Summary
- Profile Type
- Business Offer
- POD Reference
- BOGR20250404023
- Term of Validity
- 7 April 2025 - 7 April 2026
- Company's Country
- Greece
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- This company is developing advanced textile solutions focused on respiratory health, offering revolutionary products that monitor and enhance breathing. With the Smart Breathing Shirt, the Company merges sensor technology and comfortable design, empowering users to optimize wellness in everyday life.
- Full Description
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This is an innovative company at the forefront of biomedical technology and smart garment design. Based in Athens and the Cyclades, Greece, the company develops telecare solutions to improve healthcare for patients in remote regions, focusing on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and respiratory monitoring via advanced wearables.
Their key product, the smart breathing shirt, merges AI with embedded sensors to map respiratory function in real world / time. Matching the comfort of regular clothing, this smart shirt leverages IoT and data analytics, enabling remote tracking of critical respiratory metrics.
The Company’s strategic location in the Cyclades underpins real-world validation of its telecare tools, benefiting individuals with respiratory conditions by enhancing quality of life. They integrate academic research and industrial practice, with facilities for prototyping (3D printing, PCB fabrication, laser cutting) and biometric data analysis and user experience design practices.
Acknowledged for pioneering work, this company has earned the European Commission’s Seal of Excellence twice. In 2023, it secured €1.1 million in funding through the I3 program and the European Innovation Council, part of a €4.27 million budget to validate and commercialize DIGILUNG, expanding the Company’s telecare vision.
Within its first year, they became the first Greek MedTech startup in the BETA track at Web Summit 2024. The Company also collaborates with top universities like Leicester, the Aegean, Delft, VUB among others.
DIGILUNG is undergoing clinical trials across Europe, demonstrating real-time, noninvasive monitoring that heralds a new era of preventive care. The Company receives also support from programs including TheAthens StartUp Business Incubator (THEA), Elevate Greece, the Hellenic Republic Ministry of Development, and the Municipality of Syros. As an ESMEA ambassador, it promotes European innovation and public health initiatives.
By integrating cutting-edge tech, sustainable production, and telecare applications, the Company exemplifies inclusive innovation—linking research with practical healthcare solutions, especially in remote areas. Through strategic efforts and strong alliances, they advance healthcare technology, committed to improving quality of life and setting new standards of excellence. - Advantages and Innovations
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The Company bridges state-of-the-art wearable technology with specialized telemecare, creating a new approach to respiratory health management. Its core innovation lies in the ‘Smart breathing shirt’, where integrated sensors and AI-driven analytics enable continuous, noninvasive monitoring of key parameters like breathing patterns, and overall pulmonary function. This real-world/time insight aids early detection of potential exacerbations and enables personalized interventions—empowering patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals to respond swiftly.
A major advantage is their strategic base in the Cyclades, validating solutions in settings where telemedicine can greatly enhance care access. By adopting advanced Internet of Things (IoT) protocols, the Company ensures reliable data transmission from remote islands and challenging locations. Users benefit from minimal manual setup, intuitive applications, and smooth integration with broader healthcare ecosystems.
Another hallmark is their focus on research and development, supported by collaborations with prominent universities. These partnerships continually refine sensor technology, machine learning algorithms, and garment design—improving both accuracy and comfort. The Company also adopts eco-friendly practices, choosing materials and processes for longevity and sustainability.
By utilizing advanced prototyping and testing (3D printing, laser cutting, PCB fabrication), they quickly iterate product designs for reliability, safety, and user experience. This agile model speeds up commercialization and keeps the Company at the forefront of wearable medical solutions. Ultimately, its dedication to inclusivity and practical innovation underscores a commitment to reshaping healthcare, sports and wellness, especially in underserved or remote locales. In tandem, they foster clinical partnerships to rigorously test the Smart breathing Shirt across diverse patient populations, boosting efficacy and inspiring trust. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- Goal 5: Gender Equality
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- IPR status
- Secret know-how
- IPR notes
- Company Owns 100% of its IP
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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Why the Smart Breathing Shirt?
The global rise in respiratory conditions—including COPD, asthma, post-COVID complications, and stress-related disorders—demands scalable, user-friendly, and non-invasive monitoring solutions. Traditional tests like spirometry offer only occasional data, often missing key fluctuations between appointments.
The Smart Breathing Shirt transforms this model, enabling continuous, real-world respiratory monitoring—whether the user is resting, working, moving, or sleeping. This shift allows professionals to observe clinically meaningful trends in natural environments.
Our 100% IP-owned wearable is embedded with ultra-thin, textile-based sensors that capture high-resolution respiratory data: rate, rhythm, depth, frequency, flow, and anomalies. These sensors work silently and securely, transmitting data to a cloud platform where advanced algorithms and AI tools process, visualize, and interpret it.
Backed by end-to-end security and medical-grade safety, the Smart Breathing Shirt enables:
Remote patient monitoring with actionable insights
Early detection of exacerbations and abnormalities
Longitudinal data tracking for clinical research
Behavioral pattern recognition for prevention
Stress, anxiety, and wellness management tools
Proven in Research. Trusted in Trials.
The Smart Breathing Shirt is currently undergoing clinical validation across Europe, supported by national and EU innovation programs. It has received the European Commission’s Seal of Excellence and is part of the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) initiative—recognizing its impact potential across healthcare systems.
The company collaborates with institutions including Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Leicester, Loughborough University, and the University of the Aegean, developing evidence-based protocols and enabling interdisciplinary research in digital health, rehabilitation, sports science, and mental wellness.
Their research ecosystem includes:
Pulmonologists and clinical rehab specialists
Biomedical engineers and data scientists
AI and UX design experts
Patient networks and support communities
Government health and aging policy agencies
This integrated model ensures the Smart Breathing Shirt is technologically advanced, ethically responsible, safety validated, and clinically relevant across global care environments.
A Call to Collaboration:
The Company invites leaders in pharma, clinical innovation, hospital systems, universities, research hubs, and health policy to partner with them in shaping the future of respiratory health.
For pharmaceutical companies, it enables real-time digital biomarkers and remote, high-compliance clinical trials.
For hospitals and clinics, it reduces staff burden while enhancing continuous care.
For academic partners, it supports advanced studies in physiology, behavior, and sensor-based intervention.
For public health agencies, it advances telemedicine and chronic care strategies at scale.
Towards a Healthier Future
As healthcare evolves, solutions that match the complexity of human life must be embraced. The Smart Breathing Shirt bridges proactive care and personalized medicine—where data flows naturally and empowers all stakeholders.
This Company wishes to build a future where every breath is seen, supported, and valued—where wearable intelligence augments care, and innovation brings lasting impact.
They do not just creating devices—they’re building the future of respiratory health.
Let’s make every breath count. - Type and Size of Partner
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- R&D Institution
- University
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 06001002 - Clinical Research, Trials
- 06001015 - Pharmaceutical Products / Drugs
- 06001022 - Medical Textiles
- 06001012 - Medical Research
- 06001013 - Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering
- Market keywords
- 05010003 - Patient rehabilitation & training
- 05006 - Anatomy, Pathology, Immunology, Physiology
- 05007002 - Pharmaceuticals/fine chemicals
- 05004003 - Laboratory equipment
- 05007004 - Monitoring equipment
- Sector Groups Involved
- Textiles
- Health
- Energy-Intensive Industries - BioChemTech
- Digital
- Targeted countries
- All countries