World Stroke Day: POC4Triage
On World Stroke Day, we are shining a light on one of our European research projects focused on innovation in stroke:
POC4Triage: Enabling faster stroke diagnosis and better outcomes
Every minute counts when someone has a stroke. Yet too often patients lose precious time being transported to a hospital that cannot deliver the specialist care they need.
The EU-funded research project POC4Triage aims to change this. It brings together leading European hospitals, researchers and innovators to develop four portable, artificial intelligence-enabled medical devices to support a faster and more accurate diagnosis of stroke and other emergencies.
One of these devices is the Strokepointer™, developed by two Dutch organisations, Amsterdam AMC and Trianect BV. This device can detect a major stroke in under three minutes, right in the ambulance, by analysing brain activity and using artificial intelligence. Under the POC4Triage project, a new disposable EEG patch placed on the forehead below the hairline, is being developed to make stroke detection even faster, easier and more comfortable for patients.
Over the next two years, the patch will be tested and validated across several European hospitals and ambulance services, with the long-term ambition of equipping every ambulance in Europe with this technology.
The POC4Triage project also includes three additional devices:
- A diagnosis and monitoring patch to predict cardiorespiratory diseases
- A functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) device to monitor brain blood flow to detect strokes
- A handheld blood test to identify stroke type
All devices will connect through a ‘Device Hospital Connectivity Platform’, ensuring that all vital data reaches hospital teams instantly, so that they can make faster and better informed treatment decisions.
“Time is brain. The POC4Triage project will give ambulance professionals and doctors improved tools to make faster and more accurate treatment decisions,” says SAFE’s Director General, Arlene Wilkie. “This technology represents a vital step toward improving stroke outcomes across Europe.”
Watch the new video featuring researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Trianect BV:
For more information, please contact research@safestroke.eu or visit the POC4Triage website https://poc4triage.eu/
POC4Triage has received funding from the European Union under grant agreement No 101137358.
