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Project No. 619230

Deliverable 3.2 Questionnaires on unmet technical needs

to be filled in by SMEs and on unmet clinical needs to be filled in by medical

staff Date of Delivery M3

Authors Francesca Rossi,

Dissemination level Public

WP 3

Version 01

Keywords Inventory, questionnaires, SMEs in Biophotonics, Hospitals, Agrifood

Description This Deliverable describes some definition concerning future activities (inventory) of WP3, proposes the final templates of SMEs, clinical and Agrifood unmet needs.

This OASIS project in funded by the European Union under the

Information and Communication technologies (ICT) theme of the 7th

Framework Programme.

This document does not represent the opinion of the European

Union, and the European Union is not responsible for any use that

might be made of its content.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Methods ............................................................................................................................................................ 4

3 WP3 rules and definitions ................................................................................................................................. 4

3.1 WP3 Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 4

3.2 Definitions ................................................................................................................................................... 4

3.3 General eligibility criteria for the inventory .................................................................................................. 5

3.4 Activities ..................................................................................................................................................... 6

4 Annex 1: SMEs Form ....................................................................................................................................... 7

5 Annex 2 Hospitals Form ................................................................................................................................. 22

6 Annex 3 Agrifood market actors form ............................................................................................................. 28

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1 Introduction The Deliverable 3.2 reports the activities performed by the leader and co-leaders of WP3, related to the Task 3.1. The document provides the defined rules and definitions for the next scouting activities that will be performed in T3.2, the template of the questionnaire that will be used by all the partners to contact SMEs working in the field of Biophotonics Technologies and to record their needs; the template of the questionnaire that will be used by all the partners to contact the medical end-users to collect their unmet clinical needs that can be solved with Photonics-based Technologies; the template of the questionnaire that will be used by all the partners to contact the Agrifood market actors to collect their unmet needs that can be solved with Photonics-based Technologies. This deliverable is the second deliverable of WP3, whose main objective is to collect the needs of SMEs working in the Biophotonics, in the Medical Technology fields, and in Agrifood field in order to improve their international competitiveness thanks to Photonics- Based Technologies and Solutions. Another objective is to investigate the unmet medical needs from Hospitals and from Agrifood market actors, and that can be solved by Photonics- Based Technologies and Solutions. These objectives will be reached by collecting data on the SMEs located in each participant partner’s regions and clusters, on the research centres and on the hospitals. The first step in performing the inventory is to define common rules and definitions, a presentation letter and the forms that will be used by all the OASIS partners to scout new companies and their needs and to target the end-users needs. The deliverable D3.2 is part of the Task T3.1 (Inventory of SMEs targets in each clusters) and T3.2 (Inventory of unmet clinical and agrifood needs in each clusters and early analysis).

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2 Methods A preliminary activity performed by WP3 leader and co-leaders on T3.1 and T3.2 was to provide some definition in order to clarify the activities of the following tasks. After approval of the definition and rules, they worked on the forms, considering their previous experiences and proposing new approaches in order to easily integrate the information resulting from the WP2 activities and the WP3 activities. The Forms were discussed, integrated and corrected and finally approved. In the following paragraph the definitions and rules are reported. In the annexes the SMEs, Hospitals and Agrifood questionnaires are reported. The approved forms reported in the annexes will be used by all the partners to contact the SMEs, Hospitals and Agrifood market actors.

3 WP3 rules and definitions

3.1 WP3 Objectives

To record the SMEs and their unmet need from each cluster.

To record the unmet Medical (Hospitals) and Agrifood related needs.

To exploit the problems encountered by SMEs in the use of existing facilities.

To record the success stories of Biophotonics- based innovation transfer.

To design a roadmap to bring a fruitful collaboration with SMEs, facilities and clinical

environments, in order to develop new Photonics- based solutions to Life Science including

Health and Agri-Food.

