Overview on the COMPAMED.de Talks

Current Interview: Hospital Information Systems

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The implementation of IT in hospitals simplifies many processes and makes them less expensive. In order to implement a hospital information system successfully, however, you have to overcome a lot of obstacles: medical processes must be adapted to IT and medical personnel has to be trained adequately.
Current Interview: Hospital Information Systems - Hospital Information Systems: "IT follows process"

Healthcare Branding

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The number of national brand applications has increased by 9 percent in the medical technology and pharmaceutical leading classes in 2010 compared to the previous year. And yet in many companies there is a lack of a long-term branding strategy. The consequence of which is an unsystematic growing brand portfolio that offers little orientation and gets in the way of successful product marketing.
Healthcare Branding - Healthcare Branding: “A systematic approach to product naming saves both time and money“

Laser Use in Surgery

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The use of laser technology offers surgeons many advantages. Now researchers want to compensate for its biggest downside, the lack of haptic feedback. Doctor Florian Stelzle explains how this work – and what else could be improved in lasers.
Laser Use in Surgery - Laser use in surgery: "Laser could replace the scalpel"

Microfluidic Cartridge

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The importance of miniaturised systems for medical technology rises. Many of these systems based on biosensors can detect specific markers small amounts of body fluids or tissue samples within minutes. A European-Brazilian consortium has set itself the task to develop a rapid test for Chagas' disease, an infection which mainly prevails in Latin America.
Microfluidic Cartridge - Microfluidic Cartridges: “Our development shall detect the body’s immune response and the DNA of the pathogen“

Epilepsy research in the brains of mice: “The cell activity can be modulated as desired“

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What exactly happens in the brain during an epileptic seizure? And can this knowledge help in finding better therapies for patients in the future?
Epilepsy research in the brains of mice: “The cell activity can be modulated as desired“ - Epilepsy research in the brains of mice: “The cell activity can be modulated as desired“

Skin Factory: “We can produce fully automatic 6000 to 7000 stamp-sized pieces of tissue in one month"

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Regenerative medicine is among the newer biomedical research areas. It is already well-known that patients can be treated with synthetic skin and cartilage. Since early 2011 however, skin can be mechanically produced in a specially designed factory.
Skin Factory: “We can produce fully automatic 6000 to 7000 stamp-sized pieces of tissue in one month" - Skin Factory: “We can produce fully automatic 6000 to 7000 stamp-sized pieces of tissue in one month"

Cell cultivation: “You might describe it as gymnastics for cells“

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The cells of our body work within a three-dimensional environment. But under laboratory conditions, experiments are often still performed in Petri dishes, which provide a 2D environment. Now a team surrounding Professor Martin Bastmeyer of the DFG Center for Functional Nanostructures in Karlsruhe, Germany was successful in cultivating cells specifically on three-dimensional structures.
Cell cultivation: “You might describe it as gymnastics for cells“ - Cell cultivation: “You might describe it as gymnastics for cells“

Research Project Nanomotors: “We have given rotaxanes a new function“

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Prof. Michael Famulok

At first, everything is imaginable in a world that’s not accessible with the naked eye. However, scientists reach natural limits in such tiny dimensions. A lot needs to be newly discovered and unlocked. Now scientists in Bonn demonstrate that such pioneering work doesn’t just need to be innovative, but also creative and effective. They are planning to design a motor from DNA building blocks.
Research Project Nanomotors: “We have given rotaxanes a new function“ - Research Project Nanomotors:“We have given rotaxanes a new function“

Trends in Medical Technology: “There are many debates on what demands hospitals will have in the future“

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Darius Turek

COMPAMED.de met with Professor Olaf Dössel, Head of the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, during the Medical Technology Innovation Forum 2010 in Berlin and inquired about exciting innovations and why it sometimes takes so long from development to application for the patient.
Trends in Medical Technology: “There are many debates on what demands hospitals will have in the future“ - Trends in Medical Technology: “There are many debates on what demands hospitals will have in the future“

Nanomaterials: “A standardized international coordination is still missing“

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Axel Ritter

If little-bitty means a millionth of a millimeter (1 nm), it goes beyond human imagination. If you picture these “half pints“ having additional excellent characteristics that can restructure larger materials, it verges on a miracle. But nanomaterials are nothing magical, but rather the result of sophisticated research.
Nanomaterials: “A standardized international coordination is still missing“ - Nanomaterials: “A standardized international coordination is still missing“

Robust Design: “It is really exciting“

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Manfred Grafweg

Computer simulations are indispensable in many industry sectors. The advantage is obvious: Before a part goes into production, it can already be thoroughly “put through its paces”. Defects are noticed much faster and production can be adapted at any time.
Robust Design: “It is really exciting“ - Robust Design: “It is really exciting“