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Patient Innovation

Online platform for patients to share solutions developed to cope with different health conditions.

Patient Innovation is a nonprofit, international, multilingual, free venue for patients and caregivers of any disease to share their innovations.

03/09/2025

🌟 Meet the Experts of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025 – Lisbon Week! 🌟

As part of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp, participants will take part in our Meet the Expert session – a unique moment to connect directly with specialists from healthcare, academia, industry, and relevant fields for the participating startups. This session is designed to give innovators valuable guidance and fresh perspectives to strengthen their projects.

We are very grateful to this year’s Lisbon experts for sharing their time and knowledge with our community:

🔹 Marta Ferreira (Interactive Technologies Institute)
🔹 André Jacinto (Apormed)
🔹 Marco Alexandre Saias (Ambar Partners)
🔹 Hugo Gamboa (Nova FCT, PLUX)
🔹 Carla Portela (HEI, Nova SBE)
🔹 Ines de Macedo Santos (Armilar VP)
🔹 Catarina Silvério (Nova CRU, NMS)
🔹 Filipa Silva (Nova SBE)
🔹 Ana Rita Jesús Maria (NMS, West Lisbon Local Health Unit)
🔹 Daniel Riscado (Fidelidade)
🔹 Anibal Ferreira (NMS)
🔹 Paulo Filipe Diz(Hospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira)
🔹 Açucena Guerra (José de Mello Saúde)
🔹 Rita Francisco Hospital Dona Estefânia
🔹 Susana Silva (Hospital Dona Estefânia)

👏 A big thank you to all our experts for joining us in this journey!

29/08/2025

✨ Meet the 2025 Lisbon Week Speakers of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp!

We are excited to bring together an outstanding lineup of leaders from healthcare, innovation, and entrepreneurship who will guide and inspire our participants in developing patient-driven solutions.

🎤 This year’s speakers include:

Pedro Oliveira (Nova School of Business and Economics), Marta Passadouro (EIT Health InnoStars), Ana Maria Rodrigues (NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas), Leid Zejnilovic (Nova SBE), Ricardo Zozimo (Nova SBE), Antonio Camara (Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Pedro Pita Barros (Nova SBE), Anne-Laure Fayard (Nova SBE) Tiago Godinho, Lúcia Domingues (Nova Medical School), Gary Monk, Salomé Azevedo (Value for Health CoLAB), Francisco Tenente (3DWAYS), Marco Alexandre Saias, Bárbara Nascimento Santos (Nova Medical School)

A HUGE THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE!!

💡 With their diverse expertise, they will play a key role in inspiring and challenging participants to push boundaries and create meaningful, patient-centered innovations.

Stay tuned as the journey unfolds! 🚀

27/08/2025

Lucie ADHD is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Lucie ADHD is developing a gamified psychoeducational app designed specifically for women with ADHD. By linking ADHD symptoms with the menstrual cycle and embedding learning into an interactive story-game, Lucie provides women with tools to better understand their condition, regulate stress, and strengthen mental health.

The project was inspired by the founder’s own experience of being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and recognizing the lack of female-specific resources and support. With Lucie, the team aims to fill this gap and bring a new, empowering approach to mental health for women.

26/08/2025

Telos Health is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Telos Health is an AI-powered mobile app designed to help patients and caregivers organize, track, and share medical information. By turning fragmented records into complete health journeys enriched with notes, symptoms, and follow-ups, Telos bridges communication gaps and makes healthcare management simpler and less stressful.

The team, inspired by their own experience caring for their grandparents, is now working to validate their solution with patients and caregivers, aiming to refine their app and bring greater clarity and collaboration to healthcare.

Read more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10026

20/08/2025

Arcella Bio is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Arcella Bio is an AI-powered app for cancer patients that offers personalized treatment guidance, clinical trial matching, and support services like nutrition and mental health—starting with colorectal cancer.

Their aim, currently, is to try and connect with patient groups in order to validate and further tailor their solution to meet the specific, unmet needs of colorectal cancer patients and other potential user groups.

14/08/2025

Mentelem is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Mentelem is a SaaS B2B platform that combines clinical expertise, artificial intelligence, and personalized intervention tools to assess, support, and enhance mental health in workplace environments.

