Within the reporting period, the company has identified a new model for the detection of enteropathy in farms, thanks to the analysis of air flows circulating in the same, useful in order to identify early alarms useful to the bred to reduce the use of antibiotics in the treatment of animals, allowing both to improve their welfare and to obtain a healthier product for consumers.
The analysis system is based on a hardware terminal to be installed in the field, with a series of sensors that act as an electronic nose to analyze air quality, and a cloud processing system that through advanced algorithms of data correlation allow you to perform a very accurate and timely analysis about the presence of enteropathies.
As part of the technical activities of the feasibility study, the beneficiary company has also taken steps to activate all the necessary procedures for the definition of IPR policies to protect what has been developed. In particular, the company obtained the first patent registration in Italy (patent number 102016000059153 2016, June ,9th) and requested the subsequent extension in the EU, USA, Brazil and China. The patenting concerned the invention of a detection system of enteric disease in animals, and the related early warning. The device, with sensors, is capable to suction air from the environment where the animals are and to determine information about the type and concentration of odorous molecules. The protection of intellectual property rights adopted is a tool to facilitate the development and scalability of the proposed business model, through a unique product on the market that can solve a problem clearly identified in the reference market.