3.2 Definitions SMEs involved in the project (contacted through the questionnaire) are micro, small and

medium enterprises working on the field of “Photonics”. A restricted number of large

companies should be involved in the project. The involved enterprises:

a) produce optical or photonic devices, sensors, microscopic, imaging, inspection

and analytic techniques, etc. that can have the end user market in the following

application areas:

Medicine / healthcare

Pharmaceutics

Food and water safety

Agriculture / AgriFood

Cosmetics

Veterinary medicine

Forensic Science

Biology

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b) Work in the previous applications area and need a

service/certification/consultants/R&D activities in the field of Photonics

c) Work in other application areas and want to find new markets in the previous

application areas

“Hospitals” involved in the project can be better defined as Department of Hospitals and

Clinics, with a characterization related to the particular medical/surgical field. The

“Hospitals” should indicate an unmet clinical need in the diagnosis, therapy, surgery, analysis

of a particular clinical problem, that can be solved with photonics based solutions.

Agrifood market actors: within this definition we include companies working in the field of

the agrifood, needing new biophotonics based systems for quality control, food safety,

characterization, production etc. Entities working in the Fish or Meat markets can be

involved. Network/clusters (both official and unofficial) of enterprises working in this field

can be contacted.

Success story: in the framework of this project a success story is the fruitful collaboration of

an SME with a Research Center/ University/ Facility (as defined in WP2) and/or Hospitals

using photonics technologies to solve unmet problems or leading to:

o The design of a new tool/instrument as an innovation transfer activity;

o The funding of join activities through a successful EU/National/Regional Project;

o Awards recognizing the collaboration and the innovation activities;

o Patent authored by researchers and enterprises;

o Successful preclinical/clinical tests of an instruments/procedures

o A new product developed within the collaboration of a facility/Hospital and an SME

o The commercialization and the diffusion in the market of a new photonic technology

3.3 General eligibility criteria for the inventory SMEs, Hospitals and Agrifood market actors involved in WP3 activities are in a first priority located in

the region or country covered by the 9 photonics clusters of the OASIS consortium, namely:

- Optitec / PACA and Languedoc-Roussillon Regions

- CNR / Tuscany Region

- PhotonicSweden / Sweden

- OpTecBB / Brandenburg Region

- Politecnico Di Milano / Lombardia Region

- SECPhO / Spain

- Photonics Netherlands / Netherlands

- Photonics Bretagne / Bretagne Region

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- Swansea University / Wales Region

In a second phase (t0+12 months), the inventory will be open to other regions / countries of the

European Community.

3.4 Activities The activities of WP3 will be:

T3.1 Inventory of SMEs needs in each clusters

T3.2 Inventory of unmet clinical and agrifood needs in each clusters and early analysis

T3.3 Collecting success stories on innovation transfer in Biophotonics, Medical Technology and

Agrifood related Technology

T3.4 Roadmap of the needs of SMEs in the next years

The activities will be performed following the previous definitions and eligibility criteria as an

indication, respecting possible differentiation related to the specificity of each cluster. Feedback on

services/facilities (if any) will be shared with WP2.

4 Annex 1: SMEs Form

Inventory on SME's Technology Needs

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The OASIS Support Action (CSA 619230 "Open the Access to photonics life Science Infrastructure for SMEs" www.fp7-oasis.eu) is a European project started in December 2013 and aimed at facilitating the access of SMEs to life science laboratories, facilities and infrastructures, in order to support creating value and employment in the technological sector of Photonics for the Life Science and Health. Nine photonics clusters from seven countries (France, UK, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Spain) are involved in initiatives supporting Biophotonics at the regional or national level, such as realizing an inventory to geographically map the European life science facilities useful for photonics SMEs, collect and analyze the demand of innovation from SMEs and hospitals, design services to improve collaboration frameworks between facilities, SMEs, hospitals, industrials in product development and validation. This Questionnaire is aimed at collecting the needs of SMEs working in biophotonics, in the medical technology fields, and in the agri-food field in order to improve their international competitiveness thanks to photonics-based technologies and solutions. We thank you for your collaboration and we are open to any request, comment, suggestion, which can be addressed to XXXXXXX YYYYYY - Email: zzzzz@kkkkkkk. Thank you Privacy disclaimer statement

www.fp7-oasis.eu


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Date of creation or date of updating of the sheet:

1. Name of the Company:

2. Acronym :

3. Logo :

4. Website:

5. Mail address: Address

Town:

Post code:

Country:

Phone:

Fax:

6. Contact person - Name: - Phone: - Email: - Address:

7. Main activities (max 500 characters):

8. Brief description of the expertise your company (max 500 characters):

Manager (Lab): Owner/Director/CEO (Company): Number of Staff: Number of Researchers / engineers: Turnover (Company): M€


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Start up date:

9. Indicate your main sector of interest (check all that apply).

Medicine / healthcare

Pharmaceutics

Food and water safety

Agriculture / AgriFood

Biology

Cosmetics

Veterinary medicine

Forensic Science

Other

If “Other”, please specify (max 200 characters):

10. Please indicate if your activity is related with the following

surgical/therapeutic/diagnostic areas (check all that apply):

Aesthetic and therapeutic laser and light sources

Clinical applications of Biophotonics and

applications in doctors’ practices

Endogenous chromphores, photosensitisers

Endoscopes

In-vivo cellular diagnostics, in-vivo histology,

pathology

Nanomedicine

Ophthalmic instruments

Optical biochips and biosensors

Optical delivery systems for diagnostics and

therapy

Photonic for cell and tissue manipulation


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Photonics for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Photonics for cell and molecular biology

Photonics for minimally-invasive therapies

Photonics for non- and minimally-invasive

diagnosis

Photonics for point-of-care diagnosis

Photonics for preventive medicine, advanced

and early diagnosis

Surgical laser systems

Other


11. Skills and services your company needs: (check all that apply):

Pooling of equipment

Training

Expertise

Preclinical trials

Clinical trials

Other


12. Examples of previous experiences in working with Facilities, Research Centers, Hospitals…: joint projects, transfer of innovation, services, contracts, patents… (max 500 characters)


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13. Please indicate some critical aspects you encountered in your experiences in working with or for Facilities, Research Centers, Hospitals…: (max 500 characters)

14. If you have access to, or aware of other databases/Networks/clusters, not only

related to Photonics, but also to clinical/biological or agri-food data, please indicate them:


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Photonics technologies you develop [D], purchase [P] and need [N] (check all that apply)

Technologies D P N

Cameras and Imaging systems: camera shutters

CCD cameras

CMOS cameras

high-speed cameras

image intensifiers

infrared/thermal cameras

line-scan cameras

machine vision systems

miniature imaging systems

motion analysis systems

on-board cameras

other camera/imaging systems

photographic cameras

spectral imaging cameras

stereoscopic cameras

X-ray imaging

Other (specify):

Computing, Data Processing Hardware compression/ decompression

Computers

data acquisition boards

frame grabbers

image processing devices

optical computing devices

signal processing devices

video acceleration devices

Other (specify):

Consulting Services business/management

Calibration

financial/VC

image/signal processing

laser repair and maintenance

laser system design

Legal

lens design

manufacturing

research

testing and analysis

Training

Other (specify):

Detectors, Sensors avalanche photo detectors

CCD detectors

CMOS detectors


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detector arrays

fluorescent markers, contrast agents

focal-plane arrays

hyperspectral, multispectral

image sensors

infrared, thermal

line-scan systems

multiphoton detectors

Photomultipliers

PIN photodiodes

position sensors

single photon detectors

terahertz detectors

two photon detectors

ultraviolet detectors

X-ray detectors

Other (specify):

Displays CRTs

flat panel displays

flexible displays

holographs, 3D, volumetric, steroscopic

LCDs

light valves

picoprojectors

plasma systems

Other (specify):

Distributor, Reseller, Integrator distributor/reseller

systems integrator

Other (specify):

Electrical/Signal Analysis Equipment data acquisition boards

signal analyzers

Other (specify):