The company is working on improving its business model, technology, and customer engagement. They aim to better understand users and connect with HR departments in companies with over 1,000 employees to offer their mental health solution.

11/08/2025

🚀 We are very proud to present our five mentors for the 2025 Patient Innovation Bootcamp, supported by EIT Health, Salomé Azevedo, David Siqueira Magboulé, Filipa Machado Vaz, Tiwatayo Lasebikan, and Pedro Costa!

Don’t forget to follow and keep up with the Patient Innovation Bootcamp on our social media platforms.

To learn more about the EIT Health Patient Innovation Bootcamp you can visit: https://patient-innovation.com/bootcamp.

08/08/2025

Twily is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Breastpumping is a reality for many mothers whose infants cannot latch, are born prematurely, or must be separated due to health reasons — and yet the physical and emotional toll it takes is rarely acknowledged. The idea for Twily was born in the quiet, pressure-filled hours of the night, while Nora pumped every three hours, day and night, ever since her premature daughter was born.
Twily is a low-stimulation, audio-first digital health app designed specifically to support mothers during pumping. It blends trauma-informed recovery techniques with gentle practices from yoga, meditation, breathwork, and nervous system regulation — all designed to work with the pump, not against it. With the help of conversational AI and a knowledge base developed in collaboration with healthcare professionals, the app tailors each session through smart diagnostics and adapts over time based on user feedback.

Learn more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10021

05/08/2025

HashiMotto is one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Navigating life with Hashimoto's can feel overwhelming and isolating. Omar experienced it firsthand and realized something needed to change. That's why he created HashiMotto, the first AI-powered digital health companion designed to bring clarity and structure to the daily chaos of this autoimmune condition.

HashiMotto acts as a personalized guide, offering smart, adaptive advice on nutrition and lifestyle based on your daily input. It helps you track your symptoms, make informed food choices, and get timely wellness suggestions, all in one place.

Learn more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10017?language=en

01/08/2025

URLEGFIX is one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Born from a personal struggle, URLEGFIX was created to address a gap in care for people with urinary incontinence and catheter use. The founder, while managing a vesicovaginal fistula after a hysterectomy, found changing diapers and managing a catheter on long train journeys to be challenging and undignified. The experience of feeling defined by her condition and the lack of clothing that provided warmth, discretion, and functionality inspired the creation of a new solution. URLEGFIX aims to restore comfort, dignity, and a sense of self for others facing similar challenges.

URLEGFIX's adaptive tights and leggings are designed to simplify daily routines while offering a sense of normalcy. Made from soft, stretchable thermal fabrics, these garments provide warmth and support movement, while their design discreetly manages catheters and reduces the visibility of medical devices.

Learn more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10018

28/07/2025

Hypoplas is one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Born with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, Olivia Burns spent her childhood undergoing life-saving surgeries and countless medical procedures. Through these experiences, she became intimately familiar with the problems of traditional hospital gowns. These loose-fitting garments, typically worn by patients during medical treatments or hospital stays, are designed to allow easy access for medical procedures. However, they are often uncomfortable, impractical, and undignified, particularly for young patients.

At 18, while studying fashion business and management at Manchester Metropolitan University, Olivia turned her frustration into innovation. Her final project became the foundation of Hypoplas, a patient-wear brand dedicated to improving the hospital experience.
The result is the Inversus gown, a redesign of traditional hospital clothing. Unlike conventional gowns, the Inversus gown prioritizes dignity, comfort, and practicality.

Learn more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/9941

24/07/2025

Fistula Protect is one of the 10 startups that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025!

Fistula Protect designs and manufactures patient-matched medical devices—personalized protectors that shield arteriovenous (AV) fistulas from life-threatening injuries. These CE-marked Class I medical devices are tailored to fit various arm and fistula shapes, providing reliable protection against impacts, cuts, and harmful compression during everyday activities.
If an AV fistula is injured, a dialysis patient can bleed out within minutes. Fistula Protect serves as a crucial safeguard, helping to prevent such emergencies. This solution ensures both safety and peace of mind, empowering dialysis patients to live more freely and actively.

Learn more about the solution here: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10022

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