Relief Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members and Creation of Prestigious Medical Advisory Board

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Relief Announces Investment Round Led by Panakes Partners to Advance Innovative Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence

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Appointed a new Chairman to lead Relief towards international strategic growth

Welcome on board Mike Kujak!

Ethics Committee approved the third pilot study at Niguarda Hospital.

Gioia Lucarini won the GammaDonna Women Startup

Established an international Medical Advisory Board to guide Relief’s strategic and innovative decisions.

Participated in the ICS conference with a dedicated booth to showcase Relief's innovative solutions.

Expanding the Relief's patents portfolio. New patents: WO2022180620 and IT102024000020842

Participation in Italian Tech Week.

Completed the Seed Plus funding round of €1.5M to accelerate the development and growth of Relief (further details currently confidential).

Discussion with the FDA on regulatory strategy through a Qsub.

Initiated collaboration with Alira Health for market analysis in the USA and development of a growth strategy.

Initiated collaboration with Medical Murray as the sole contract manufacturer for Relief's solutions

Submitted Qsub to the FDA

Relief attends CES2024 in Las Vegas thanks to the support of Confindustria

Submission of the Journal Paper about the results of the second pilot study.

Filing of a new European Patent "ENDOURETHRAL PROSTHESIS AND VALVE", No. EP23211025.4.

Relief wins "Woman Value Company" category Innovation by Intesa Sanpaolo

End of the second multi-centric pilot study on 10 patients with implantation time of 3 months (soon the results!)

Publication of the scientific paper on the results of the first pilot study

Prata, Francesco, et al. "A magnetic endourethral sphincter against stress urinary incontinence: preliminary pilot study in humans." Minerva Urology and Nephrology (2023).

Global Start-up Program in San Francisco

Start of a second multi-centric pilot study involving 10 patients with an implantation time of 3 months.

"Accelerate in Israel" final pitch event in Tel Aviv after 3 months acceleration program financed by the Italian Embassy.

Relief wins the Premio dei Premi 2022

Ethics Committees and The Ministery of Health approve the multicentric second pilot study involving 20 patients

Mosca Award: Rotary Club awards Relief for the Technological Innovation in the Social and Healthcare field

FF4EuroHPC positive evaluation: Relief is part of the Consortium called Hero. Main goal: improving the product development by means of numerical simulations.

Francesco Restaino, a MsC graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, presents a thesis "Development of an ergonomic system for the magnetic actuation of the Relief's device".

Relief srl won the Italian Master Start-up Academy 2021 award (IMSA 2021)

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2019106581

A Pilot Study, involving 7 incontinent patients, is started at Campus Biomedico in Rome

Relief attended and presented its business idea at the Investor Day 2019, organized in Bologna by G-Factor Incubator-Accelerator of Fondazione Golinelli.

Relief won Premio Innovazione Toscana 2019 

Relief won Premio Gaetano Marzotto 2019 

Relief won Sprint 4 Ideas prize by Fondazione ANT Italia Onlus

Relief srl was selected from among 20 finalists for the special prize Unicredit within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl won the special prize of BioIndustryPark within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2013/144770A2

Relief srl won the Pharmintech Prize

Relief srl started G- Force program at Fondazione Golinelli together with 9 other startups for life science

Relief srl was established by including Fondazione Golinelli as first investor

The team of Relief srl received the Premio dei Premi at Senato della Repubblica by On. Casellati

In the framework of a research project financed by INAIL to Istituto di BioRobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’anna, two patents related to technology are published. The patents are: WO2018IB59407 and WO2018IB59432

The team of Relief srl won Premio Nazionale Innovazione 2018 category Life Science and the following special prizes: Premio Fondazione Golinelli, Premio di Associazione Ingegneria Clinica AIIC and the Premio Boost Heroes and Mamacrowd

The team of Relief srl won Startcup Toscana 2018

The team of Relief srl received a special recognition by IBAN at Borsa della Ricerca Salerno 2018

The first prototype of sphincter was tested on a female cadaver and the results were published on the following scientific paper

Design of some components of the first sphincter prototype was published here

Some Partners of Relief srl obtained the main patent WO2013/144770A2

Relief Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members and Creation of Prestigious Medical Advisory Board

Read the press release

Relief Announces Investment Round Led by Panakes Partners to Advance Innovative Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence

Read the press release

Appointed a new Chairman to lead Relief towards international strategic growth

Welcome on board Mike Kujak!