Electronic Components Amplifiers

connects

electrical/optical converters

Microcontrollers

other electronics/electrical components

power supplies

pulse and signal generators

Switches

thermoelectric

time-delay generators

Amplifiers


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Connects

electrical/optical converters

microcontrollers

other electronics/electrical components

power supplies

pulse and signal generators

Switches

thermoelectric

time-delay generators

Amplifiers

Other (specify):

Electronic, Digital Imaging 3D devices and equipment

computational devices

frame grabbers

image processing software

imaging components

projection devices

Other (specify):

Emerging Photonics Technologies metamaterials

silicon photonics

Spintronics

Other (specify):

Fiber Optics and Accessories Collimators

components, gratings, lightguides

connectors & couplers

fiber alignment equipment

fiber Bragg gratings

fiber coatings

handling equipment

illuminators

inspection & test equipment

laser-delivery systems

optical fiber, fiber optic cables

other fiber optics products

sensing-systems

splicers

systems

test equipment

transmitters

Other (specify):

Laser Components and Accessories amplifiers

beam amplifiers

beam analyzers, diagnostic equipment


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beam controllers

beam guidance systems

beam splitters

cooling, chilling devices

crystals, gain media

dyes

gases

laser rods

laser safety products, goggles, curtains,...

modulators

other subcomponents

power meters

power supplies

Q-switchers

scanners

shutters

switches

Other (specify):

Lasers and Systems chemical lasers

dye lasers

fiber lasers

free-electron lasers

gas lasers

hybrid InP/Silicon

metal-vapor lasers

pulsed lasers: ultrafast, picosecond and ...

Q switched lasers

semiconductor lasers

solid-state lasers (diode, disk, YAG)

Other (specify):

LED, OLED, non-laser Light Sources illumination engineering

infrared sources

Lamps

LED optics

LED packaging

LED power supplies

Light-Emitting Diodes LEDs

OLED devices

terahertz sources

ultraviolet sources

X-ray sources

Other (specify):

Lithographic Equipment complete systems

ebeam


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extreme ultraviolet (EUV)

ion-beam

non-optical lithography

optical/laser

other components and devices

photomasks

resist technology and processing

X-ray lithography

Other (specify):

Materials, Abrasives, Chemical abrasives, grinding, polishing

adhesives, cements, epoxies

chemicals

dielectric materials

infrared transmissive or filtering materials

nonlinear optical materials

optical glass

other crystals

other raw materials

quartz/silica

Sapphire

Semiconductors

Substrates

ultraviolet transmissive or filtering material...

Other (specify):

Microscopes atomic force microscopy (AFM)

Confocal

imaging and measuring

infrared spectroscopy

optical microscopes

scanning: probe, tunneling, near field

Other (specify):

Microtechnology MEMS

MOEMS

Other (specify):

Misc consumables and equipment assembly/packaging equipment

cleaning accessories and equipment

cleanroom equipment

Gases

Packaging

safety products: goggles, curtains/filters,...

wafer manufacturing and handling equipment

Other (specify):


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Mounts, Tables, Vibration Isolation optical mounts

optical tables, benches

vibration isolators

Other (specify):

Nanotechnology products contrast agents

fabrication services

nanoparticles, nanomaterials

nanophotonic devices

quantum dots

resist technology and processing

Other (specify):

Optical Coatings, Thin Films Antireflection

Dielectric

Filters

highly reflective coatings

infrared coatings

metallic coatings

other coatings

plastic coatings

ultraviolet coatings

Other (specify):

Optical Components - Filters, Mirrors, Other

beam shapers, splitters, expanders

Ceramics

crystal optics

Crystals

diffractive optics and gratings

Domes

Filters

free-form optics

Gratings

holographic optical elements

Isolators

light guides

light valves

micro-optics

mirrors and reflectors

Multiplexers

optical glass

other beam steering optics

other components

other optical components

plastic lenses

polarizing plates

prisms – nonpolarizing


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prisms – polarizing

raw materials

Spheres

Waveguides

Windows

Other (specify):

