Descripción del proyecto
Brain Box revoluciona la educación neuroquirúrgica
La realidad virtual ha entrado en el ámbito de la medicina como herramienta de formación, y la neurocirugía no es una excepción. Este tipo de formación será híbrida, modular y virtual. Esta es la idea detrás de UpSim, un sistema de simulación híbrido que ha sido desarrollado por el proyecto UpSurgeOn Academy, financiado con fondos europeos. Se trata del primer simulador neuroquirúrgico realista para la formación de neurocirujanos. Hecho por y para neurocirujanos, la plataforma de simulación incluye un completo conjunto de herramientas para aplicaciones que permiten a los alumnos de neurocirugía estudiar todo tipo de procedimientos. También se beneficia del modelado en tres dimensiones (3D) y de la experiencia más cercana a la realidad gracias a un dispositivo físico que replica un cerebro humano real (llamado «Brain Box») en el que el usuario puede practicar. UpSim es asequible y está pensado para estudiantes de medicina, residentes de neurocirugía y cirujanos experimentados.
Objetivo
Neurosurgery training is one of the most long-lasting and expensive of all medical disciplines. Learning programs average 15 years and tuition fees can reach up to €60,000 per year. Even in the countries where public education reigns, hospitals need to bear a high cost per resident which can go up to €1 million. For this reason, there is a shortfall of 23,000 neurosurgeons in low and middle-income countries, and 5 million unattended neurosurgical cases that go unmet each year worldwide. Furthermore, cases of malpractice in neurosurgery are on the rise (by 25% since the 90s): 3.4% neurosurgeons face malpractice claims every year, and 19% any type of claim, rising the indemnity payment up to €278,000 per physician. UpSurgeOn Academy aims at answering to these problems as it is the first hybrid simulation platform which integrates digital and physical tools for neurosurgery training. It includes a complete toolkit of Apps for letting neurosurgery students study all types of procedures, benefits from the closest-to-reality existent experience with a physical device replicating an actual human brain in size, precision and texture (the Brainbox) and then practise through the use of Augmented Reality (AR). Its low price makes it utterly affordable for its identified and verified key target customer: medical students, neurosurgery residents and advanced surgeons, thus i) enabling neurosurgery students to enhance their academic curriculum before they become residents; ii) bringing reliable simulation to neurosurgery, as it is one of the areas of medicine which need most; iii) reducing the number of malpractice cases by introducing better resources in neurosurgery education programs that boost professionals’ skills; iv) increasing the number of neurosurgeons, especially in low and middle-income countries.
With this project, our company aims to acheive €15,4M in revenues, with a cumulated EBITDA of €5.2M and a ROI of 3.3 in the 5 years following the completion of Phase 2.
Ámbito científico
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
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H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
20057 Assago Mi
Italia
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.