Sarah Denise Studio Ltd (Kuppd)

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Kuppd is a service which provides more choice for those who have been affected by mastectomy or lumpectomy. They create fashion forward, sustainable 3D printed external breast prostheses, using 3D mapping. Kuppd collects data that enables a prosthesis to be printed and perfectly fit the patient’s chest wall curve. The award will support work with Manchester Fashion Institute and Print City at Manchester Metropolitan University to design, prototype, and gain participant feedback.

Sarah Cordery, Founder of Kuppd, said: “At Kuppd our mission is to help bridge the difficult period after breast surgery with comfortable intimates that make you look and feel great. The funding received through ERDF and Health Innovation Manchester is being used for external breast prosthesis prototype refinement and participant advisory focus groups in collaboration with Print City and Manchester Fashion Institute. This will help provide proof of concept for the product and support further investment.”

balance

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The balance menopause app was created by Dr Louie Newson to make menopause support inclusive and accessible to everyone. It is tailored for perimenopausal and menopausal people to improve their knowledge around the menopause. It can also be used by health professionals in the treatment pathway to reach a quick diagnosis through using a health report. The app provides general information, resources and activities to the public, patients or clinicians allowing people to self-manage their condition by monitoring symptoms and behaviour change techniques. The Follow-on voucher will allow ‘Balance’ to explore the added value of implementing the app within the current care pathway and service provision working with three primary care networks.

Gaele Lalahy, Chief Operating Officer at balance, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be a successful awardee of the ERDF R&I Accelerator. The funding is enabling us to understand the added value of using the balance menopause app in Manchester primary care pathways. We believe that it will make significant financial savings across the system, free-up scarce resources and allow women to not only better manage their menopausal symptoms but also access the right care and treatment in a timely way.”

Clinical Neuropsychology Services (Goal Manager)

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Goal Manager® is a cloud-based application designed to automate core processes in rehabilitating goal setting, facilitating collaborative working for multi-disciplinary teams in remote locations, and streamlining gold-standard processes into one system. Goal Manager® is a combined workflow management and reporting tool for rehabilitation and a product of Clinical Neuropsychology Services Ltd, owned and developed by Project Lead Dr Penny Trayner (Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist). The Follow-on Innovation voucher award will support the evaluation of the use of Goal Manager® within two NHS services within Northern Care Alliance (NCA) and support the development of a Patient Portal and Data Dashboard and integration into the existing Goal Manager® platform.

Dr Penny Trayner, Clinical Neuropsychology Services, said: “Goal Manager is a system designed to simplify and speed up key administrative processes in rehabilitation, with a potential to benefit thousands of people in Greater Manchester who are affected by conditions requiring rehabilitation each year, including those affected by stroke, acquired brain injury, major trauma, cardiac problems, orthopaedics and respiratory difficulties. Nationally such conditions affect millions of people every year. So far, the product demonstrated successful application within the private sector, and it is right that the public sector should benefit in the same way. The voucher is allowing us to try out the software within the NHS to ensure that it works effectively within community and inpatient services, with a view to it being rolled out more widely, locally and nationally, benefiting thousands to millions of people by providing them faster and more coordinated healthcare and enabling them to recover faster from their serious conditions and illnesses.”

BBL Protect

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BBL Protect are working with the NHS and others within the MEDEVAC sector to develop solutions for the transportation of patients with infectious diseases or affected by contaminants, which address the need to protect the patient, attending staff and the environment. The Follow-on voucher will allow BBL Protect to further develop their Aeropod solution, a personal isolation device/patient transfer system for infectious patients.

Russell Clifton, Managing Director at BBL Protect, said: “This is a fantastic opportunity to take AeroPod onto the next level for the transport and care of patients with infectious diseases or those are immune deficient. There is a wider vision behind AeroPod and this voucher is another big step forward in its development and comes at a time as the Company and its products AeroPod 10 and 15 are due to launch into market.”

Re:course AI

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Re:course AI is a leading AI powered learning and assessment platform for healthcare. The platform provides instant feedback on clinical and interpersonal skills across patient scenarios, with competency-based insights available in an educator dashboard to visualise performance. The award will support work with the University of Salford providing Re:course AI local expertise in understanding clinical gaps/needs with the Northern Care Alliance, academic experience in designing healthcare evaluation protocols and understanding of costs of existing training solutions.