Galway Bay fm newsroom - A Galway based medical device company is to share in funding of 100 thousand euro allocated from Enterprise Ireland.
Bluedrop Medical is one of five companies to receive €20 thousand through Enterprise Ireland's Small Business Innovation Research programme.
Founded in 2015, Bluedrop has developed a device that can enable diabetic foot ulcers to be detected early - when treatment is easier and outcomes and costs are greatly improved.
As part of the funding the company will form a partnership with the HSE, to continue their research and to allow patients to benefit from the technology.
CEO of Bluedrop Medical Chris Murphy says the partnership with the HSE is very significant - for more on this story, tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour...
