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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.

23/01/2026

📘 Ontem foi lançado, na livraria UCP, o livro 𝘈 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘻 𝘦 𝘢 𝘗𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘤̧𝘢̃𝘰 𝘈𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢

Uma obra que cruza ciência, prática clínica e testemunhos pessoais para dar voz à realidade da surdez, refletindo o encontro entre conhecimento académico e ação social.

Ao longo de cinco capítulos, especialistas nacionais e internacionais abordam os fundamentos da surdez, as soluções clínicas e tecnológicas, o impacto psicossocial, os desafios da inclusão e as perspetivas futuras. Os testemunhos integrados acrescentam uma dimensão humana ao conhecimento científico.

Mais do que um manual, o livro convida a repensar a surdez como parte da diversidade humana, promovendo inclusão e participação plena na sociedade.

Coordenado por Helena Caria, o livro conta com contributos de especialistas de reconhecido mérito a nível nacional e internacional.

👏🏻 A Patient Innovation esteve envolvida através da participação de Maria João Jacinto, autora do capítulo 𝘐𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘤̧𝘢̃𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳: 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘢́𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢̃𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘴, e de Pedro Costa, que partilha o seu testemunho, a convite da Associação OUVIR.

🔗 O livro já se encontra disponível aqui:

👉 https://www.almedina.net/a-surdez-e-a-pessoa-com-disfun-o-auditiva-1762520545.html

09/01/2026

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION

After seeing a family member struggle with ostomy care, Triple Idea created FreeO 2.0: a garment bag that makes changing ostomy bags easier, safer, and more comfortable. By freeing both hands, it lets users focus on hygiene and care without un******ng or risking accidents.

🔗 Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10058

30/12/2025

As 2025 comes to a close, we’re sharing our latest Patient Innovation newsletter, a look back at what we built this year and a preview of what’s ahead.

In 2025, we reached several platform milestones, concluded the sixth edition of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp, advanced our research activities, and launched our book (get your copy here!: https://www.fnac.pt/Patient-Innovation-Helena-Canhao/a13297695)

We’re closing the year with gratitude and starting 2026 with a clear focus on continuing to fill gaps in the healthcare and innovation ecosystem, supporting patient voices and communities along the way.

📩 Read the full newsletter here: https://patient-innovation.com/newsletters/24-2025-highlights-start-new-chapters-patient-innovation

Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey!

16/12/2025

Inspired by her own experience as a long-term patient, Melanie Herbert joined forces with fellow engineering students to create Sync Labs: an AI-based system designed to support caregiving and help older adults live safely and independently at home.

Developed at the University of Pennsylvania, Sync Labs uses non-intrusive environmental sensors and AI to detect daily routines and changes in activity, providing caregivers with clear, meaningful insights without compromising privacy. The solution is currently being pilot-tested in real households in Pennsylvania and was recently recognised with the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize.

🔗 Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10041

16/12/2025

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION

Inspired by her own experience as a long-term patient, Melanie Herbert and her fellow engineering students Noah Nilsson and Rohan Garg created Sync Labs, an AI-based home monitoring system to support senior care while respecting privacy.

Using non-intrusive environmental sensors, Sync Labs helps caregivers understand daily routines and changes in behaviour — without cameras, microphones or wearables. The project received the 2025 President’s Innovation Prize and is currently being piloted in Pennsylvania.

🔗 Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10041

12/12/2025

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION

When Alzheimer’s changed his great-aunt’s daily life, Loris Prabel responded by creating MAÉ: a simple mobile app that helps people with memory loss stay autonomous at home.

Born from a family experience and co-developed with people living with Alzheimer’s and caregivers, MAÉ offers practical memory cues and reminders, and is now being tested by families in France.

🔗 Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10040

08/12/2025

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION

After his grandmother suffered an unnoticed fall, 13-year-old Kevin Tang from Southern California created FallGuard — a low-cost, camera-based system that detects falls at home without requiring older adults to wear or charge anything.

What started as a family need is now helping other households, with several families already using the device and many more on a waiting list. Kevin’s project earned him the title of America’s Top Young Scientist, highlighting how a simple idea can make daily care safer.

🔗 Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform: https://patient-innovation.com/post/10032

02/12/2025

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION
Zoey Chan, from Singapore, created nido after facing the daily challenges of living with Type 1 diabetes. Injecting insulin three to five times a day — often in public and with scattered needles, caps and sharps — made the routine feel awkward, messy and isolating.
What began as a personal struggle became a design-led solution that now resonates with many other doentes who share the same experience.
nido is a compact device that organises and assists with daily insulin pen needle use. With space for a full day of injections, safe one-handed disposal and compartments that fit different brands and sizes, it brings simplicity, discretion and safety to a routine that affects millions.
Zoey’s work has already earned national and international recognition, including the 2025 James Dyson Award (Singapore), and continues to evolve with input from the diabetes community and healthcare professionals.

Read the full story on the Patient Innovation platform:

👉 https://patient-innovation.com/post/10036

26/11/2025

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION
Neal K. Shah, from North Carolina, created CareYaya Health Technologies inspired by his own experience as a family caregiver. After struggling to find trustworthy, affordable and compassionate home care for his loved ones, he transformed a personal challenge into a digital platform that now supports thousands of families across the U.S.
CareYaya connects older adults with motivated student-caregivers from nursing, pre-med, psychology and other health-related fields — making non-medical home care more accessible, dependable and meaningful.

