AUXSTENT – Business Model & Market Research

Project Description

In the fight against cardiovascular disease, stents and grafts are implanted in patients to support or repair damaged or high-risk vessels. These stents and grafts provide robust mechanical support, but do not provide tissue repair. It would be better if such implants actively promoted tissue repair and regeneration over time.

The consortium of parties from science and the creative industry are working on an innovative medical application. In their current project their aim is to develop a final prototype of this auxetic tubular scaffold and connect a business partner to exploit the innovation and turn it into an impactful medical application.

The studentproject will focus on the business-side of the full consortium-project; What business models can be developed and which industry partners can be connected to turn the innovation into an impactful medical application.

In the consortium are: TU/e Biomedical Engineering, TU/e Applied Physics Soft Matter and Biological Physics group and Fillip Studios