COMPAMED - The trade fair for suppliers and manufacturers of medical technologies invites you to Düsseldorf / Germany from 12 - 15 November 2018.

When researchers want to reproduce the effects of specific substances on the human body in the laboratory, they use cell-based biosensors. But their production is expensive and intricate. As part of the BIOGRAPHY project, a brand-new manufacturing method was developed right at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Biomedical Engineering.

Wearables greatly help in the medical field to measure various parameters such as heart or respiratory rate – discreetly in the patient's everyday life. However, there are some devices that are perceived as uncomfortable or even disturbing. This can not only impair the well-being of the patient but also falsify the results. In our Special you will learn how wearables and their technology are getting lighter, more inconspicuous and thus can be used better.

The manufacturing of customized products takes time. Many components are produced away from the customer or end-user and can often not be delivered in a week's time – time that is often not available in medical cases such as an impending surgery. In the future, the Fraunhofer IPA aims to manufacture products right where they are needed. How? With a mobile factory system in a container!

Researchers reported a high-performance and transparent nanoforce touch sensor by developing a thin, flexible, and transparent hierarchical nanocomposite (HNC) film. The research team says their sensor simultaneously features all the necessary characters for industrial-grade application: high sensitivity, transparency, bending insensitivity, and manufacturability.