Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring and automated therapeutic closed loop medical device for Intensive Care Units

Informations projet

ContiTRACE

N° de convention de subvention: 885877

DOI

10.3030/885877

Projet clôturé

Date de signature de la CE 13 Novembre 2019

Date de début 1 Decembre 2019

Date de fin 30 Avril 2020

Financé au titre de

• INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs

Coût total

€ 71 429,00

Contribution de l’UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordonné par

TRACE ANALYTICS GMBH
Germany

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - ContiTRACE (Continuous Blood Glucose Monitoring and automated therapeutic closed loop medical device for Intensive Care Units)

Période du rapport: 2019-12-01 au 2020-04-30

Résumé du contexte et des objectifs généraux du projet

Intensive Care Units (ICUs) require careful monitoring of blood glucose levels and insulin infusion to keep patients within physiologically safe glucose levels. Fluctuations on blood glucose are causally related to an increased risk of death and comorbidities. However, blood glucose monitoring (BGM) is currently performed by intermittent and manual offline analysis of blood samples. This technique proves inefficient (takes 17% caregivers time), costly (€300 per patient) and increments mortality in hospital ICUs by 40% due to irregular glucose level adjustments upon measurements. After 15+ years of experience in developing glucose monitoring sensors, we at TRACE are taking on our next big step to penetrate the medical device sector with ContiTRACE, an AI powered automated non-invasive medical device for continuous BGM.

Travail effectué depuis le début du projet jusqu’à la fin de la période considérée dans le rapport et principaux résultats atteints jusqu’à présent

This Feasibility Study Report has proven the viability of developing ContiTRACE: a cutting-edge glucose measurement concept for ICUs, answering to patients, doctors and nurses’ requirements. This FS defines a Roadmap, Execution Plan, and Risk Analysis, comprising all necessary activities to scale ContiTRACE up to commercialisation. We have performed an in-depth analysis of the glucose monitoring devices market, and updated our Stakeholder Engagement, Commercial, Marketing, and IPR (including FTO analysis) Strategies. Finally, we have drafted Financial Forecasts on a 5-year-projection, based on a B2B business model and pricing policies.

Progrès au-delà de l’état des connaissances et impact potentiel prévu (y compris l’impact socio-économique et les conséquences sociétales plus larges du projet jusqu’à présent)

Our patented ContiTRACE will be able to measure glycaemic levels every 2 minutes and automatically infuse insulin when needed. It will be capable of self-calibrating and will have standardized body accesses, enhancing safety and minimising discomfort for the ICU patient. This will allow 1) caregivers to decrease their workload, 2) doctors to make informed decisions and 3) healthcare systems to optimize their limited human, economic and material resources as a result of the savings of over 50% of BGM related cost.

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