Optical Components – Lenses aspheric

Camera

cylindrical/rod

GRIN lenses

lens blanks

Liquid

micro-optics

molded/plastic lenses

multi-element

Objectives

other lenses

Plano

Spherical

ultraviolet and infrared

Other (specify):

Optical Fabrication Equipment assembly or packaging equipment

cleaning equipment

CNC centering equipment

CNC Grinding and Polishing equipment

coating equipment / machines

conventional diamond machining equipment

conventional grinding and polishing equipment

cooling & cryogenic equipment

custom optical components manufacturing

cutting equipment

edging equipment

high-volume manufacturing services

optical fabrication services, assembly

optical fabrication services, coating

optical fabrication services, grinding/polishing...

polishing equipment (e.g. "spindles")

prototyping or custom fabrication

Single Point Diamond Turning machines (SPDT)

specialty coating equipment

sub-aperture finishing

Other (specify):

Optomechanical Components, Devices Adaptors

alignment tools


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Brackets

cage systems

fixed mounts

Flanges

kinematic mounts

lens barrels, lens tubes

mirror mounts

post assemblies

Rails

Spacers

translation mounts

Other (specify):

Positioning Equipment, Motion Control and ...

Actuators

benches, rails and slides

micropositioners

motion controllers

nanopositioning equipment

piezoelectric drives

position-sensing equipment

servoelectric drives

stepper motors and drivers

worm drives

Other (specify):

Spectroscopy Devices and Equipment fourier transform

FTIR

Infrared

laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

LWIR

near-infrared

photoacoustic

Raman

Spectrometers

Ultraviolet

X-ray

Other (specify):

Test and Measurement, Metrology 2D profilers

3D profilers

asphere metrology tools

Autocollimator

beam profilers

beam quality measurement

defect/surface quality

distance measurement

fiber optics test and measurement


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interferometer, white light/roughness to...

interferometers, including shape of optics

laser energy measurement

LED characterization/measurement

light measurements

monochromators

oscilloscopes

other instrumentation and test equipment

power and energy meters

radiometers and photometers

spectrum analyzers

surface profiler

wavefront meters

wavelength meters

Other (specify):

Vacuum, Cooling, Gas Handling Equipment

cooling equipment

Cooling equipment and systems

gas handling equipment

Vacuum equipment

Other (specify):

5 Annex 2 Hospitals Form

Inventory of Unmet Clinical Needs

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The OASIS Support Action (CSA 619230 "Open the Access to photonics life Science Infrastructure for SMEs" www.fp7-oasis.eu) is a European project started in December 2013 and aimed at facilitating the access of SMEs to Biophotonics laboratories, facilities and infrastructures, in order to support creating value and employment in the technological sector of Photonics for the Life Science and Health. Nine photonics clusters from seven countries (France, UK, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Spain) are involved in initiatives supporting Biophotonics at the regional or national level, such as realizing an inventory to geographically map the European Biophotonics facilities, collect and analyze the demand of innovation from SMEs and Hospitals, design services to improve collaboration frameworks between facilities, SMEs, hospitals, industrials in product development and validation. This Questionnaire is aimed at collecting from Hospital Departments and Clinics their technological interests, expectations, new improvements which may be offered in the Medical fields by Biophotonics, i.e. Photonics for the Life Science and Health (see more details in the Appendix at the end of this document). We thank you for your collaboration and we are open to any request, comment, suggestion, which can be addressed to XXXXXXX YYYYYY - Email: zzzzz@kkkkkkk. Thank you Add at the end a PRIVACY DISCLAIMER.

http://www.fp7-oasis.eu/


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15. Name of the Hospital:

16. Logo :

17. Website:


Town:

Post code:

Country:

Phone:

Fax:

19. Department:



22. Up to 5 Keywords characterizing of your specialties:


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23. Please indicate which surgical/therapeutic/diagnostic area related to Photonics is of

your interest (check all that apply):

Aesthetic and therapeutic laser and light sources

Clinical applications of Biophotonics and

applications in doctors’ practices

Endogenous chromphores, photosensitisers

Endoscopes

In-vivo cellular diagnostics, in-vivo histology,

pathology

Nanomedicine

Ophthalmic instruments

Optical biochips and biosensors

Optical delivery systems for diagnostics and

therapy

Photonic for cell and tissue manipulation

Photonics for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Photonics for cell and molecular biology

