Biomedical goes Technology

Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering

Fraunhofer IBMT-sight of the building in St. Ingbert.
Sight of Fraunhofer IBMT in St. Ingbert.
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The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT is your partner in offering solutions for individual tasks in the areas of biomedical/medical engineering, sensor- and measuring technologies, ultrasound technologies, health telematics, molecular and cellular biotechnology and biohybrid technology, cryo(bio)technology and nano(bio)technology, environmental control systems, material testing, home systems, air quality control and security systems as well as industrial process automation and in-line/on-line process control. Since 8 years Fraunhofer IBMT works on the field of stem cell research and obtained as the only institute of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft the permission No. 18, 19 and 44 of the Robert-Koch-Institute to import human embryonal stem cells.

Locations

Fraunhofer IBMT works in the regions Saarland and Brandenburg State fulfilling subordiate tasks concerning regional restructurisation.

Current Topics

  • Mobile Assistance for AIDS Patients in South Africa

    Mobile Diagnostic Laboratory.

    The first mobile safety laboratory to operate under Biosafety Level 3 has been in use in South Africa since May 2011. As development of the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert, this special truck is used for testing and advising patients with AIDS and tuberculosis. The mobile laboratory can save patients' lives in remote areas because it cuts the waiting time between diagnosis and the start of treatment to just one day.

  • Mobile Ultrasound App for iPhone / iPad

    iPhone and iPad App for mobile ultrasound research analysis.

    Today mobile computing is gaining more and more importance in medical imaging. Existing solutions provide image display based on DICOM image data. However the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT is raising the bar with full ultrasound signal processing done on iOS devices like iPad or iPhone.

  • Laboratory Technology made in Germany’s Saarland fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa

    Since 2009 a technology initiative lead by the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT is investigating in laboratory technology »Made in Germany’s Saarland«. Integrating small and medium-sized enterprises and supported by the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Science the mission of the »Labor der Zukunft« (Laboratory for the Future) is to design, develop and promote future’s laboratory technology.

  • In-vitro Diagnostic: Systems for Patient-near Testing

    The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT, Branch Potsdam, together with different collaborators will be presenting its research development in point of care testing on MEDICA 2011.

  • MediTRUST - TPM-based VPNs for Confidential Medical Communication

    The project »MediTRUST« funded by the EC and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia intends to substitute such external cryptographic appliances by using computer integrated chips (TPM - trusted platform module) which are nowadays standard part of any state of the art PC.

  • Successful Start of Initiative "Labor der Zukunft"

    www.labor-der-zukunft.com

    The first phase of the project "Labor der Zukunft" has been sucessfully completed within a round table meeting at July 8th, 2011.

Further Press Releases

Please have a look into our press archive to view previous press releases.

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Funded by the European Union, European Fonds for Regional Development Fund (ERDF).