Commercialisation and scale up of a Vaginal Microbiome Screening service with a menstrual tampon collection device and a digital layer to provide diagnosis, disease risk evaluation and aftercare.

Project Information

VMS - Vaginal Microbiome Screening

Grant agreement ID: 190192897

DOI

10.3030/190192897

Project closed

EC signature date 28 June 2023

Start date 1 July 2023

End date 30 June 2025

Funded under

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Total cost

€ 3 794 918,75

EU contribution

€ 2 499 999,00

Coordinated by

TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD
Bulgaria

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (6)

Efficacy and acceptability of a self-collected medical grade tampon as a novel vaginal sample collection tool for the detection of HPV and STIs

Author(s): Valentina Milanova, Iva Lazarova, Kalina Mihaylova, Michelle Gomes, Teodora Georgieva, Jan Multmeier
Published in: BMC Women's Health, Issue 25, 2025, ISSN 1472-6874
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1186/S12905-025-03652-Z

Menstrual Tampons Are Reliable and Acceptable Tools to Self-Collect Vaginal Microbiome Samples

Author(s): Florence Turner, Josephine Drury, Dharani K. Hapangama, Nicola Tempest
Published in: International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Issue 24, 2023, ISSN 1422-0067
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/IJMS241814121

Genitourinary syndrome of menopause: Evaluation of symptoms, using a questionnaire, in a research setting, before and after treatment

Author(s): Paula Briggs, Babu Karavadra, James Wyatt, Steven Lane, Dharani K Hapangama
Published in: Post Reproductive Health, Issue 30, 2025, ISSN 2053-3691
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/20533691241246366

P-375 Optimising vaginal biospecimen collection

Author(s): F Turner, J Drury, L Goodfellow, C Hill, H Baxter, V Milanova, A Drakeley, D Hapangama, N Tempest
Published in: Human Reproduction, Issue 37, 2022, ISSN 0268-1161
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/HUMREP/DEAC107.353

Efficacy and usability of a cannabidiol-infused tampon for the relief of primary dysmenorrhea

Author(s): Valentina Milanova, Kalina Mihaylova, Iva Lazarova, Teodora Georgieva, Harold Baxter, Dafina Dobreva
Published in: Journal of Endometriosis and Uterine Disorders, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 2949-8384
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.JEUD.2023.100057

Diagnostic accuracy of the Daye diagnostic tampon compared to clinician-collected and self-collected vaginal swabs for detecting HPV: a comparative study

Author(s): Valentina Milanova, Michelle Gomes, Kalina Mihaylova, John Luke Twelves, Jan Multmeier, Hana McMahon, Hannah McCulloch, Kate Cuschieri
Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Issue 63, 2025, ISSN 0095-1137
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01852-24

Intellectual Property Rights

Registered design (1)

FLUSHABLE COMPACT APPLICATOR

Application/Publication number: GB 6301311
Date: 2023-08-13
Applicant(s): TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD

Trademark (2)

"""DIAGNOSTIC TAMPON"""

Application/Publication number: US 98458338
Date: 2024-04-01
Applicant(s): TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD

"""DIAGNOSTIC TAMPON"""

Application/Publication number: US 98458338
Date: 2024-04-01
Applicant(s): TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD

Patent (2)

TUBULAR TAMPON AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME

Application/Publication number: 22 150410
Date: 2022-01-06
Applicant(s): TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD

VAGINAL DETECTION METHODS AND KITS USING A TAMPON

Application/Publication number: 20 716564
Date: 2020-03-13
Applicant(s): TAMPONENI INOVATSII OOD