Novel pressure relieving and sensing mattress and an intelligent control system that predicts and prevents pressure ulcers in bedridden patients

Información del proyecto

Qone

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 735302

DOI

10.3030/735302

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 11 Julio 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Agosto 2016

Fecha de finalización 31 Diciembre 2016

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

REQBO APS
Denmark

Objetivo

ReQbo is developing a disruptive system for preventing pressure ulcers (PU) in bedridden patients by intelligently and
continuously assessing a personalized risk score for each patient. This system is the first market solution offering active
preventive care, instead of the reactive care that is enabled by competing technologies. Accordingly, the system will be
capable of contributing to a steep reduction in PU incidence in long-term care units, both in hospitals and nursing homes.
Treating pressure ulcers is very costly, accounting for more than €20 billion per year supported by EU public healthcare
systems. Prevention and early detection are the main priorities to reduce this current healthcare burden. Despite
improvements in healthcare systems and technologies, patients are still at risk of developing pressure ulcers, because of
ineffective and incomplete routine care to assign preventive measures. With current technologies and clinical practices,
patients in need of prevention cannot be accurately and reliably detected, which lead to PU development. While the
treatments options are well established once a patient has been diagnosed with high PU-risk, the method for assessing that
risk has not evolved significantly in 20 years.
In order to tackle this challenge, ReQbo has developed and patented its Qone system: a pressure relieving mattress, with
integrated temperature and pressure mapping sensors, that synchronizes data with a highly accurate screening algorithm.
This algorithm assesses a PU risk score based on individual patient parameters and a long-term record of how pressure and
temperature have been distributed in the patient’s body, allowing a reduction of approximately 75% on the overall number of
new pressure ulcers in bedridden patients. The result of each risk score assessment is communicated wirelessly to the
accompanying app and to the hospital monitoring system in order to inform the caretaker that a preventive measure needs to
be implemented.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias médicas y de la salud › ciencias de la salud › enfermería
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información › ingeniería electrónica › sistemas de automatización y control
• ingeniería y tecnología › ingeniería eléctrica, ingeniería electrónica, ingeniería de la información › ingeniería electrónica › sensores

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.3.1.4. - Active ageing and self-management of health
  
• H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
  
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
  
• H2020-EU.3.1.6. - Health care provision and integrated care
  

Tema(s)

• SMEInst-06-2016-2017 - Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
  

Régimen de financiación

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

Coordinador

REQBO APS

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 50 000,00
• Dirección: PALLE JUUL-JENSENS BOULEVARD 82 ; 8200 AARHUS N ; Dinamarca
• Pyme Sí:
  Región
  Danmark › Midtjylland › Østjylland
• Región: Danmark › Midtjylland › Østjylland
• Tipo de actividad: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Coste total: € 71 429,00