysurgical proceduresengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsmedical and health sciencesmedical biotechnologyimplants Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2013.2.2-1 - Biomaterials for Advanced Therapies and Medical Devices in the neurological/neuromuscular or cardiovascular fields Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator FUNDACION TEKNIKER EU contribution € 663 889,00 Address CALLE INAKI GOENAGA 5 20600 Eibar Guipuzcoa Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Saioa Mondragon (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all HISTOCELL SL Spain EU contribution € 439 839,00 Address PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE BIZKAIA EDIFICIO 801 PISO 2 48160 Derio Bizkaia See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Bizkaia Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eva Gonzalez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONTIPRO AS Czechia EU contribution € 303 960,00 Address DOLNI DOBROUC 401 561 02 Dolni Dobrouc See on map Region Česko Severovýchod Pardubický kraj Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Eva Cerna (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD United Kingdom EU contribution € 553 988,00 Address FIRTH COURT WESTERN BANK S10 2TN Sheffield See on map Region Yorkshire and the Humber South Yorkshire Sheffield Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joanne Watson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASHLAND SPECIALTIES IRELAND LIMITED Ireland EU contribution € 395 293,00 Address NATIONAL SCIENCE PARK, BUILDING V, DUBLIN ROAD, PETITSWOOD N91 F6PD MULLINGAR, WESTMEATH See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Colm Odowd (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER LBG United Kingdom EU contribution € 504 053,00 Address REGENT STREET 309 W1B 2UW London See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Ipsita Roy (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SERVICIO DE SALUD DE CASTILLA LA MANCHA Spain EU contribution € 445 738,00 Address AVENIDA RIO GUADIANA 4 45007 Toledo See on map Region Centro (ES) Castilla-La Mancha Toledo Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Juan Fernandez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Qserve Consultancy BV Netherlands EU contribution € 102 780,00 Address Gordel van Smaragd 23 1448 AE Purmerend See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Esmeralda Van De Water (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data