Ethics Committee approved the third pilot study at Niguarda Hospital.

Gioia Lucarini won the GammaDonna Women Startup

Established an international Medical Advisory Board to guide Relief’s strategic and innovative decisions.

Participated in the ICS conference with a dedicated booth to showcase Relief's innovative solutions.

Expanding the Relief's patents portfolio. New patents: WO2022180620 and IT102024000020842

Participation in Italian Tech Week.

Completed the Seed Plus funding round of €1.5M to accelerate the development and growth of Relief (further details currently confidential).

Discussion with the FDA on regulatory strategy through a Qsub.

Initiated collaboration with Alira Health for market analysis in the USA and development of a growth strategy.

Initiated collaboration with Medical Murray as the sole contract manufacturer for Relief's solutions

Submitted Qsub to the FDA

Relief attends CES2024 in Las Vegas thanks to the support of Confindustria

Submission of the Journal Paper about the results of the second pilot study.

Filing of a new European Patent "ENDOURETHRAL PROSTHESIS AND VALVE", No. EP23211025.4.

Relief wins "Woman Value Company" category Innovation by Intesa Sanpaolo

End of the second multi-centric pilot study on 10 patients with implantation time of 3 months (soon the results!)

Publication of the scientific paper on the results of the first pilot study

Prata, Francesco, et al. "A magnetic endourethral sphincter against stress urinary incontinence: preliminary pilot study in humans." Minerva Urology and Nephrology (2023).

Global Start-up Program in San Francisco

Start of a second multi-centric pilot study involving 10 patients with an implantation time of 3 months.

"Accelerate in Israel" final pitch event in Tel Aviv after 3 months acceleration program financed by the Italian Embassy.

Relief wins the Premio dei Premi 2022

Ethics Committees and The Ministery of Health approve the multicentric second pilot study involving 20 patients

Mosca Award: Rotary Club awards Relief for the Technological Innovation in the Social and Healthcare field

FF4EuroHPC positive evaluation: Relief is part of the Consortium called Hero. Main goal: improving the product development by means of numerical simulations.

Francesco Restaino, a MsC graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, presents a thesis "Development of an ergonomic system for the magnetic actuation of the Relief's device".

Relief srl won the Italian Master Start-up Academy 2021 award (IMSA 2021)

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2019106581

A Pilot Study, involving 7 incontinent patients, is started at Campus Biomedico in Rome

Relief attended and presented its business idea at the Investor Day 2019, organized in Bologna by G-Factor Incubator-Accelerator of Fondazione Golinelli.

Relief won Premio Innovazione Toscana 2019 

Relief won Premio Gaetano Marzotto 2019 

Relief won Sprint 4 Ideas prize by Fondazione ANT Italia Onlus

Relief srl was selected from among 20 finalists for the special prize Unicredit within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl won the special prize of BioIndustryPark within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2013/144770A2

Relief srl won the Pharmintech Prize

Relief srl started G- Force program at Fondazione Golinelli together with 9 other startups for life science

Relief srl was established by including Fondazione Golinelli as first investor

The team of Relief srl received the Premio dei Premi at Senato della Repubblica by On. Casellati

In the framework of a research project financed by INAIL to Istituto di BioRobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’anna, two patents related to technology are published. The patents are: WO2018IB59407 and WO2018IB59432

The team of Relief srl won Premio Nazionale Innovazione 2018 category Life Science and the following special prizes: Premio Fondazione Golinelli, Premio di Associazione Ingegneria Clinica AIIC and the Premio Boost Heroes and Mamacrowd

The team of Relief srl won Startcup Toscana 2018

The team of Relief srl received a special recognition by IBAN at Borsa della Ricerca Salerno 2018

The first prototype of sphincter was tested on a female cadaver and the results were published on the following scientific paper

Design of some components of the first sphincter prototype was published here

Some Partners of Relief srl obtained the main patent WO2013/144770A2

Relief Announces Appointment of Two New Board Members and Creation of Prestigious Medical Advisory Board

Read the press release

Relief Announces Investment Round Led by Panakes Partners to Advance Innovative Treatment for Stress Urinary Incontinence

Read the press release

Appointed a new Chairman to lead Relief towards international strategic growth

Welcome on board Mike Kujak!

