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UNICAT

Unique Biomaterial-Drug Solution for Multifunctional Central Venous Catheters

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Project "UNICAT" data sheet

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Coordinator
UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO 

Organization address
address: LARGO DO PACO
city: BRAGA
postcode: 4704 553
website: www.uminho.pt

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 Coordinator Country Portugal [PT]
 Total cost 207˙000 €
 EC max contribution 207˙000 € (100%)
 Programme 1. H2020-EU.1.3.3. (Stimulating innovation by means of cross-fertilisation of knowledge)
 Code Call H2020-MSCA-RISE-2014
 Funding Scheme MSCA-RISE
 Starting year 2015
 Duration (year-month-day) from 2015-01-01   to  2017-12-31

 Partnership

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# participants  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO PT (BRAGA) coordinator 130˙500.00
2    BIOMODICS APS DK (KGS LYNGBY) participant 49˙500.00
3    BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY IL (RAMAT GAN) participant 18˙000.00
4    SIMULA RESEARCH LABORATORY AS NO (FORNEBU) participant 9˙000.00

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 Project objective

Central venous catheters (CVCs) play a critical role in healthcare and few medical devices are more important and widespread in modern medicine. Catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI) is the most common life-threatening complication of CVCs. Reducing the risk of CRBSI among patients would save costs, reduce length of stay and improve mortality and morbidity. The major challenge of UNICAT is thus to develop a new CVC solution to prevent infection and thrombosis. The project partners will introduce a whole new way of thinking by introducing a disruptive approach which is more than just a coating of devices. A new material will, for the first time, combine ultra-biocompatibility with chemical resistance and desired mechanical properties, to effectively prevent adverse host response, inflammation and infection. A major problem in biomaterials science is that bioresistant materials are inevitably also chemically inert and hence highly difficult to manipulate by traditional wet chemistry. If manipulation (e.g. coating) is achieved, the solution is often unstable and fragile. UNICAT will address this problem by combining two materials using a novel method based on super critical CO2-chemistry. It will result in a hybrid material which is stably formed and combines the best properties of two or more materials. The success criterion is to exceed performance of coatings by producing the first fully biocompatible material to be used as sole robust bulk material of vascular access lines. UNICAT is an international and inter-sector collaborative project comprising R&D activities and secondments between the SME BioModics (BM), the University of Minho (UMinho), the Bar-Ilan University (BIU) and the Simula Research Laboratory (Simula). The consortium has identified the RISE programme as a suitable vehicle for overcoming the identified major challenges and for bridging the knowledge gap, while helping to overcome the financial, technological and intersectoral barriers.

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