Biolibrary, Making Tailor-made Orthopedics and Medical Devices
Biolibrary is an innovative start-up offering integrated solutions for the design and manufacture of orthopedics devices, eg internal prostheses & supports for the musculoskeletal system/braces.
Biolibrary enables the orthopedics professionals of hospitals and clinics to provide tailor made solutions for patience through a cloud-based software processing measurements of the patience and automatically modeling the braces and prosthesis of the software library giving a ready to 3d print file as an output. The business model is also based on in-house printing and the delivery of printed items to hospitals not equipped with 3d printers or connected to fab labs or 3d printing centers.
Biolibrary is an innovative start-up offering integrated solutions for the design and manufacture of orthopedics devices, eg internal prostheses & supports for the musculoskeletal system/braces. Biolibrary enables the orthopedics professionals of hospitals and clinics to provide tailor made solutions for patience through a cloud-based software processing measurements of the patience and automatically modeling the braces and prosthesis of the software library giving a ready to 3d print file as an output. The business model is also based on in-house printing and the delivery of printed items to hospitals not equipped with 3d printers or connected to fab labs or 3d printing centers.
The startup is based in Italy. The medical devices sector in Italy generated a market worth €16.5 billion between exports and the domestic market and had 3,957 companies. It is a very diverse, highly innovative, and specialized industrial landscape, where small companies coexist with large groups. Public healthcare expenditure on medical devices and services is only 7% of total GDP and is about 1% smaller than the preceding year (2018). The sector presents significant rates of investments in research and development, fundamental for the development of Italian healthcare and the economy. Given this immense potential, the idea and services have been built on the need of turning the medical devices/prosthesis/braces production on time, personalized, and fully digital.
The startup has recently joined FasterCapital’s Tech Cofounder program to get the technical support needed in order to build the product and is now seeking a capital of €450K.
The idea has been molded after the meeting between Mr. Antonio Puce and Mr. Davide Maria Donati in the Orthopedic Department of Bologna hospital. Mr. Antonio Puce was injured and he was needing a brace for his shoulder, to wear over the summer. The uncomfortable not perfectly fitting brace inspired Antonio Puce to apply his IT and additive manufacturing competencies to work out with his doctor, and then friend Davide Maria Donati a solution to support people in need with a comfortable, tailor-made, and sustainable brace.
Mr. Hesham Zreik, CEO of FasterCapital, commented, “Biolibrary is creating a simple and creative solution for a big problem in the medical devices industry. The innovative model will help cut expenses and time to create a very good solution.”
If you are interested in knowing more or investing in Biolibrary feel free to contact the founder at apuce@biolibrary.it or you can check the startup’s profile here
