The Pillar Centre 2022 Virtual Innovation Sprint Winners

The Pillar Centre 2022 Virtual Innovation Sprint was initiated to provide mentorship to project teams seeking to develop a medtech solution from ideation to funding application. This healthcare development programme provided learning resources and access to a team of experts to staff interested in addressing an unmet clinical need through medtech development. The Pillar Centre has partnered with BioInnovate, NovaUCD, Enterprise Ireland, NUI Galway, DCU Engineering and Tangent, Trinity College Dublin to deliver this programme.

The pitch presentations for the Pillar Centre 2022 Virtual Innovation Sprint were held on the 6th of July with Spark Innovation HSE committing a prize fund of €1,000 to each of the presenting teams to enable their projects to progress post Sprint.

Congratulations to our winning teams!

Caoimhin O Conghaile – RCSI Laparoscopic Biological Trainer

Caitriona Fingleton – “Caitwalk” Moving Safely in Hospital

Oliver Boughton & Adam Cahill – Theatre Lighting Solutions