Medical technology – Page 7

In-ear sensor for monitoring vital parameters and biofeedback therapy

24. October 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS

The basis of the biofeedback system is the analysis of vital parameters measured in the external auditory canal. Sensors determine the optical density of the rhythmically perfused tissue. This allows conclusions to be drawn about local blood flow and the systems regulating blood flow. These include, above all, cardiac activity, respiration and thermoregulation, which in turn are under the influence of the autonomic nervous system

What comes after the Higgs boson? – The FAIR experiment as a new challenge for CiS

10. October 2013/in Medical technology, Silicon Detectors, Simulation & Design

The search for the Higgs boson is one of the most important tasks of the world’s largest particle accelerator, the LHC, which went into operation in 2008. This is because the Higgs boson was considered the last piece of the puzzle in the established Standard Model of particle physics. When the Higgs boson was discovered at CERN, detectors from the CiS Research Institute were also involved. These radiation detectors are robust enough to withstand the extreme radiation loads in the immediate vicinity of the collision point (4-20 cm), i.e. inside the detection instruments

Advanced UV for Life

22. July 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS, Silicon Detectors, UV

“Advanced UV for Life” – this is the name of the consortium that will open up innovative applications of UV light in medicine, water treatment, production technology and sensor technology in the future. The interdisciplinary consortium of 8 research institutions and 14 industrial companies is one of the 10 winners in the Twenty20 competition, which is part of the high-tech strategy of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). This was announced by Federal Minister Johanna Wanka at a press conference

Ear biofeedback system – one step closer to personalized medicine

30. May 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS

Vital parameter measurement and biofeedback therapy – combined in one ear device. The basis of the ear biofeedback system is the analysis of vital parameters measured at the ear

Multisensor technology supports diagnosis and therapy of normal-tension glaucoma

15. April 2013/in Medical technology, MOEMS

The time-synchronous measurement of ECG and PPG should enable the screening of vascular dysregulation with a good sensitivity and, above all, a very high specificity. By using modern low-power electronics and resource-saving technologies of microsystems engineering, a solution was created that enables mobile monitoring of vital parameters, e.g. in outpatient use

Optoelectronic and micromechanical sensors for medical technology and bioanalytics

8. November 2012/in Events, Medical technology, MEMS, MOEMS

At the IVAM product market “High-tech for Medical Devices” the CiS Research Institute shows new results from research and development in the field of medical microsystems technology

Bio-instrument for 16-channel impedance spectroscopy of biological cell cultures

2. November 2012/in Medical technology

CiS has developed a method that allows biocompatibility to be evaluated while the experiment is still in progress. The measuring device contains a sensor with evaluation electronics and records the data by means of impedance spectroscopy. The electrical resistance is proportional to the number of cells on the surface of the culture medium

Art and Sensors – Via Emotions to the Product

25. October 2012/in Medical technology, MOEMS

Students at the Bauhaus University in Weimar were looking at alternative ways of marketing the results of high-tech research. The collaboration between the university and the CiS Research Institute for Microsensors and Photovoltaics came about as part of an interdisciplinary “prototype seminar” held by the Chair of Media Management. The aim of the seminar was to find new, generally comprehensible and attractive ways of accessing the application possibilities of high-tech solutions in need of explanation

Better vision with intelligent implant – micro-optical accommodation system as an alternative to intraocular lenses

15. October 2012/in Medical technology, MOEMS

The decreasing accommodation ability of the eye with increasing age (presbyopia) can be compensated by visual aids. In case of additional lens opacity (cataract), the removal of the lens and the implantation of an intraocular lens (IOL) are necessary. The new approach to solve this problem pursued in the BMBF-funded project “Akkosys” is a smart microsystem that is implanted in the capsular bag of the eye instead of an intraocular lens

Force sensor for haptic assistance systems in medicine

21. May 2012/in Force, Medical technology, MEMS

A miniaturized force sensor measures the forces at catheter tips that occur between the guide wire (catheter) and blood vessels during insertion. The KASYS mini-chip, just 200 x 220 x 640 µm in size and thus just twice as wide as a hair, is the heart of a haptic assistance system that will simplify catheterizations in medicine in the future and reduce the risk of injury