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Catalyst Awardee

The Rehabilitation Gaming System Ecosystem

  Santiago Brandi, CEO
Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union
Awardee Year: 2022 Health services are increasingly moving towards a treatment continuum aligned with the patient journey from the clinic to the home environment. This transition will critically depend on the successful deployment of trustworthy AI-enhanced technologies for …


Catalyst Awardee

Remote cardiac monitoring made simple

Illya Chaikovsky, PhD | V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Anna Starynska
Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union
Awardee Year: 2022 Cardiolyse provides a chronic & post-discharge CVD patient monitoring platform with cloud-based heart health
analytics, that enables remote…


Catalyst Awardee

Balloon Anchoring Technology for Chronic Arterial Stenosis


Danae Manolesou, PhD | Athroa Innovations, CTO; Giannis Stefanidis, MD (inventor); Lefteris Papadopoulos, Mihalis Boutaris (team members)
Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union
Awardee Year: 2022 Peripheral Artery Diseases (PAD) is a major chronic disease affecting millions of people worldwide and growing, due to an aging population. Our…

Catalyst Awardee

.lumen – Glasses for the Blind

Cornel Amariei, BSc; Gabriel Chindris, PhD; Mihai Ivascu, MA Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union “There are 40 million blind people today, increasing to over 100 million by 2050, and despite all technological advancements, when it comes to solutions for their mobility, there are only two options and…

Catalyst Awardee

Transcutaneous energy links for active medical implants, first application: mechanical circulatory support like Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) and Total Artificial Hearts (TAHs)

Bengt Bern, MSc; Göran Dellgren, MD PhD; Kristján Jónsson, MD; Giovanni Maltese, MD PhD; Per Klockar, MSc; Stefan Winström, MSc Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union Patients die waiting in line for a heart transplant. Donor hearts are limited and there are only 6000 heart transplants made every…

Catalyst Awardee

Biel Digital Glasses

Jaume Puig, BA; Constanza Lucero, PhD; Eulalia Sanchez, MSc; Jordi Puig, BSc; Alex Cabañeros Lopez, MSc; Arthur Díaz Juan, MSc; Saskia Mülheim, MSc; Ishan Talathi, MBA Competition Sponsor: EIT Health of the European Union The name of the company came from Biel, the son of the founders, who was born…

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