Medical Engineering

The development of medical equipment, products and technical procedures is characterized by high research and development costs in a variety of fields related to the study of human medicine.

innovations-report provides informative and stimulating reports and articles on topics ranging from imaging processes, cell and tissue techniques, optical techniques, implants, orthopedic aids, clinical and medical office equipment, dialysis systems and x-ray/radiation monitoring devices to endoscopy, ultrasound, surgical techniques, and dental materials.

ECG with a patch

APPLAUSE European collaborative project successfully completed. Researchers from Fraunhofer IZM, together with 31 partners from industry and research, have developed a stretchable and wireless patch that can be used to…

Laser and OCT Control to Facilitate Spinal Canal Stenosis Surgery

Researchers at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) aim to simplify the surgery for spinal canal stenosis. To achieve this, they are developing a portable laser device for bone removal…

Bioengineering breakthrough increases DNA detection sensitivity by 100 times

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers discover letting small amounts of DNA ‘dance’ can speed disease detection. UMass Amherst researchers have pushed forward the boundaries of biomedical engineering one hundredfold with…

New robot could help diagnose breast cancer early

A device has been created that could carry out Clinical Breast Examinations (CBE). The manipulator, designed by a team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics…

Distributed artificial intelligence in the operating room

Research project DAIOR: A research team of scientists from the Fraunhofer IPA, the Bosch Digital Innovation Hub at Bosch Health Campus and the Institute of Image-Guided Surgery (IHU) of Strasbourg…

Noninvasive, ultrasound-based brain biopsy

… is feasible, safe in people. Sonobiopsies generate genetic, molecular data to inform treatment decisions for brain diseases. The blood-brain barrier, the body’s way of shielding sensitive brain tissue from…

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