Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOGB20231031012
- Term of Validity
- 31 October 2023 - 30 October 2025
- Company's Country
- United Kingdom
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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A UK SME is developing an artificial intelligent virtual human dedicated to pioneering educational and training materials for patient assessment and management to enhance diagnostics, care quality, expedite recovery, bolster healthcare economics, and ultimately, advance global health.
They are looking for collaborative partnerships to further extend the potential of the IP by seeking expertise in Actual Reality, Virtual Reality and Digital Video Recorder (AR/VR/XVR) visualisation capabilities, - Full Description
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The UK based scientific SME was formed after obtaining an IP (Intellectual Property) license from the NASA and are using this to create an AI powered Virtual Human (VH) utilising cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative learning and training resources for patient assessment and management, aiming for improved diagnostics, enhanced care delivery, faster recovery, strengthened healthcare economics, and ultimately, global health advancement.
Their project's aim is to create a comprehensive AI environment featuring virtual individuals, living patients, and deceased cadavers.
Their overarching objective is to build a substantial population that accurately represents a diverse range of normal and diseased bodily conditions. These realistic, interactive, and validated alternatives to real humans serve as invaluable tools for medical training and practice.
Their CTO (Chief Technical Officer) ran the R&D program and procured the IP after funding on the program was cancelled due to the shuttle disasters.
Their Chief Scientist designed and delivered the Da-Vinci surgical robot and managed the US Digital Soldier Program (DSP).
Their SME (Subject Matter Expert) is a professor and founding chair of the Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics University of Michigan where he managed the US virtual soldier development program.
Their second SME (Subject Matter Expert) on human anatomy, is an honorary fellow of the royal Australasian college of surgeons, convener GSSE (Generic Surgical Sciences Exam) course, general surgery Australia.
The UK SMEs cooperation aims and objectives are as follows;
- To confirm technical, functional, investment, commercial and educational aspects of this goal they must develop a prototype proof of concept.
- To complete the project in 8 months, followed by the creation of entire people as 6 modular units (e.g., arm, leg) over 28 months, each becoming a learning/training resource for generating successive subscription revenue.
- Their prototype will model the thorax (chest), presenting detailed internal anatomy, teaching content as mixed (VR and AR) reality, interaction by sight, sound and touch, and examples of diseases (e.g. heart, lung and breast).
The UK SME is interested in establishing commercial partnerships with technical assistance based on the objectives and aims outlined above. - Advantages and Innovations
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In the present and future conduct of healthcare delivery the EHR (electronic health record) is essential, but available products must undergo fundamental transformation to remove obstacles to providers’ delivery of optimal patient care and to realign clinicians’ focus from reactive treatment of the sick to proactive management and maintenance of the healthy.
Their delivery of an innovative next-generation model may catalyse progress toward that goal as physician numbers drop, patient numbers soar, other providers slowly get expanded licensure, and equitable healthcare access for diverse populations remains elusive, with unsustainable and negative global socioeconomic and clinical facilities and care delivery resource consequences if such challenges and widespread trends are not addressed.
Benchmarks:
A 2015 report 3 by PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) estimates that digital health could save the EU €99bn in healthcare costs.
The same report indicates that digital health could enable 11.2 million people with chronic conditions and 6.9 million people at risk of developing chronic conditions to extend their professional lives and improve productivity. This would add a further €93bn to the EU’s GDP.
(Health Europa, Digitalising the Healthcare Ecosystem in the European Union, June 2020) - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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Expertise sought;
- In virtual reality (VR) and visualisation capabilities, Haptic skills tools able to interact with human anatomy down to the tissue level of fidelity.
- Access to living and deceased bodies to assess our research directions.
- Access to MRI/Cat-Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) and other imaging tools such as 3D high resolution capability, DICOM Data (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine), Full range of motion equipment.
- Recording and measuring clinical data.
- Robotics capabilities and expertise. - Stage of Development
- Under development
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Role of partner:
- To validate the technical, functional, investment, commercial, and educational dimensions they need to develop a proof-of-concept prototype.
- Their project timeline involves an 8-month initial phase, followed by the creation of six modular units (e.g. arm, leg) within 28-48 months. Each unit will serve as a learning and training resource, contributing to a recurring subscription revenue model.
- Support to build a prototype that will focus on modelling the thorax (chest), offering intricate internal anatomical details. It will deliver mixed-reality content (combining VR and AR), fostering interaction through sight, sound, and touch. Additionally, it will showcase examples of diseases such as those affecting the heart, lung, and breast. - Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- R&D Institution
- SME <=10
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 006001007 - Diseases
- 06001005 - Diagnostics, Diagnosis
- 06001012 - Medical Research
- 06001014 - Neurology, Brain Research
- 006001002 - Care and Health Services
- Market keywords
- 05001007 - Other diagnostic
- 05001001 - Diagnostic services
- 005001002 - Medical imaging
- 05007004 - Monitoring equipment
- 05004005 - Diagnostic equipment
- Targeted countries
- All countries