LENTOON
Towards new health tech solutions
Branch: Entrepreneurship and business
Duration: 1.1.2024-31.12.2026
Region: Central Ostrobothnia
Financed by: European Regional Development Fund
Council of Central Ostrobothnia
Project Manager: Heidi Hintsala
The LENTOON project helps enterprises in Central Ostrobothnia to develop market- and user-oriented wellness and health technologies.
We utilize the most efficient product development processes in the industry and support enterprises in managing the latest marketing evaluation criteria. The project will bring together commercial, technical and healthcare expertise and methodologies in a new way and create a new approach to help companies’ innovations succeed commercially. We also aim to diversify and grow the region’s economic activity.
LENTOON is a project funded by the European Regional Development Fund. It is co-funded by the cities of Kokkola and Kannus and Centria.
Our main focus is to support successful, systematic and process-oriented product development from idea to commercial product in the region’s wellness and health technology companies.
We support companies:
- by creating a customized product development model to support the successful development of wellness and health technology products
- helping wellness and health technology companies to adopt the latest and most important evaluation criteria for the market
- helping wellness and health technology companies to develop products in a user and market-oriented way
- universities are better able to support market-driven RDI in health and wellness technologies and growth-oriented business activities
- health and wellness technology companies are more responsive to the specific needs of health and social care technology development and business
- the capacity of companies to develop and commercialize new innovative health and wellness technology solutions will be enhanced, thus supporting the emergence of new successful businesses.
Upcoming events
Webinar 13.3.2025: Demonstrating the effectiveness of health and well-being technology solutions
How to demonstrate the effectiveness of health and wellbeing technology solutions in social and health care? Join LENTOON webinar on demonstrating the impact of health technology solutions and showing real added value.
The webinar will be held in Finnish.
For more information and a link to the webinar, please visit our event page.
Past events
The Welltech Summit brings together experts and visionaries from the health and wellbeing technology sector to discuss the success factors and future visions of the industry. The Welltech Summit is a unique opportunity to network, learn and be inspired.
Find out more on our events page:
May 6th 2024 at 15:00-16:30
Join us for “Health Talks: Innovating for Growth – Deep Tech Solutions in Healthcare,” where we’ll explore applying deep tech in healthcare, focusing on startup acceleration and the synergy between technical and medical worlds. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with cutting-edge healthcare innovation!
Publications
Kämäräinen, P., & Hintsala, H. E. (2024). Evidence and impact in healthcare – evaluating the effectiveness of digital solutions [In Finnish]. Centria Bulletin. Available from: https://centriabulletin.fi/nayttoa-ja-vaikuttavuutta-terveydenhuoltoon/
Kämäräinen, P., & Hintsala, H. E. (2024). Finnish 6-Month Digital Intervention to Promote Health-Related Lifestyle Changes in Pre-Diabetics and Type 2 Diabetics Adults: A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Caring Sciences, 17(3), 1254-1265. Available from: https://www.internationaljournalofcaringsciences.org/docs/2.petra.pdf
