New device and method for treatment of heart failure patients- Step 2
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| Coordinator | SYNTACH AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 5 000 000 |
| Project duration | November 2018 - December 2020 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The overall project has come a large step closer the objective to develop an active implant that restores the longitudinal movement of the hearts mitral plane and therfore improves its pump function. Prototypes are being manufactured in cooperation with international partner companies. The product is covered by a strong patent portfolio.
Expected results and effects
The expected results of this part of the project (development of the products main modules, animal testing, user studies and computer simulation) has been obtained but has taken longer time than estimated and some activities are still ongoing. The cooperation between the three project partner has been intensified and will continue after this project.
Planned approach and implementation
We believe the overall setup of this project has worked well. The setup with three different types of partners and therefore the access to a variety of competences has been very useful. As always its has been very tricky to estimate time needed for such a complex new development project like ours. Deviation of the project into four different work packages has worked as intended.