Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOES20230308020
- Term of Validity
- 8 March 2023 - 7 March 2025
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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A Spanish healthcare research institute has developed a device to enhance the transfer of test tubes/cryotubes from a rack/storage holder to another.It facilitates the manipulation and selective processing of a large number of samples, preserving samples location within the racks and reducing manipulation time.
The Institute would like to talk to companies interested in the fabrication and distribution of this device to license it under a commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Full Description
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The Spanish healthcare research institute promotes and develops research and innovation in the bio-health environment of Cantabria, with the aim of seeking solutions to health problems and contributing to scientific, educational, social and economic development.
Biobanks and clinical trials laboratories work with a large quantity and variety of samples. Some of them must be refrigerated under regulation and for the safety of the patients. The manual transfer of tubes/cryotubes between racks is a tedious process which can imply accidental drop and loss of samples during the transfer process and furthermore, errors due to sample position change between racks.
The device developed allows the selective transfer of tubes between racks in a single step, making the transfer process quick and uncomplicated. An utility model covering this technology has been filed through Spanish Utility Model Application U202232155.
This technology will be of interest to biobanks, clinical trial laboratories and any R+D laboratory in the private or public sector.
The research institute would like to talk to companies interested in the fabrication and distribution of this device to license the presented Utility Model under a commercial agreement with technical assistance. - Advantages and Innovations
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The main competitive advantages of the device are:
• Shortening of handling times.
• Decrease of the possibility of handling errors.
• Selection of samples to transfer.
• Transference of all tubes at once.
• Adaptability to test tubes size.
• Aid to ensure traceability.
• Simple, affordable and user friendly. - Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
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Type of partner sought: Manufacturers and distributors of material for clinical trial laboratories and biobanks.
Specific area of activity of the partner: Fabrication of plastic material. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
- IPR notes
- Spanish Utility Model Application U202232155.
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Task to be performed: The fabrication and distribution of the two pieces of the tube exchanger.
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME 50 - 249
- R&D Institution
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 006001002 - Care and Health Services
- 006001020 - Laboratory Equipment
- Market keywords
- 05004003 - Laboratory equipment
- 05004004 - Medical instruments
- 05004005 - Diagnostic equipment
- Sector Groups Involved
- Health
- Targeted countries
- All countries
