DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEXTILE APPLICATOR FOR COLLECTING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF TELEMEDICINE DIAGNOSTICS, MONITORING AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE

This project is based on the mutually complementary partnership of Bulgaria - Tex AD and the Technical University - Gabrovo. It is oriented towards the development of an innovative world wide / high-level textile applicator (in the form of "smart" T-shirts, corsages, wedges and other clothes) for collecting and sending in contactless manner electrophysiological data for the purposes of telemedicine diagnostics, medical response. Innovative fabrics with the necessary density and elasticity will be used, providing the most effective contact between the body and the contact points, and a very good level of electrical conductivity. Our product will meet the shared requirements for eco-innovation and the requirements of the sub-area "Production of tools, equipment, medical and dental diagnostics and therapy supplies and / or participation in a supra-national production chain" to the "Healthy Living Industry" and bio-technologies to the “Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization”. The detailed comparative analysis has shown that the innovative applicators developed have considerable advantages for the needs of medical diagnostics, both with respect to the market-known textile applicators with remote data transmission and with the current "classical" applicators such as electrodes, electrocardiograph pumps and metal plates. As an important and very useful element of ever more turbulent and more successful telemedicine, our textile applicator is expected to have both very broad applicability to international markets and significant economic and social viability. As a result, our marketing strategy is likely to achieve the development stage and, after certification, move to the more massive production and deployment of these applicators in their targeted markets for the needs of modern telemedicine diagnostics.

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