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Devicare wins the EmprendedorXXI award in Catalonia

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 05.06.2014

Devicare wins the EmprendedorXXI award in Catalonia

Devicare, a company associated to the Parc Cientific de Barcelona, has won the first place in the regional phase of the VIII edition of the EmprendedorXXI award, held yesterday as part of the fourth edition of Bizbarcelona. The start-up, dedicated to developing innovative products for the diagnosis, monitoring, follow-up, and domiciliary treatment of renal lithiasis (kidney stones), will take part in the nationwide edition that will be held next November. The Devicare project was also the winner of the 2013 edition of BioEmprenedorXXI, a program promoted by Biocat, "la Caixa", Barcelona Activa y KIC InnoEnergy. Application forms for the 2014 BioEmprenedorXXI must be received before June 15th.


Devicare is a technology start-up founded in 2012 at the TecnoCampus of Matarò that focuses its activity in the field of medical devices, particularly in the Point-Of-Care In Vitro Diagnostic Devices, devices that are placed close to the patient to make immediate decisions. The company has developed the first domiciliary preventive approach in the world for kidney and urinary stones, which consist in the Lit-control medical device and Lit-Lit-Up and Down dietary supplements. These first three products of the company have been awarded by the Spanish Association of Urology at the last meeting of the Renal Lithiasis Group.

The self-diagnosis and self-treatment medical device measures urinary pH and evaluates the patient´s lithogenic risk, and the two food supplements keep it within its normal physiological range in order to prevent the formation of kidney stones. The aim of this innovative solution is to reduce the recurrence of renal colics caused by kidney stones. The microsensory technology developed by Devicare to measure the level of biomarkers associated with pathologies in different body fluids, such as blood, urine, saliva or breath is very selective, very sensitive, manufacturable on a large scale at low cost and is protected by several patents, which are exclusive licensees of Devicare worldwide.

The EmprenedorXXI awards

The XXI Entrepreneur awards is an initiative that recognizes the most innovative entrepreneurs in Spain, promoted by “la Caixa”, jointly with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, through ENISA. In the phase of Catalonia, the award is endorsed by Barcelona Activa. The aim of the XXI Entrepreneur Awards is to identify, recognize and accompany innovative startup companies with the greatest growth potential in Spain, through a selection in the 17 autonomous communities via a standardized, rigorous and validated process. During its seven editions, the EmprendedorXXI awards have been able to recognize and reward 175 business projects from more than 3,000 participating companies.

In the ceremony even to grant the wards to the winners featured the participation of the Deputy Mayor for Economy, Business and Employment, Sonia Recasens. The event was also attended by the regional director of “la Caixa” in Catalonia, Jaume Masana; the territorial director of “la Caixa” in Barcelona, Jordi Nicolau; and chief of operations of the National Innovation Company (ENISA), Angel Palazuelos.