Health & Wellbeing: More than Providing Healthcare

Healthcare is facing the challenge of an aging and growing population accompanied by a trend towards urbanization.

The focus of our cross-institute work lies on the provision of decentralised and individualised solutions. Therefore our research is concentrated on smart implants in combination with compact and intelligent measuring devices.

FMD offers solutions in the field of health and wellbeing to face the challenge of an aging and growing world population accompanied by a global trend towards urbanization:

  • Provision of decentralised and individualised solutions for healthcare
  • R&D of smart implants in combination with compact and intelligent measuring devices

Example Applications

 

Implantable Sensors

Implantable sensor to measure liquor pressure of a ventricular drainage system.

 

CAJAL4EU

Chip Architectures by Joint Associated Labs for European Diagnostics (CAJAL4EU)

NerveRepack @ Fraunhofer IZM

NerveRepack is a groundbreaking research project that aims to transform the lives of individuals with amputated or paralyzed limbs. 

Newlife @ Fraunhofer IZM

The project aims to research and develop new, non-invasive monitoring solutions to ensure the health of mothers and babies before and after birth.