Ethics Committee approved the third pilot study at Niguarda Hospital.

Gioia Lucarini won the GammaDonna Women Startup

Established an international Medical Advisory Board to guide Relief’s strategic and innovative decisions.

Participated in the ICS conference with a dedicated booth to showcase Relief's innovative solutions.

Expanding the Relief's patents portfolio. New patents: WO2022180620 and IT102024000020842

Participation in Italian Tech Week.

Completed the Seed Plus funding round of €1.5M to accelerate the development and growth of Relief (further details currently confidential).

Discussion with the FDA on regulatory strategy through a Qsub.

Initiated collaboration with Alira Health for market analysis in the USA and development of a growth strategy.

Initiated collaboration with Medical Murray as the sole contract manufacturer for Relief's solutions

Submitted Qsub to the FDA

Relief attends CES2024 in Las Vegas thanks to the support of Confindustria

Submission of the Journal Paper about the results of the second pilot study.

Filing of a new European Patent "ENDOURETHRAL PROSTHESIS AND VALVE", No. EP23211025.4.

Relief wins "Woman Value Company" category Innovation by Intesa Sanpaolo

End of the second multi-centric pilot study on 10 patients with implantation time of 3 months (soon the results!)

Publication of the scientific paper on the results of the first pilot study

Prata, Francesco, et al. "A magnetic endourethral sphincter against stress urinary incontinence: preliminary pilot study in humans." Minerva Urology and Nephrology (2023).

Global Start-up Program in San Francisco

Start of a second multi-centric pilot study involving 10 patients with an implantation time of 3 months.

"Accelerate in Israel" final pitch event in Tel Aviv after 3 months acceleration program financed by the Italian Embassy.

Relief wins the Premio dei Premi 2022

Ethics Committees and The Ministery of Health approve the multicentric second pilot study involving 20 patients

Mosca Award: Rotary Club awards Relief for the Technological Innovation in the Social and Healthcare field

FF4EuroHPC positive evaluation: Relief is part of the Consortium called Hero. Main goal: improving the product development by means of numerical simulations.

Francesco Restaino, a MsC graduate student in Biomedical Engineering, presents a thesis "Development of an ergonomic system for the magnetic actuation of the Relief's device".

Relief srl won the Italian Master Start-up Academy 2021 award (IMSA 2021)

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2019106581

A Pilot Study, involving 7 incontinent patients, is started at Campus Biomedico in Rome

Relief attended and presented its business idea at the Investor Day 2019, organized in Bologna by G-Factor Incubator-Accelerator of Fondazione Golinelli.

Relief won Premio Innovazione Toscana 2019 

Relief won Premio Gaetano Marzotto 2019 

Relief won Sprint 4 Ideas prize by Fondazione ANT Italia Onlus

Relief srl was selected from among 20 finalists for the special prize Unicredit within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl won the special prize of BioIndustryPark within Premio Marzotto framework

Relief srl acquired the unlimited exclusive licensing of patent WO2013/144770A2

Relief srl won the Pharmintech Prize

Relief srl started G- Force program at Fondazione Golinelli together with 9 other startups for life science

Relief srl was established by including Fondazione Golinelli as first investor

The team of Relief srl received the Premio dei Premi at Senato della Repubblica by On. Casellati

In the framework of a research project financed by INAIL to Istituto di BioRobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’anna, two patents related to technology are published. The patents are: WO2018IB59407 and WO2018IB59432

The team of Relief srl won Premio Nazionale Innovazione 2018 category Life Science and the following special prizes: Premio Fondazione Golinelli, Premio di Associazione Ingegneria Clinica AIIC and the Premio Boost Heroes and Mamacrowd

The team of Relief srl won Startcup Toscana 2018

The team of Relief srl received a special recognition by IBAN at Borsa della Ricerca Salerno 2018

The first prototype of sphincter was tested on a female cadaver and the results were published on the following scientific paper

Design of some components of the first sphincter prototype was published here

Some Partners of Relief srl obtained the main patent WO2013/144770A2