Photonics for minimally-invasive therapies

Photonics for non- and minimally-invasive

diagnosis

Photonics for point-of-care diagnosis

Photonics for preventive medicine, advanced

and early diagnosis

Surgical laser systems

Other

If “Other”, please specify (200 characters max):

24. Briefly describe your needs that, in your opinion, can be solved by means of new

Photonics Technologies (Optional, 500 characters max.)


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25. Skills and services your Hospital/Dept needs: (check all that apply):


Training

Expertise

Preclinical trials

Clinical trials

Other


26. Examples of previous experiences in working with Facilities, Research Centers,

Companies…: joint projects, transfer of innovation, services, contracts, patents… (max 500 characters)



…..

27. Please indicate some critical aspects you encountered in your experiences in working with or for Facilities, Research Centers, Hospitals…: (max 500 characters)

…….


related to photonics, but also to clinical/biological or agrifood data, please indicate them:


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Appendix - Details on the aims of OASIS to support Life Sciences and Health

Photonics21 WG 3 “Life Science and Health” FP 8 Vision Paper has identified the areas where

photonics will play a key role in Life Science. Most of these areas are still at the R&D development

phase. It is still missing a bridge to transfer these high-value concepts in innovation and products.

In this regards, OASIS is aimed at addressing technological development and validation in:

Preclinical research

o Optical imaging is contributing strongly to preclinical research because it is a non-invasive

and non-radiative method that works in real time at variable spatial (nm to mm range) and

temporal (μsec to minutes) resolutions, with high sensitivity (femtomolar to picomolar range),

from whole-body to sub-cellular scales in small animal studies.

o The passage of Optical Imaging to the clinic is now linked to the availability of injectable

tracers, and also suffers from limitations like a insufficient depth of investigation and a poor

linearity of the measures.

New diagnostic methods

o Widespread application of diffuse spectral optical imaging to report on the endogenous

fluorescent properties of tissues and to provide information such as total hemoglobin

concentration, blood oxygen saturation, water and lipid concentration without the injection of

an exogenous contrast agent,

o Molecular imaging by targeted fluorescent markers to detect, localize and quantify tissues

of interest,

o Opto-acoustic imaging to get a high resolution reconstruction of optically contrasted

structures in deep tissues.

o Intra-vital in vivo microscopy will also contribute significantly to improve the diagnosis of

several pathologies in the clinic. Cellular microscopy techniques (confocal, spectroscopy,

Raman, etc.) are already available to provide accurate characterization of tissues but the true

challenge now is to bring these microscopic optical approaches into endoscopic instruments.

New treatments

o Non-invasive or minimally invasive, but highly targeted treatments based on light, such as

Photodynamic therapy

o Image-guided surgery and therapy through endoscopic imaging

o UV decontamination for the development of the “dry factory” in Agrifood industry

Monitoring

o On-the-field investigation in Agricultural production with data transmitted over mobile

connections

o High bandwidth optical communication in combination with diagnostic imaging will enable

early detection of medical problems through the monitoring of data from patients.

6 Annex 3 Agrifood market actors form

Inventory of Unmet Agrifood Needs

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The OASIS Support Action (CSA 619230 "Open the Access to photonics life Science Infrastructure for SMEs" www.fp7-oasis.eu) is a European project started in December 2013 and aimed at facilitating the access of SMEs to life science laboratories, facilities and infrastructures, in order to support creating value and employment in the technological sector of Photonics for the Life Science and Health. Nine photonics clusters from seven countries (France, UK, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Spain) are involved in initiatives supporting Biophotonics at the regional or national level, such as realizing an inventory to geographically map the European Biophotonics facilities, collect and analyze the demand of innovation from SMEs, Hospitals and Agrifood market actors, design services to improve collaboration frameworks between facilities, SMEs, hospitals and agrifood related end users, industrials in product development and validation. This Questionnaire is aimed at collecting from Agrifood market actors their technological interests, expectations, new improvements which may be offered in this field by Biophotonics, i.e. Photonics for the Life Science (see more details in the Appendix at the end of this document). We thank you for your collaboration and we are open to any request, comment, suggestion, which can be addressed to XXXXXXX YYYYYY - Email: zzzzz@kkkkkkk. Thank you Add at the end a PRIVACY DISCLAIMER.

