Development and commercialisation of a next generation sports head guard, embedded with clinically validated sensors, for the detection of sports induced brain injuries.

Contego Sports is developing NProSend, a clinically approved headgear that reduces linear impacts by 75% and rotational impacts by 55%, while also enabling early detection of concussions through IoT and AI.

Subsidie
€ 2.318.032
2022

Projectdetails

Introduction

10% of all contact sport athletes (in rugby, football, baseball, boxing) sustain regular concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) due to linear and rotational head impacts. Globally, over 4 million mTBI incidents are reported in contact sports.

Concussion Statistics

With 20.1 concussions per 1000 player hours, concussion is the most commonly reported match injury, occurring in 81% of the matches. Currently, the management and treatment costs for concussions/mTBIs amount to €17 billion per annum in the EU.

Current Limitations

No existing headgear is clinically approved to provide protection against linear and rotational impacts, hence failing to reduce concussion incidents.

Innovative Solution

Contego Sports is developing the world's first clinically approved headgear for contact sports, NProSend. This innovative product will:

  1. Reduce all linear impacts by 75%
  2. Reduce rotational impacts by 55% compared to existing headgear

Advanced Features

NProSend will also provide early detection of concussion/mTBI by processing the cumulative effect of head impact data collected by embedded IoT-enabled triaxial sensors, which will be processed by AI algorithms.

Financiële details & Tijdlijn

Financiële details

Subsidiebedrag€ 2.318.032
Totale projectbegroting€ 3.311.475

Tijdlijn

Startdatum1-3-2022
Einddatum31-12-2024
Subsidiejaar2022

Partners & Locaties

Projectpartners

  • CONTEGO SPORTS LIMITEDpenvoerder

Land(en)

Ireland

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