Boosting
Patient Entrepreneurship
The Patient Innovation (PI) Bootcamp is an acceleration program aimed at supporting patients, informal caregivers and collaborators to implement and scale up the innovative solutions they developed to help them cope with a need imposed by their health condition.
The PI Bootcamp is delivered in a blended way, with 2 weeks on-site (in Lisbon and Copenhagen) as well as online sessions. The entire process is supported by e-leaning materials designed to help teams of patients and informal caregivers to further develop and launch their device, diagnostic tools or digital health innovations.
What does it consist of?
The Patient Innovation Bootcamp will help teams learn about and develop:
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Medical, regulatory and technological aspects
Lisbon, Portugal 🇵🇹
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Business model
Online Sessions
Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
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Pitches/transition to market
Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
In the end, the teams will be able to validate their clinical, technological and business concept. The teams will benefit from specialized mentoring.
All selected teams will have travel and accommodation expenses covered.
How are the teams constituted?
The PI Bootcamp accepts teams constituted by at least one patient or one informal caregiver, who have developed an innovative solution to deal with a personal health condition (including diagnostics, wearable devices, telehealth, telemedicine, big data, apps, electronic health records, health information technology, personalised medicine, etc).
The teams must consist of three members with different roles, focusing on:
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Overall business objectives and responsible for coordinating the team's work
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Medical and healthcare delivery issues
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Available technology options, requirements and architectural issues
2024 Teams
Biolibrary srls
It is an innovative online platform focused on the field of orthopedics that enables doctors to automatically generate custom, ready-to-print 3D models of prostheses and musculoskeletal devices. The platform was founded in 2016 by Antonio Puce motivated by a personal experience with a shoulder injury. Leveraging an internationally patented algorithm, the company promises precision and reliability in its designs.
Find more information at: www.biolibrary.it/en
Evelina AI
The solution is an initiative to provide mental health support for patients battling social isolation, drawing on insights from doctors' reports. This effort is personally motivated by the founder Kestutis Bajorunas, a brain cancer survivor who faced significant mental health challenges during post-surgery follow-up.
Find more information at: www.facebook.com/AIEvelina
Éilígo
The solution is an adaptive smart bath support designed to prevent falls. The invention is driven by a deeply personal motivation: the founder Mairead Ahern, a patient with musculoskeletal problems, created the device after her grandmother tragically died from a fall in a hospital shower.
Find more information at: https://www.facebook.com/eiligo/
Noam Kalina’s startup
A B2B patient engagement platform to increase treatment and medication adherence for chronic diseases patients. By applying its innovative and top notch AI, behavioral science and data based models, the platform will deliver hyper-personalized and effective communication channels with patients and members, using tailored digital interventions along numerous touch points in their chronic care journey, improving adherence and health outcomes.
HealTrack
A new digital and holistic cancer patient navigator is set to transform the support available to cancer patients, offering a comprehensive suite of features including personalized healthcare system navigation tailored to specific types of cancer, a medical language "translator," nutritional and emotional support, strategies for coping with side effects, and an AI chatbot. The initiative is driven by the founder Larisa Pintea, a blood cancer survivor, who is aware of the gaps in current patient support systems.
Learn more here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/9085
Healostic
Healostic is a startup focused on skin care with its comprehensive platform designed to support patients dealing with skin conditions. Driven by the founder's struggle with eczema and the challenges in finding effective solutions, the platform offers a holistic approach that includes mental health support, personalized nutrition plans, a knowledge bank powered by AI, a chatbot, and a peer-to-peer community-based app. The care team comprises dermatologists and psychologists to provide well-rounded assistance.
Learn more about the solution: https://healostic.com/
PD Connect
Combining educational resources with physical activities, the PD Connect digital platform aims to encourage exercise and offer a variety of services, providing a centralized and targeted solution for those living with Parkinson's. The project is driven by the founder's personal Jo Hollandbattle with Parkinson's and is co-led by her physical therapist, who holds a PhD from this project.
Pillbie
This company has developed a smart pill dispenser with a hybrid mobile app designed to enhance autonomy and personalization in medication management. The co-founder, an autoimmune patient, brings personal insight into the challenges of managing chronic illness.
For more information: pillbie.me
ZMD
Founded in 2023, Zeal Mobility Devices is developing a novel ankle-foot orthosis. The founder Lennart Zielstra, motivated by personal experience after a life-changing accident that left him reliant on medical devices to walk, has teamed up with the Amsterdam Clinical Center to bring this groundbreaking device to market.
Learn more about the solution here: www.zealmobility.com
Testimonials
See what some of the participants had to say about the Patient Innovation Bootcamp:
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