SynDiag won
the 2020 hackathon "Hack for Med" in Naples, organized by Medtronic
Italia in collaboration with the University of Naples "Federico II",
in the search for innovative solutions born from the encounter between Data
Science, Artificial Intelligence and the Healthcare field.
The
initiative is part of the "Open Innovation Lab Hack for Med Tour",
featuring four stops in four different cities in Italy, and it was conducted
within the framework of the "Open Innovation Lab". This initiative
aims to research and support innovative projects in the healthcare and
well-being field and to foster the growth and development of a start-up
environment in close connection with universities, businesses and local and
international communities.
Over the month of December, all the start-ups involved in the Naples stop presented their business ideas in the Connected Care & Digital Health field to a panel of experts. The start-up SynDiag, which is currently pre-incubated at I3P, won the first place: their idea to use artificial intelligence to prevent ovarian cancer was awarded with a special customized Advisory Program aimed at developing business opportunities.
"We
are entering 2021 with a wonderful opportunity, we really needed it to debut on
the market with even more confidence and enthusiasm", stated Giulio
Perotti, Business Developer of SynDiag. "We built our innovative start-up
in February 2019 after winning the 2018 Start Cup
Piemonte Valle d'Aosta, however our founders were working on the project
for over a year and now we are on our way to the final stages".
SynDiag is working on creating new tools for digital gynecology, like the platform
OvAI which has already won the EIT Health 2020 award, to support physicians
with the objective analysis of ultrasounds and to initiate an early and
high-quality diagnostic process to optimize the healthcare service and save as
many lives as possible.
"OvAI
is also a learning platform", explained Perotti, as its virtual
library of clinical cases can be consulted by professionals for training
purposes. "Young doctors are also being trained using our software and
we are working towards obtaining a certification to become an official training
tool. Through an ongoing dialogue with the doctors, we can understand which
functions to improve and which ones to implement".