The World’s First Autonomous Blood Drawing Devicebroad
VD-1 · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-06-01–2025-02-28
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Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01 · scheme HORIZON-EIC-ACC-BF · topic HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOROPEN-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
Vitestro has created the first fully-autonomous device that draws blood from patients. Our solution, called VD-1, performs the whole venipuncture procedure, from vein detection to bandage application, without any human intervention. We have fully developed our technology in-house and protected it with seven patents. More than 1,000 volunteers have tried our solution: the user acceptance, first-time success rate, and hemolysis rate are comparable to those measured using human nurses. The VD-1 will mitigate the chronic shortage of healthcare personnel. It will also standardize the venipuncture process, which has been substantially unchanged for decades. We target two categories of customers – lab chains and hospital labs – and we have launching customers in both of them. Vitestro has a team of nearly 50 people, including technical, medical, regulatory, and commercial expertise.
Beneficiaries (2)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VITESTRO BV | NL | coordinator | €2,082,711 | Yes |
| VITESTRO HOLDING BV | NL | thirdParty | €0 | Yes |
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