What's new at COMPAMED 2025
23.04.2025
Who are the people behind medical technology? You can meet them 17 to 20 November 2025 at COMPAMED in Düsseldorf.
Fraunhofer IAF
New virtual application lab for quantum sensing
07.04.2025
Fraunhofer IAF has developed a virtual application lab to promote the use of quantum sensors in industry, allowing interactively measurements.
MedTech: maximum cybersecurity
25.02.2025
The modernization and networking of medical technology devices raises questions about cybersecurity.
Janina Datz (LNM, TUM)
Open-source software 4C for medical simulations
07.02.2025
Researchers has released the 4C (Comprehensive Computational Community Code) as open-source software.
AI tool for faster detection of placental health issues
10.01.2025
A new developed AI-tool could improve neonatal and maternal care by analyzing placentas immediately after birth.
EU AI Act: FAQ for developers
28.11.2024
We answer the most important questions about the development and production of AI solutions in medical technology.
Support for new medical devices
13.11.2024
In our video tour at COMPAMED, exhibitors provide insights into the development of medical devices.
COMPAMED
Implants: out-of-body communication
09.09.2024
A new Bluetooth technology makes it possible for implants in the abdomen to connect to smartphones.
Switzerland Innovation Park Ost AG/Karin Tanner
Innovation Health Hub opened
17.06.2024
The opening of the Swiss Health Innovation Hub laid an important foundation stone for future innovations.
Envato/MegiasD
AI: unstoppable resource drain?
27.05.2024
As great as the possibilities offered by AI are, their use is linked to prerequisites that many people are not aware of.
Northwestern University
Real-time bladder fullness: new technology for bladder dysfunction
15.04.2024
Researchers at Northwestern University (USA) have developed an implant that monitors bladder fullness in real time. The battery-free, flexible device is attached to the bladder wall and transmits the data to a smartphone app.
Excor Active
Software for medical technology
11.03.2024
Many medical devices utilize software designed to meet the special requirements of current regulation.
Digital remote monitoring
21.02.2024
A study showcases the potential of data-driven solutions to enhance healthcare outcomes for older adults.
Fraunhofer IESE
Production of mRNA therapeutics
31.01.2024
RNAuto wants to reduce prices for some particularly expensive drugs by automating production.
Tomáš Belloň / IOCB Prague
Computer model of the ear may help to improve cochlear implants
28.11.2023
Professor Pavel Jungwirth and his colleagues from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences and the cochlear implant company MED-EL, based in Austria, have come up with a complete computer model of the ear. It can be used to simulate hearing of mammals including humans from the outer ear all the way to the auditory nerve.
RUB, Marquard
Autonomous measuring instruments systematically detect new materials
31.10.2023
Despite highly specialized methods that can simultaneously produce a range of materials on a single sample and then measure them automatically, every minute counts when analyzing them: because days or even weeks can pass before the characterization of a sample is complete. The new algorithm can be integrated into existing measuring instruments to boost their efficiency significantly.
Fraunhofer IDMT/Anika Bödecker
Vital data: the whole body on the radar
04.10.2023
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg have developed a new method for collecting and analyzing vital signs from the human body by using radar.
Fraunhofer AISEC
Future-proof security architecture for healthcare communications
06.09.2023
Germany’s telematics infrastructure (TI) aims to allow healthcare professionals to exchange patient data securely, rapidly and from anywhere. The platform for healthcare applications will soon see a new security architecture. The aim is to make it easier to exchange data between all parties involved as well as to facilitate access to specialist services.
Willfried Kunz and Patrick Altschuh
KIT’s high-performance computer optimizes materials for medical technology
17.08.2023
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has unveiled a cutting-edge €1.2 million computer dedicated to materials research. This powerful tool can predict material properties even before they are produced, significantly enhancing the potential for optimization, including in the realm of COVID rapid tests.
envato/YuriArcursPeopleimages
IT security in hospitals
03.07.2023
Hospitals collect a great deal of patient data, whether in admissions or when using medical technology equipment such as MRI or ultrasound. Unfortunately, it has been shown time and again that this data is not as well protected as it should be - hacker attacks sometimes paralyze entire hospitals.
Fraunhofer IWU
Speech recognition for machine control
12.06.2023
Controlling a machine by giving specific spoken commands? Fraunhofer speech recognition software makes it possible.
MPI of Biochemistry
Optics: Ångström-resolution fluorescence microscopy
08.06.2023
A breakthrough in fluorescence microscopy has been achieved by the research group of Ralf Jungmann at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich.
Swen Reichhold
AI: new method for targeted design of molecules
22.02.2023
Engineering novel molecules and materials with specific properties can yield significant advances for industrial processes, drug discovery and optoelectronics. However, the search for novel molecules and materials is comparable to looking for a needle in a haystack, since the number of molecules in chemical space is of the unimaginable order of 10 to the power of 60.
Fraunhofer IDMT / Anika Bödecker
Intuitive machine control using speech recognition
21.02.2023
Fraunhofer researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg have developed a speech recognition solution for use in industrial manufacturing. The system works reliably even in noisy environments and can be flexibly adapted to the user’s needs.