http://www.fp7-oasis.eu/


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29. Name of the company:

30. Logo :

31. Website:


Town:

Post code:

Country:

Phone:

Fax:



35. Up to 5 Keywords characterizing your specialties:

36. Please indicate which sensing/diagnostic/interventional area related to Photonics is

of your interest (check all that apply):


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Control of food processing

Control of health beneficial phytochemicals

Control of product quality parameters

Control of product shelf-life

Decontamination

Detection of contaminants/allergens/toxic

agents

Diagnostic of plant diseases

Diagnostic of plant stress

Discrimination/sorting of products

Enhance production

Improve of health beneficial phytochemicals

Industrial product inspection

Postharvest treatments to improve conservation

Postharvest treatments to improve quality

Precision and sustainable agriculture

Prevention of contaminants/allergens/toxic

agents

Product characterization

Quality certification

Traceability

Other


37. Briefly describe your needs that, in your opinion, can be solved by means of new

Photonics Technologies (Optional, 500 characters max.)


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38. Skills and services your company needs: (check all that apply):


Training

Expertise

Other


39. Examples of previous experiences in working with Facilities, Research Centers,

Companies…: joint projects, transfer of innovation, services, contracts, patents… (max 500 characters)



…..

40. Please indicate some critical aspects you encountered in your experiences in working with or for Facilities, Research Centers…: (max 500 characters)

…….


related to photonics, but also to clinical/biological or agrifood data, please indicate them:


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Appendix - Details on the aims of OASIS to support Life Sciences and Health

Photonics21 WG 3 “Life Science and Health” FP 8 Vision Paper has identified the areas where

photonics will play a key role in Life Science. Most of these areas are still at the R&D development

phase. It is still missing a bridge to transfer these high-value concepts in innovation and products.

In this regards, OASIS is aimed at addressing technological development and validation in:

Preclinical research

o Optical imaging is contributing strongly to preclinical research because it is a non-invasive

and non-radiative method that works in real time at variable spatial (nm to mm range) and

temporal (μsec to minutes) resolutions, with high sensitivity (femtomolar to picomolar range),

from whole-body to sub-cellular scales in small animal studies.

o The passage of Optical Imaging to the clinic is now linked to the availability of injectable

tracers, and also suffers from limitations like an insufficient depth of investigation and a poor

linearity of the measures.

New diagnostic methods

o Widespread application of diffuse spectral optical imaging to report on the endogenous

fluorescent properties of tissues and to provide information such as total hemoglobin

concentration, blood oxygen saturation, water and lipid concentration without the injection of

an exogenous contrast agent,

o Molecular imaging by targeted fluorescent markers to detect, localize and quantify tissues

of interest,

o Opto-acoustic imaging to get a high resolution reconstruction of optically contrasted

structures in deep tissues.

o Intra-vital in vivo microscopy will also contribute significantly to improve the diagnosis of

several pathologies in the clinic. Cellular microscopy techniques (confocal, spectroscopy,

Raman, etc.) are already available to provide accurate characterization of tissues but the true

challenge now is to bring these microscopic optical approaches into endoscopic instruments.

New treatments

o Non-invasive or minimally invasive, but highly targeted treatments based on light, such as

Photodynamic therapy

o Image-guided surgery and therapy through endoscopic imaging

o UV decontamination for the development of the “dry factory” in Agrifood industry

Monitoring

o On-the-field investigation in Agricultural production with data transmitted over mobile

connections

o High bandwidth optical communication in combination with diagnostic imaging will enable

early detection of medical problems through the monitoring of data from patients.

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