Project description DEENESFRITPL Smart breastfeeding boost for mothers Breastfeeding is the normal way of providing young infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development. According to the World Health Organisation, virtually all mothers can breastfeed, provided they have accurate information, and the support of their family, the healthcare system and society at large. More needs to be done to improve breastfeeding rates. In Europe, rates of breastfeeding are among the lowest in the world. The EU-funded TheCoroRevolution project will develop a smart way to reverse this trend. It is developing a nipple shield with a microsensor that can provide accurate, real-time milk volume data directly to the mother via an app. The aim is to minimise unnecessary anxiety of mothers concerning insufficient breastmilk supply. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective Never before has so much been known about the multitude of health benefits of breastfeeding, yet we are in the midst of a globalbreastfeeding crisis. The single most commonly identified reason globally is maternal concern regarding insufficient breast milksupply. Even when support and education are optimised to minimise unnecessary anxiety, the rates of breastfeeding continue to beabysmal. All commercial and research methods developed to date to address the issue have failed. The Coro is a novel microsensorembedded within the standard nipple shield, providing accurate, real-time milk volume data directly to the mother via an app. Ourdata will also generate volume rates across countries, in specific maternal and baby age populations, will correlate volume to babyweight and allow multiple-variable, deep data mining. Through collaborations with research groups and health agencies, the datagenerated will finally fill the fundamental gap in breastfeeding knowledge and assist future efforts to increase breastfeeding rates ona global level. The commercial opportunity is vast with virtually no competitors and perfectly aligned with global trends in wearablehealth technology. We have a strong founding team who have leveraged their personal predicament and professional backgroundsto invent a game-changing product. We have protected our valuable IP, built a partnership with a leading university research groupto clinically trial the Coro, signed our first distributors and won several awards. Our vision is to become the primary source forbreastfeeding volume measurement products, information, and analysis. The SMEI would ensure we bridge the gap to market byfunding the product’s industrialisation, pre-commercialisation and clinical validation to build crucial scientific credibility. This wouldallow our company to harness societal and policy trends and scientific and technological advances to finally pivot the global tippingpoint in favour of breastfeeding. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata mining Programme(s) H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs Main Programme H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies Topic(s) EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 - SME instrument Call for proposal H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2 Funding Scheme SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2 Coordinator COROFLO LIMITED Net EU contribution € 1 506 828,00 Address 1 SOUTH STRAND K56 A400 Dublin Ireland 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 Ireland Eastern and Midland Dublin 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 € 2 158 862,00
