E-Rescue System (TO.016)

A Spanish SME has developed and patented a device for vehicle seats with emergency kit and stretcher incorporated. It is a fully-integrated device in car seats. The company is looking for technical cooperation, joint-venture agreements and licence agreements.

Description:
When it comes to rescuing an injured person from a vehicle following a traffic accident, it is very frequently necessary to immobilize the person by keeping the head-neck-column of the person immobilized in order to be able to proceed to his or her extraction or extrication from the vehicle so that they can be taken to the nearest hospital. In order to immobilize the victim there exists specific rescue equipment such as soft collars, extrication jackets, back boards, etc., which are brought and applied by the rescue teams. In theory, this rescue equipment has a series of drawbacks.
The first drawback is that the equipment has to be available at the moment of the rescue, which is not always the case, as for example in situations in which the rescue has to be carried out with considerable urgency, even before the arrival of the recovery teams at the site of the accident, and when, in the case of a multiple accident, the recovery teams do not have sufficient equipment for being applied to all the injured people needing it.
Another drawback, especially important when it comes to immobilizing the neck-column axis of the injured person by means of an immobilization board, is that, in order to be able to attach that board to the back of an injured person who is still sitting in his or her seat inside the vehicle, it is usually necessary to move the person away from the back of the seat in order to introduce the board between the back of the injured person and the back of the seat, which, on the one hand, requires moving the person with the danger that this could cause spinal injuries and, on the other, in order to introduce the board between the back of the injured and the back of the seat, it is necessary to have some maneuvering space which is not always available in vehicles that have been involved in accidents, and finally, the application of those boards requires a length of time that in some cases is excessive under the circumstances of the accident or of the person who has to be rescued.

Innovative Aspects:

• The installation of the seats in the assembly line would not be altered by the addition of this system.
• E-Rescue System® does not alter the aesthetics, ergonomics, quality or geometry of the seat. The system is hidden.
• The evacuation of people with this system is always faster and safer than conventional methods of rescue teams, because the patient is not handled during the immobilization process.
• Each passenger has the system fully integrated into their seat. This is an important advantage, because the ambulances are usually equipped with a single kit. In addition, any person involved in the accident scene may help the victim while awaiting the arrival of emergency services.

Current stage of development of the technology:
-Development phase (Prototype)

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The system can be installed during manufacturing process.

Current state of intellectual property:
Patent applied
Comments:
Patent application number: 20100001545

Type of collaboration sought:

-Technical cooperation
-Joint venture agreement
-Manufacturing agreement
-License agreement

Type of partner sought:
The invention comes within the technical field of seats for vehicles and particularly in the sector of vehicle seats that are at least partially separable from the structure of a vehicle in the event of rescue.

Comments: Market opportunity: Armored vehicles sector.

E-Light: Innovative emergency chemiluminescent lighting system for cars (TO.015)

A Spanish SME has developed and patented an emergency lighting system for vehicles. The system is especially useful for vehicle accidents, as it allows a quickly identification, definition and illumination of the crash site. The company is looking for Joint venture agreement, manufacturing agreement, technical cooperation and/or license agreement.

Description:
A Spanish SME has developed and patented an emergency lighting system for vehicles. In the case of a breakdown or, especially, of a traffic accident, involving a vehicle the position of the vehicle needs to be signaled in order to warn other drivers of the presence of the stationary vehicle so as to avoid subsequent chain collisions.

This emergency lighting system actives itself when the airbags signal is activated in case of an accident. The system sprays a luminescence liquid to the car; also the system includes some transparent tubes, outsider the car, which is filled up with the liquid. The car is visible at nigh and more accidents can be avoided.

The activation can also be done pushing an activation button. This option is really interesting in cases of potential danger. The signalisation also allows to locate car that have gone outside the track and fragments spread around the accident site.

The invention comes within the technical sector of safety systems and particularly emergency signaling systems for zones that need to be lit in order to provide greater visibility for parts and/or environs of installations or vehicles. This signaling is especially important in situations in which the vehicle is stationary in a position that invades the carriageway and/or in atmospheric conditions of low visibility.

The invention is particularly useful in the emergency signaling of vehicles and parts thereof, such as ships, aircraft, helicopters, containers, railway and metro trains and, especially, for land vehicles including mobile machinery for public works. It can also be applied to emergency lighting for zones in industrial facilities such as ports, airports, sports centers, metro and railway stations and tunnels, to buildings such as homes and offices, sports centers and shopping centers. The system is especially useful for vehicle accidents, as it allows a quickly identification, definition and illumination of the crash site.

Innovative aspects:
The liquid has 2 purposes, first is to illuminate the car to avoid other collisions, especially at night, and the second is to easy the rescue and localisation works. It reduces time to signal the site and to recognise the site.
The chemiluminescence liquid is harmless for humans and the environment and biodegradable; It can be washed out with water. The can light a site between 8 and 12 hours.

Current stage of development of the technology:
Development phase
Prototype

Financial source of the technology:
Private funding

Competitive advantages:
The system can be installed during manufacturing.

Current state of intellectual property:
Patent granted

Comments:

Patent application number: 20090185361

Type of collaboration sought:

-Technical cooperation
-Joint venture agreement
-Manufacturing agreement
-License agreement

Comments: Special sector of application: Armored vehicles