French start-up “Bioserenity” opens its Trojan R&D centre to medical product developers

Published the 07/06/22 | Territorial life

Bioserenity, founded in 2014, is a development model. Incubated on the premises of the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital in Paris, it develops biomedical solutions for capturing and processing vital parameters to assist practitioners in their diagnosis and monitor pathologies affecting the fields of cardiology, neurology, sleep disorders and psychiatry. Today, it has 600 employees on 3 continents.

Bioserenity at the Troyes Technopole Park

In 2016, Bioserenity opened a development centre at the Troyes Technopole park, dedicated to developing solutions combining new textiles and data capture.

“Bioserenity chose Troyes for its complete textile ecosystem and its academic environment for capturing and processing data,” explains Alain Delahaye, Director of the Troyes site.

Troyes and its Knitwear Centre of Excellence have a wealth of companies with expertise in the design and implementation of textile solutions and flexible materials. The development centres of Lacoste and Petit Bateau are also based here. The 20 employees of Bioserenity Troyes have developed the famous connected textiles that combine “on-board electronics” and “signal transmission” in a flexible garment.

Opening up the LAB’s capacity for innovation to developers of medical product projects

“We were increasingly approached by healthcare professionals, inventors and companies looking to develop innovative products for health and well-being. At the time, we provided occasional support. At the beginning of 2021, we decided to organise ourselves by creating the ‘LAB’ (Les Ateliers Bioserenity) to open up our innovation management capabilities to outside players”, explains Alain Delahaye, who has been recruited to set up this new engineering offering.

It covers every stage in the development of a technical product for the health and wellness market: from the design phase (prototyping, user testing, pre-production) through to industrial production and certification (ISO 13485). It draws on the expertise of the existing team and the production tools used to implement the material. As with all engineering companies, LAB’s services are covered by confidentiality agreements with the contributor of the concept or prototype.

The first products designed by the LAB on the market by the end of 2022

LAB is on the point of bringing its first product developments for women’s health to fruition. Three distinct textile products will be on the market by the end of 2022. Their purpose is to promote healing following a caesarean section, treat stretch marks and restore the perineum in post-partum.

Sud Champagne well placed to welcome new innovators

The region and the “Business Sud Champagne” development agency are supporting the emergence of this new health products engineering capacity, strengthening existing ecosystems.

« Le Sud Champagne bénéfice de deux écosystèmes complémentaires : celui du textile avec le Pôle d’Excellence de la Maille et celui de la prothèse et d’instrumentation médicale avec Prosthesis Valley. Avec cette nouvelle capacité d’ingénierie dédiée aux produits de santé sur la Technopole de Troyes, le Sud Champagne renforce ainsi sa capacité de démultiplier l’accueil des porteurs de projet Santé » précise Philippe Charmont, responsable du développement des entreprises au sein de BSC.