Project description
A portable device for fast diagnosis of antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The rising incidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their potential for transmission between patients is a threat not adequately diagnosed by the usual sample-taking methods. Project MMEM – the Miniaturized Matrixed Enthalpy-Meter portable device – allows fast and accurate diagnosis of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) without time-consuming laboratory analysis. Based on measuring enthalpy, the heat released between a pyroelectric sensor and a DNA sample, MMEM allows doctors at hospitals and private practice to take immediate action, such as ensuring patient isolation immediately. The project plans a European clinical study for validation and a pilot phase introduction in the Israeli market, after which it will target a 15 % share in the CRE diagnosis market.
Objective
Miniaturized Matrixed Enthalpy-Meter (MMEM) - a diagnostic device for a rapid and accurate diagnosis of antibiotic resistant bacteria to be used in emergency rooms, clinical laboratories, doctor offices, and other point-of-care locations.
GenoSmart, is developing a novel bio-electronic molecular detection system for detection the presence of a pathogenic DNA is a biologic sample obtained from a patient. In particularly the system allows immediate detection of Carbapenem-resistant bacteria which have developed a resistance to all kinds of known antibiotics. The technology is based on a pyroelectric sensor onto a suspected DNA sample is immobilized. The system utilizes heat release during hybridization of complementary DNA molecules. If a successful hybridization between the sensor and the suspected sample molecules occurs, enthalpy (the internal energy) is released in the form of a detectable heat. The sensor immediately detects this released heat and transduces it to an electric signal. Following this detection, the result is displayed to the operator, and a decision if to isolate the patient from other patients is made. In contrast to currently available molecular detection techniques, GenoSmart MMEM device fulfills the essential need for a rapid and accurate diagnosis tool, along with a cost-effective test and without any dependency on labs and complicated facilities.The ultimate objective is to make GenoSmart's MMEM ready for market launch in Europe. This entails a number of technical and strategic objectives, including the completion of the product’s CRE detection capability, the clinical validation through a European clinical study, and the exploitation of its results (IP expansion, commercial agreements with distributors etc.).
The Company plans to start sales in 2020, first in Israel as a pilot market, and gradually reaching solid penetration rate 15% of the CRE diagnosis market within 7 years.
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- natural sciences biological sciences microbiology bacteriology
- natural sciences biological sciences genetics DNA
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy pharmaceutical drugs antibiotics
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- medical and health sciences basic medicine pharmacology and pharmacy drug resistance antibiotic resistance
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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3295524 Haifa
Israel
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