InVentiVE

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Belgium - The Netherlands (Vlaanderen - Nederland)

Date of latest update: 2022-08-15

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Description (EN):

Both Flanders and the Netherlands need more cost-efficient care. For example, the average bed occupancy in the border region is seven days after major surgical interventions, and therefore relatively long. One of the causes for this long-term bed occupancy has to do with the way in which this region uses ventilation: conventional ventilation leads to a decrease in muscle strength because the breathing of a patient is completely taken over by the ventilator. By developing better ventilators and ventilation strategies, bed occupancy in hospitals can be remarkably shortened. The increasing number of geriatric patients is also an important factor in the growth of the ventilator market. Patients with problems such as chronic respiratory disease or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) require long-term ventilation which increases the demand for medical ventilators and offers challenges for the development of new ventilation systems. A Flemish and a Dutch company, Medec and Macawi, join forces and together develop a prototype Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ventilator, which is fully operational after the project has ended. The model will be suitable for very young babies as well as adult patients. In addition, the device should be more user-friendly and safer to use, with a clear interface and adaptive possibilities based on physiological information that is measured real-time by the patient. Medec is responsible for the design of the concept and Macawi takes care of the ventilation module. Sound, energy consumption and heat generation of the ventilation module are carefully examined and optimized for the new functionalities that need to be introduced, such as improved control electronics. Information added on 2020-06-01, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): The intensive care units in The Netherlands currently have a great need for respirators. Demcon Macawi - project leader of InVentiVe - is a supplier of the heart of the breathing machine, the blower. Since the beginning of the corona crisis, the technology company from Twente has been working on its own device at the request of the Dutch government. The prototype is now ready. When the corona crisis broke out, the company was asked by its customers whether they could supply more. The Dutch government also took an interest in the devices, but asked whether it could build a whole ventilator instead of the core module. Since then the company has been working at breakneck speed to create a simplified model, including housing and software. This model is only suitable for the elderly who need the devices the most now. The company has been in the news lately as they can quickly overcome the shortage of respirators in the Netherlands. For example, De Volkskrant and NRC already told about this special deployment of Demcon.

Description (NL):

Zowel Vlaanderen als Nederland heeft nood aan een kostenefficiëntere zorg. Zo is de gemiddelde bedbezetting in de grensregio na ingrijpende chirurgische ingrepen zeven dagen, en daarmee relatief lang. Eén van de oorzaken voor die langdurige bedbezetting heeft te maken met de wijze waarop er beademend wordt: conventioneel beademen leidt tot afname van spierkracht omdat de ademhaling van een patiënt volledig overgenomen wordt door het beademingsapparaat (ventilator). Door betere ventilatoren en beademingsstrategieën te ontwikkelen, kan de bedbezetting in ziekenhuizen opmerkelijk verkort worden. Het toenemend aantal geriatrische patiënten vormt eveneens een belangrijke factor in de groei van de ventilator markt. Patiënten met problemen zoals chronische ademhalingsziekte of chronische obstructieve longziekten (COPD) vereisen lange termijn ventilatie wat de vraag naar medische ventilatoren verhoogt en uitdagingen biedt voor de ontwikkeling van nieuwe ventilatiesystemen. Een Vlaams en een Nederlands bedrijf, Medec en Macawi, bundelen de krachten en ontwikkelen samen een prototype Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ventilator, dat na afloop van het project volledig operationeel is. Het model zal zowel geschikt zijn voor zeer jonge baby’s als volwassen patiënten. Daarnaast dient het toestel gebruiksvriendelijker en veiliger te zijn in het gebruik, met een duidelijke interface en adaptieve mogelijkheden op basis van fysiologische informatie die realtime gemeten wordt bij de patiënt. Medec staat in voor het ontwerp van het concept, Macawi ontfermt zich over de ventilatiemodule. Geluid, energieverbruik en warmteontwikkeling van de ventilatiemodule worden nauwkeurig onderzocht en geoptimaliseerd voor de nieuwe functionaliteiten die moeten worden ingevoerd, zoals o.a. verbeterde aanstuurelektronica.

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Health and social services New products and services

Specific Objective: Innovation of products/ services/ applications/ processes in the form of industrial research and experimental development through the cooperation among enterprises as well as among enterprises, R&I centers and universities

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (5)

Lead Partner: DEMCON Macawi Respiratory Systems B.V.

Address: Kanaaldijk 29, 5683CR Best, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 648 470.06

ERDF budget: EUR 354 355.22

Medec Benelux N.V.

Name: Medec Benelux N.V.

Address: Wijngaardveld 14, 9300 Aalst, Belgium

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 67 473.18

ERDF budget: EUR 33 736.59

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Name: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Address: Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussel, Belgium

Legal status: public

Total budget: EUR 600 400.00

ERDF budget: EUR 300 200.00

Demcon Advanced Mechatronics Enschede B.V.

Name: Demcon Advanced Mechatronics Enschede B.V.

Address: Institutenweg 25, 7521 PH Enschede, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 128 459.87

ERDF budget: EUR 70 196.65

DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics Best B.V.

Name: DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics Best B.V.

Address: Kanaaldijk 29, 5683CR Best, Netherlands

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 441 963.25

ERDF budget: EUR 241 509.97

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Medec Benelux N.V.

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Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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Demcon Advanced Mechatronics Enschede B.V.

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DEMCON Macawi Respiratory Systems B.V.

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DEMCON Advanced Mechatronics Best B.V.

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Summary

Project name (EN): InVentiVE

Project acronym: InVentiVE

Project start date: 2018-01-01

Project end date: 2022-12-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 123 746.06

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 999 998.43

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 999 998.43.

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Belgium - The Netherlands (Vlaanderen - Nederland)

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-08-25

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

94 / 94 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 226 / 1 226 (100%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.grensregio.eu/en), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-04, 2023-01-12 and 2024-02-24.

Fields project name, description and achievement (from 61 projects) translated from Dutch into English using the European Commission's eTranslation machine translation service.

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