Irish-led project bags €4.4m for ‘disruptive’ blood pressure device
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- 01 Feb 2023
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Led by the University of Galway, Smartshape is on a mission to create a microsensor that can be inserted into the body to monitor blood pressure.
An Irish-led consortium has been awarded €4.4m in EU research funding to develop a medical device that can continuously monitor a patient’s blood pressure outside of a hospital setting.
The Smartshape project is currently developing a minimally invasive implantable device that aims to meet the demand for technology that can help monitor blood pressure in patients with chronic and potentially fatal diseases such as hypertension.
It is led by Prof William Wijns, a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded research professor in interventional cardiology at University of Galway’s College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
“The best innovations start with a clinical need. Patients who require monitoring are better off in their own homes rather than in a hospital setting,” said Wijns, who is also a funded investigator at Cúram, the SFI research centre developing innovative medical devices.
“There is a huge market opportunity for a medical-grade, user-friendly and minimally invasive solution for continuous blood pressure [BP] monitoring.” Read More…
