Patient Innovation

Happy International Women's Day! Patient Innovation wants to celebrate and show appreciation to all female patient innovators, caregivers, and collaborators around the world, as well as all the wonderful women on our team!

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION Inspired by caring for their grandmother, innovators created Kubo Care, a contact-free system that detects falls & activity changes while preserving seniors’ privacy. 🔗 Read the story: patient-innovation.com/post/10062

🚨 Patient Innovation Triple Idea’s FreeO 2.0 makes changing ostomy bags safer and easier, freeing both hands so users can focus on care — no undressing, no accidents. 🔗 Read more: patient-innovation.com/post/10058

Our 2025 newsletter is out! 🎉 Take a look at this year’s highlights and what’s ahead for 2026 in patient innovation: patient-innovation.com/newsletters/24…

🚨 PATIENT INNOVATION Neal K. Shah, from North Carolina, created CareYaya Health Technologies inspired by his own experience as a family caregiver. Read the full story at the Patient Innovation platform: 👉 patient-innovation.com/post/10033

Meet the Experts of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Thank you all for helping our Bootcamp participants overcome the challenges of healthcare innovation 🧑‍🦽

Lucie ADHD in one of the participating startups of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025. They are creating a gamified psychoeducational app to support women with ADHD by linking symptoms to the menstrual cycle and strengthening mental health.

Telos is one of the teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Inspired by their own needs as caregivers, they are building an AI-powered app to help patients and caregivers organize, track and share health information more effectively.

Arcella Bio is another one of the 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 starting with colorectal cancer.

Mentelem is another one of the teams that will participate in the @PatientInnov Bootcamp 2025! Mentelem is a B2B platform that combines clinical expertise, artificial intelligence, and personalized intervention tools to assess, support, and enhance mental health in workplace.

🚀 We are very proud to present our 5 mentors for the 2025 Patient Innovation Bootcamp, supported by @EITHealth, Salomé Azevedo, David Magboulé, Filipa Machado Vaz, Tiwatayo Lasebikan, and Pedro Costa! Learn more about the PI Bootcamp here: patient-innovation.com/bootcamp.

Twily is another one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Twily is a low-stimulation, audio-first digital health app designed specifically to support mothers during pumping. Learn more about the solution here: patient-innovation.com/post/10021

HashiMotto is one of the 10 participating teams of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! HashiMotto is the first AI-powered digital health companion designed to bring clarity and structure to the daily chaos of this autoimmune condition. Learn more: patient-innovation.com/post/10017?lan…

URLEGFIX is one of the 10 teams that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Learn more about the solution here: patient-innovation.com/post/10018

While studying 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.

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.

@Hypoplas is one of the 10 startups that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Learn more about the solution here: patient-innovation.com/post/9941

Fistula Protect designs and manufactures patient-matched medical devices—personalized protectors that shield arteriovenous (AV) fistulas from life-threatening injuries. Fistula Protect serves as a crucial safeguard, helping to prevent injuries.

Fistula Protect is one of the 10 startups that will participate in the Patient Innovation Bootcamp 2025! Learn more about the solution here: patient-innovation.com/post/10022

A special thanks to the authors Ana Duarte, Gemma Tria, @helenacanhao, Joana Afonso, @leid_zejnilovic, Maria João Jacinto, Margarida Oliveira, @pedromoliveira and Salomé Azevedo for their invaluable contributions to this project.

This book compiles a decade's worth of groundbreaking solutions born from the ingenuity and resilience of patients, caregivers, and their collaborators worldwide. It's a testament to the power and potential of patient innovation and of the shared knowledge in healthcare.

🎉We're thrilled to announce that the Patient Innovation book written by the Patient Innovation team in collaboration with many innovators and with special participation of Nobel Laureate Sir. Richard Roberts, Eric von Hippel, and Hans Jorgen Wiberg, is officially HERE!