Objective Sense4Care S.L. (S4C) is high-tech SME constituted in Barcelona in 2013 as a spin-off of the UniversitatPolitècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) with a clear objective: taking to the market the results of severalresearch projects. UPC itself holds 5% of the shares of the company, and the rest belongs to professors,researchers and investors. UPC was the Coordinator and main beneficiary of the FP7-ICT project calledREMPARK1 project, and has legally transferred the exploitation rights of the project results to S4C, with the aimof commercialising a product that can dramatically improve the lives of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) sufferers.The main result from the FP7-REMPARK project is the kinetic monitor PARK-IT, which can be exploited as astandalone product. PARK-IT is a new gold-standard, continuous and quantitative monitoring medical device forassessing the status of Parkinson Disease patients. PARK-IT device, based in movement detection and complexalgorithms, allows the doctors to precisely adjust the medication of PD patients, overcoming one of the mainproblems that PD patients face. It constitutes a disruptive innovation answering to an unmet need.The present innovation business project is therefore focused in taking this device to the market through aclear and innovative business model. Fields of science social scienceseconomics and businesssocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsmedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyparkinsonsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Main Programme H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument Topic(s) ICT-37-2014-1 - Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2014-2015 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2014 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator SENSE4CARE SL Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address CALLE JORDI GIRONA 1-3 EDIFICIO K2M PARC UPC 08034 Barcelona Spain See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
