Description du projet
Un dispositif à ultrasons innovant pour surveiller le déroulement du travail durant l’accouchement
Les accouchements par césarienne sont coûteux et exposent la mère et le fœtus à un risque de mortalité quatre fois plus élevé. Jusqu’à 50 % des procédures de césarienne s’avèrent inutiles, principalement en raison d’erreurs de surveillance des événements du travail, dans la mesure où les dispositifs à ultrasons disponibles fournissent des informations qualitatives et subjectives. La société italienne AMOLAB a développé et validé un nouveau dispositif à ultrasons assorti d’un logiciel propriétaire destiné au suivi quantitatif et objectif des accouchements. Le dispositif permettra d’assigner les procédures de césarienne aux seuls cas qui en ont besoin. Sa fiabilité a été validée dans le cadre de plus de 400 accouchements. Le projet SensUS, financé par l’UE, a pour objectif d’évaluer les aspects techniques, commerciaux et financiers de la mise sur le marché du dispositif.
Objectif
Today the obstetrics sector is registering an increase in the C-Sections (CS) performed worldwide. Over 50% of CS are unnecessary, placing mother & baby under unnecessary risk. Unnecessary CS cause an extra cost of €750 million per year to the healthcare system in Europe. Although the WHO recommends not to exceed a rate of 15% of CS, Europe alone shows a rate of 29%. Most of the extra CS performed are due to errors during the monitoring of labour events. The few ultrasound devices available to monitor the labour timeline provide qualitative subjective information, depend on the operator skills, and some involve invasive procedures. Thus, new solutions are needed to help doctors take better informed decisions. In response to this need, we at AMOLAB have developed, patented and validated SensUS, a unique ultrasound device for quantitative & objective monitoring of childbirth events. This device contains our proprietary software, which measures selected validated parameters of the labour process. SensUS offers doctors objective details to support and guide their decisions during childbirth monitoring. In turn, it will allow to assign CS only to those cases that need it, reducing risks, costs and enhancing healthcare quality. After validating the reliability of SensUS on over 400 labours, we now want to take SensUS to market maturity. This project aims to finalise its technological development and secure its commercial aspects. To accomplish these goals, in Phase 1 we aim to evaluate the main milestones of the project from a technical, commercial and financial point of view, and prepare the most suitable strategy to achieve them. Once the project is completed and SensUS reaches the market, our technology will bring significant benefits to the obstetrics sector, as well as for the wellbeing of mothers and babies. In turn, AMOLAB will see its growth secured as a company, expecting to hire new 17 people and gain a Return of Investment of €4.69 from this project in 5 years.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being Main Programme
- 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
Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
73100 LECCE
Italie
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.