Biocompatibility Innovation

About:

BCI develops technologies and products to enhance the biocompatibility of biological and polymeric implantable medical devices.

Website: https://bci-biocompatibility.com/

Top Investors: EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs, Fondazione Golinelli

Description:

Biocompatibility Innovation (BCI) is an innovative SME founded in 2014 in Padua (IT) and operating in the field of biotechnologies for biomedical applications. BCI ideates and develops industrial processing and new biomaterials for the manufacture of highly biocompatible implantable prostheses, both biologic and polymeric. The Company is led by a group of experienced researchers and managers in the Biotech and Biomed sectors. Especially, the Founders are recognized for their numerous research and publications in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering of the cardiovascular system. BCI founders were among the first, early in the first decade of 2000, to have started studying the mechanisms of immunological response that trigger the degeneration of implanted bioprostheses. Between 2015 and 2021, BCI conceived and developed the FACTA® (Functional Antigen Cross-linking Targeting Alpha-Gal) technology, an industrial process aimed at extending the lifespan of bioprostheses. FACTA holds a registered trademark and is protected by four patents. In early 2023, a new technology, named PROTEGO, has been developed and patented for the treatment of polymeric and metallic materials used for the manufacture of implantable medical devices. BCI, moreover offers third-party testing services and the development of new proprietary treatments.