SMARTSHAPE | Continuous monitoring, personalised control

SMARTSHAPE

Continuous monitoring, personalised control

An innovative solution for long-term continuous blood pressure monitoring

Who we are

Meet SMARTSHAPE

SMARTSHAPE is an EU-funded collaboration between eight European partners, dedicated to creating a novel medical device for hypertension management. Over the next three years (2022-2026), our team will work on an IP-protected and innovative microsensor for continuous blood pressure monitoring.

By developing a medical device that allows patients to monitor their blood pressure levels 24/7, SMARTSHAPE aims to help improve healthcare for people living with hypertension and support the development of personalised – and more effective – diagnostic and treatment plans.

A novel implantable microsensor

Innovative materials, using a smart polymer

Continuous and non-intrusive blood pressure monitoring

Tool for personalised treatment plans

The SMARTSHAPE project

At a glance

Why SMARTSHAPE

For patients with chronic hypertension

Ultimately, we aim to improve the lives of people living with chronic, uncontrolled hypertension, which is why the patient perspective is crucial to the project. SMARTSHAPE actively collaborates with a Patient Experience Panel, that brings the patients’ voice into the scientific research.

SMARTSHAPE updates

Bringing Blood Pressure Research to the Public at Pint of Science

June 1, 2026

How often is your blood pressure actually within a healthy range? It might seem like a simple question, but the answer is more complicated than many people realise.

Patient Story Paul
When Life Decides to Reboot Your System

September 25, 2025

In January 2013, Paul Hoogendoorn’s life changed drastically. From a demanding corporate job to recovering from a severe outcome of hypertension – a stroke.

SMARTSHAPE at ESB2025: Optimising the SMARTSHAPE sensor

September 16, 2025

PhD student Abel Aguilar Chávez represented the SMARTSHAPE project at the Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials, presenting the mathematical model behind optimising the SMARTSHAPE sensor.