ScanZ | Digital acne assessment tool enabling acne diagnosis in cost and time efficient way

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In the Healthcare industry, digital health-care solutions will become vital in order to ensure a sustainable and efficient health system in both a time and cost effective manner. mySkin d.o.o, aims to significantly contribute in creating innovative and sustainable principles in the Healthcare market, by improving the quality of life for acne sufferers and working conditions for medical professionals.
mySkin proposes an innovative ICT concept for a digital skin-care service based on acne sufferers and dermatologists, applying new sets of rules, values and model to the health-care market, which ultimately disrupts the existing traditional skin care market. Up to now, acne assessment was only possible visiting dermatologist and traditional acne assessment was a time and money consuming procedure. Nowadays the progress of software solutions combined with the point of care devices can for the first time offer a better and cheaper alternative to the millions of acne sufferers and thousands of dermatologists
The overall objective of ScanZ project is to move the system from technology readiness level 7 to 9, making the device clinically and commercially qualified for the market. The expected outcome of the project is to start the full commercialization of the ScanZ device at the end of PH2 as a medically certified IP protected user-centred designed system to be sold to hospitals. During the first medical trial at ORS Hospital Belgrade, mySkin obtained significant positive feedback from patients and medical professionals; and whilst scouting the dermatology clinics for holding medical trials during the PH2 project ScanZ has received strong interest from dermatology clinics across Europe as well as positive reviews from TechCrunch, CNET, NY Daily News, and the BBC.
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Web resources: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/733543
Start date: 01-09-2016
End date: 31-08-2019
Total budget - Public funding: 2 304 782,50 Euro - 1 613 347,00 Euro
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In the Healthcare industry, digital health-care solutions will become vital in order to ensure a sustainable and efficient health system in both a time and cost effective manner. mySkin d.o.o, aims to significantly contribute in creating innovative and sustainable principles in the Healthcare market, by improving the quality of life for acne sufferers and working conditions for medical professionals.
mySkin proposes an innovative ICT concept for a digital skin-care service based on acne sufferers and dermatologists, applying new sets of rules, values and model to the health-care market, which ultimately disrupts the existing traditional skin care market. Up to now, acne assessment was only possible visiting dermatologist and traditional acne assessment was a time and money consuming procedure. Nowadays the progress of software solutions combined with the point of care devices can for the first time offer a better and cheaper alternative to the millions of acne sufferers and thousands of dermatologists
The overall objective of ScanZ project is to move the system from technology readiness level 7 to 9, making the device clinically and commercially qualified for the market. The expected outcome of the project is to start the full commercialization of the ScanZ device at the end of PH2 as a medically certified IP protected user-centred designed system to be sold to hospitals. During the first medical trial at ORS Hospital Belgrade, mySkin obtained significant positive feedback from patients and medical professionals; and whilst scouting the dermatology clinics for holding medical trials during the PH2 project ScanZ has received strong interest from dermatology clinics across Europe as well as positive reviews from TechCrunch, CNET, NY Daily News, and the BBC.

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CLOSED

Call topic

SMEInst-06-2016-2017

Update Date

27-10-2022
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Horizon 2020
H2020-EU.2. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
H2020-EU.2.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
H2020-EU.2.1.1. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
H2020-EU.2.1.1.0. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - ICT - Cross-cutting calls
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-EU.2.3. INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
H2020-EU.2.3.1. Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-EU.3. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
H2020-EU.3.1. SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being
H2020-EU.3.1.4. Active ageing and self-management of health
H2020-EU.3.1.4.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-EU.3.1.6. Health care provision and integrated care
H2020-EU.3.1.6.0. Cross-cutting call topics
H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well
H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017
SMEInst-06-2016-2017 Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well