Read the full story at the Patient Innovation platform:
👉 https://patient-innovation.com/post/10033

27/10/2025

🎉 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! 🎉
Participants had the chance to pitch their solutions to an incredible jury of experts from the Danish innovation and healthcare ecosystem, closing the program on a high note: Anna Zhigalova, MD, MSc (Novo Nordisk), Meike Sieburg ( ), Leonie Kellner (BioInnovation Institute), Thomas Juhl Olesen (Cerebriu), Katrine Bredahl Buggeskov (Rigshospitalet/ ATHENA), Jonas Grau Thomsen (UNICEF), Koray Karakaya and Rose Marie Henrichsen (BioMedical Design Novo Nordisk Foundation Fellowship Programme) and Pedro Oliveira. A huge thank you once again to all of you for sharing your experience and perspective with our teams — your contribution truly helped this year’s cohort of health innovators. 🙏

👏 To all our participants — Anna O'Leary (Arcella Bio), Ricarda Saleh (Lucie ADHD), Gal Hostnik (Fistula Protect), Omar Radončić (HashiMotto), Olivia Burns (Hypoplas), Luis Sanchez (MENTELEM - Mental Health at Work), Will Jackson (Playphysio®), Ana Mara Fonseca, Guilherme Fonseca and Tiago Correia (Telos Care), Teresa Marques Ferreira (Urlegfix) and Nora Stenman Kuphal (Twily) — we want to thank you for your courage, dedication, and creativity. Throughout the Bootcamp, you’ve challenged your ideas, tested your assumptions, and pushed your solutions forward. Seeing how much each project has evolved has been truly inspiring.
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐨! 🏆
Playphysio will represent the Patient Innovation Bootcamp at the EIT Health Career Path event in Paris (27–28 November 2025) — an EIT Health flagship event that connects innovators, students, and companies from across their network.
Congratulations once again to all participants and partners who made this journey possible — and to Will Jackson for this well-deserved recognition! 💡

Nova SBE NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas IESE Business School

24/10/2025

✨ Yesterday, Day 2 of the Copenhagen Bootcamp Week focused on preparing innovations for the market — from effective communication and fundraising to navigating reimbursement systems.

We started the morning with Amy Wilson, Head of Copenhagen School of Entrepreneurship, who led an insightful session on “Know Your Who: Tailoring Communication for Impact.” Through a marketing lens, participants explored how to identify and understand their target audience, crafting strategies and messages that truly connect and drive engagement — an essential step for positioning their innovations effectively.

After that, Pedro Costa, Bootcamp alumni and founder of Auricle, took the stage for “How to Get Ready for Investment Rounds.” Drawing from his own fundraising journey, Pedro shared candid insights on what worked best — and what didn’t — when pitching to investors. It was a highly interactive session, where participants gained valuable first-hand perspectives on navigating the investment landscape.

In the afternoon, Stefan Dr. Walzer, Founder and CEO of MArS Market Access & Pricing Strategy GmbH, led the session “Product Reimbursement System in Denmark,” offering a clear and engaging overview of market access and reimbursement pathways. His presentation shed light on how innovators can navigate these systems — sparking thoughtful questions and discussion among participants. It was another packed and inspiring day at Copenhagen Business School, filled with learning, reflection, and hands-on advice for the next generation of health innovators 🚀💬

EIT Health Copenhagen Business School Nova SBE NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas IESE Business School

23/10/2025

✨ Yesterday, the in-person segment of the Copenhagen Bootcamp Week kicked off, and it couldn’t have started better!
We began the day with Claus Bøttcher Jørgensen, Academic Director for Copenhagen Business School MSc in Innovation in Healthcare, who warmly welcomed participants to Copenhagen Business School.
The first session featured Hans Jørgen Wiberg, founder of Be My Eyes, who shared the inspiring story behind his company and offered invaluable insights and lessons learned from his journey as a social and patient entrepreneur.
Next, Nicolas Bouchet from Health Tech Hub Copenhagen guided participants through the complexities of fundraising and go-to-market strategies for health tech founders — a session packed with practical advice and real-world examples.
After lunch, Ana Catarina Araújo Silva led a dynamic session on Hard Lessons in Building MedTech Products, sharing hands-on experiences that deeply resonated with the group.
In the afternoon, we visited the BioInnovation Institute(BII), hosted by Markus Herrgård, Chief Technology Officer at BII. Markus introduced BII’s mission and programs supporting innovators and invited two incredible healthcare startups —3Sonic and Dandelion Diagnostics — to present their work and inspire our participants.
To wrap up the day, we headed to Carlsberg for a guided tour exploring the history of the Carlsberg Foundation, followed by a lovely dinner at the Home of Carlsberg, joined by some of the speakers who will be with us throughout the week.
A huge thank you to everyone (also to Mie Maahr Hegelund for the continued support and coordination) for such an enriching first day — we returned to the hotel tired, but truly happy and inspired 💡💙

EIT Health Nova SBE NOVA Medical School - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas IESE Business School

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