Market development for an innovative digital health product providing precise fertility testing for men.

为男性提供精确生育力测试的创新数字健康产品的市场开发。

• 批准号: 10057089
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: DYNEVAL LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10057089
• 关键词: Market; development; innovative; digital; health

Men's fertility has fallen by 57% since 1973 but no-one knows why. There is insufficient quantitative data because experts still rely on examining a man's semen sample by eye under a microscope. Although obesity, heat and chemicals are known to affect men's fertility there is very little research because there is no convenient and precise method for measurement, until now.My name is Dr Tiffany Wood and I am the CEO co-founder of Dyneval Ltd, a company that launched a new product to the livestock production market in March 2022 to enable farmers, vets and genetics companies to perform measurements on bull semen to improve conception rates. This was based on the invention of my co-founder, Dr Vincent Martinez, who developed an algorithm based on statistical physics to extract key parameters describing semen quality from the fluctuations of light intensity passing through a fresh and motile semen sample. This is now being used successfully in livestock production in the UK, US and Argentina.I am keen to use this Women in Innovation funding to help us prepare for the human fertility market through developing partnerships, generating data and gaining expert advice to help us enter the human fertility market. Being an award winner will help me gain the skills and build the network I require to help our business adapt and grow efficiently.

自 1973 年以来，男性生育率下降了 57%，但没人知道原因。由于专家仍然依赖在显微镜下通过肉眼检查男性精液样本，因此定量数据不足。尽管已知肥胖、高温和化学物质会影响男性的生育能力，但由于迄今为止还没有方便而精确的测量方法，因此研究很少。我叫蒂芙尼·伍德博士，是 Dyneval Ltd 的首席执行官联合创始人，该公司于 2022 年 3 月向畜牧生产市场推出了一款新产品，使农民、兽医和遗传学公司能够对公牛精液进行测量，以提高受孕率。这是基于我的联合创始人 Vincent Martinez 博士的发明，他开发了一种基于统计物理学的算法，从穿过新鲜且活动的精液样本的光强度波动中提取描述精液质量的关键参数。目前，该技术已成功应用于英国、美国和阿根廷的畜牧生产。我热衷于利用女性创新基金，通过发展合作伙伴关系、生成数据和获取专家建议，帮助我们为人类生育市场做好准备，从而帮助我们进入人类生育市场。成为获奖者将帮助我获得技能并建立我所需的网络，以帮助我们的业务适应和高效发展。