Start of a new edition of the TecnoCampus StartHealth program

On August 31, the second call of the StartHealth program, aimed at projects or startups up to 5 years old, focused on innovation in the health sector. The Selection Committee has chosen the 10 projects with the highest score according to the established evaluation criteria. Claudia Danesi, director of the Department of Transfer, Innovation and Business, was very pleased: “This year we have continued with a high participation and in addition, we have expanded the diversity of projects, positioning StartHealth as a reference program in the sector Catalan health ”.

This year's selected projects show the diversity of the health sector, covering areas such as disease prevention, support for people's autonomy, efficiency of health systems as well as the development of new treatments or medical devices. However, they all share the goal of improving the quality of life of society, a vision shared with TecnoCampus and aligned with the project of caring city of Mataró. 

Over the next five months, selected start-ups will enjoy individualized expert advice, specialized training, connection to the innovative ecosystem, access to funding, and free workspace in the TecnoCampus incubator.

The program has the collaboration of Ship2B, BStartup Health, UPF Ventures, 101 ventures, Barcelona Health Hub, Capital Cell, the Maresme Health Consortium and Fundació TIC Salut Social.

The projects selected in this edition are:

• Biel Glasses: low vision is a permanent non-reversible impairment where mobility problems are one of the most significant problems for patients with VB. Biel Glasses has created glasses with mixed reality, AI and robotics to adapt reality to the remaining visual capacity of patients that gives them autonomy.

• MyHealthWatcher is a platform for the promotion of healthy habits that serves both people and companies in the health sector. Cardiovascular diseases related to sedentary lifestyles and eating add up to almost half of all deaths in Europe each year. Personalization, scalability, and a combination of technology and healthcare professionals make this product the "Glovo of Health," bringing healthy habits into every home.

• Heuristic. Patient identification errors in hospitals have very serious consequences, of which 54% are due to the poor quality of the identification bracelets. Heuristik has created a fingerprint-based identification system that not only avoids reading errors, but also provides information in patient management, while improving the quality of patient service and resource efficiency. hospital.

• Hoop Diabetes is targeted at the specific needs of patients with type 1 diabetes. These patients do not produce insulin and are dependent on regular insulin injection. Hoop Diabetis has created a smart, self-contained, wireless insulin pump that allows you to create feedback-fed feedback, improving your quality of life.

• Healthy is a wristband app that monitors users' vital signs. Users of this product are seniors who want to live independently without sacrificing their safety. This system also allows relatives to know if there is a problem and to be able to act on time.

• MdA (Asset Map) is a gamified and formative itinerary to promote salutogenesis that avoids the stigma of mental illness. The MdA helps users self-manage their mental health. Through an App, the user will receive, once the indicated route is completed, their state of health and the steps to follow to improve.

• ScrubTech is a virtual mine of learning for nurses both in surgical instrumentation and in the preparation of the necessary material for operating rooms. This system will help nursing professionals learn to work in an operating room in a safe way, improving its quality and reducing the number of learning hours.
   
• Neuroflav: Neurodegenerative diseases cause a progressive and constant deterioration of the Central Nervous System and unfortunately, there is no treatment today to prevent or cure them. The Neuroflav team has identified a molecule, called MIND, with promising in vitro and in vivo results. MIND has "multitarget" activity, that is, it is able to act in different molecular processes of the disease.

• OXEN controls patients in the plant, optimizing workflows in hospitals / residences and improving the quality of service. The product is a smart band that monitors its vital signs, falls of users and through ML, warns health professionals before the patient enters a critical condition.

• Sana Digital is an online health platform that connects patients with healthcare and wellbeing professionals and allows for video-consultation. It is aimed at Spanish-speaking citizens.