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.
Additive manufacturing trends
10.02.2025
Additive manufacturing enables the precise production of highly complex and customized products and offers valuable advantages.
Fraunhofer IPMS
High-precision imaging and laser
10.02.2025
A recent development from the the Fraunhofer IPMS: the first hybrid 2D vector scanner modules with electromagnetic drive.
indigo/Fraunhofer IOSB AST
New UVC LED disinfection box
16.01.2025
The Fraunhofer Institute has developed a UVC LED disinfection box for use in laboratories, clean rooms and clinics.
Quality management in MedTech
17.12.2024
For manufacturers of medical devices, QM is not only a legal obligation, but also the basis for trust and market success.
Shaping health with silicone
13.11.2024
Saint-Gobain Medical Corporation will be presenting its exciting solutions for medical technology at COMPAMED 2024.
About team work and new supply chains
06.11.2024
BYTEC Medizintechnik offers its customers an all-round package: from idea to implementation, including shipping and service.
Julia Siekmann, Kiel University
New production method for an antiviral coating
07.10.2024
Researchers have investigated and compared six biomedical coating materials to understand their interactions with cells, skin and viruses.
Fraunhofer IAP / Jadwiga Galties
3D bioprinting: Personalized implants for cartilage therapy
02.10.2024
Researchers are developing 3D printing inks with the body's own cartilage cells for personalized cartilage implants.
Karin Kaiser/MHH
Latest generation of self-dissolving stents conquers hearts
11.06.2024
There is new hope for patients with narrowed coronary arteries: a self-dissolving stent has been implanted for the second time worldwide at Hannover Medical School (MHH). This innovative stent, which dissolves over time once it has done its job, promises considerable advantages over conventional vascular stents, especially for younger patients.
The versatile world of 3D printing
10.06.2024
In our video, we shed light on the possibilities of current printer models and their medical applications.
Qant
Q.ANT magnetic field sensor: New quantum sensor technology for prosthesis control via nerve signal
14.05.2024
The innovative magnetic field sensor from Q.ANT, a German quantum technology company, opens up far-reaching possibilities for prosthesis control and sensor technology in medical technology and beyond.
Envato/Tatiana_Mara
3D: Laser Powder Bed Fusion
08.05.2024
New 3D printing technology: highly complex components made of metallic materials with Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF).
Ottobock
Ottobock presents GreenLine: Sustainable materials for medical technology
08.05.2024
The trend towards sustainable products and materials is also finding its way into medical technology. With the new GreenLine product range, Ottobock, one of the leading providers of medical technology solutions, offers prosthetists and orthotists and their patients innovative solutions that combine the need for more ecological materials with consistent functionality.
PolyPrint: 3D printing for medicines
12.04.2024
Better therapies, fewer side effects - 3D printing for personalized medicines.
ninelutsk / Envato
Small technology for powerful hearing
14.12.2023
The smallest components are needed for hearing aids. We take a look at the microtechnology in devices.
bellaSeno
3D printing: composite material for bone healing
28.11.2023
After a bone fracture, some patients experience healing disorders. To enable effective treatment in these cases, the Fraunhofer Institute IFAM (Germany) is researching a new composite material for use in the operating theater as part of the SCABAEGO joint project.
SMWA
Optimization of chip production through AI: Green light for the LOTSE joint project
23.11.2023
The Chair of Databases at TUD Dresden University of Technology is now a partner in the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) joint research and development project LOTSE - an AI project to optimize chip production in Saxony.
BellaSeno
COMPAMED 2023: Bioactive composite supports healing of broken bones
09.11.2023
A broken bone failing to heal represents an enormous burden for patients. Fraunhofer researchers have worked alongside partners to develop a composite material to be used in the treatment of such non-union cases. The resulting implant is designed to significantly improve treatment success rates and speed up the healing process.
Fraunhofer IKTS
COMPAMED 2023: Piezoceramics shorten root canal treatments
08.11.2023
When carrying out root canal treatment procedures, dentists need to insert a file deep into the root canal to remove the inflamed tissue. The rotating file often gets jammed and must be cleaned regularly. Researchers have developed a piezoceramic stack actuator that overlays the rotating motion with a vibrating motion.
envato/svitlanah
PFAS: risk or no risk?
31.10.2023
Many companies in the medical technology sector fear that they will no longer be able to manufacture products as before.
Rimidolove
Sustainable materials and recycling
19.09.2023
Where are the difficulties and how can the the industry become more sustainable, despite strict safety regulations?
Empa
Sustainability: wood instead of plastic?
06.09.2023
Could manufacturers even do without plastics to become more sustainable?
RUB
Hardware Trojans in microchips
29.08.2023
While we are sensitized to software Trojans, hardly anyone knows that Trojans can also hide in hardware.
ellinnur
Biomaterials: toolbox for the development of bioadhesives
27.07.2023
The team of Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel, Chair of Biomaterials at the University of Bayreuth, has compiled a current overview of the state of research on protein-based bioadhesives.
University of Stuttgart, FSM-Labor
Intelligent rubber materials
20.07.2023
Autonomously switchable polymer materials have recently been developed by materials scientists at the University of Stuttgart and pharmacists at the University of Tübingen.
Joseph Puthussery
Biosensing: air monitor can detect COVID-19 variants
12.07.2023
Scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about 5 minutes.
Fraunhofer IZM
Pregnancy: intelligent patch for remote monitoring
29.06.2023
A patch equipped with highly sensitive electronics is meant to collect and evaluate vital data. In addition, the sensors will be integrated into baby clothing in order to improve the future of medical monitoring for newborns with the highest level of data security.
Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University
U.S. patent for portable tool to diagnose and monitor sickle cell disease
28.06.2023
In the United States, sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people and about 2 million Americans carry this genetic mutation. The most common and serious problems caused by sickle cell disease are anemia, pain and organ failure – stroke affects about 10 out of 100 children who have this disease. The national median life expectancy for people who have sickle cell disease can reach up to age 50.
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.
Fotogenia - Renate Trummer
Tissue Engineering: TU Graz revolutionises production of biocompatible microfibres
01.06.2023
Using a newly developed method for the efficient and cost-effective production of biocompatible microfibres, the production of autologous skin and organs can be significantly accelerated.
HZDR/Sandoval Bojorquez
Nanobiosensor developed for detecting SARS-CoV-2
31.03.2023
Infection and immunity status of the population are considered key parameters for handling pandemics. For this purpose, detecting antigens and antibodies is of great importance. The devices currently used for this purpose - what are known as point-of-care (POC) devices- are one option for rapid screening.
Amac Garbe/Fraunhofer IWS
Sharp hyperspectral eye for chip production
23.03.2023
Precise two-dimensional analysis of high-tech layers in microelectronics, battery factories or even in the automotive sector approaches within reach. A measuring system developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS.
SUSS MicroOptics
The significance of microoptics
01.03.2023
Aside from medical specialties, micro-lenses have also made their way into many applications, including wearables.
Fraunhofer IMWS
Tropoelastin: The quest for innovative materials for wound care treatment and management
06.02.2023
In a joint research project that ended at the end of 2021, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems, the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, and Skinomics GmbH examined whether a structural protein is suitable as a wound dressing material.
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Wound dressing with sensor monitors healing process
06.02.2023
Is the wound healing or is it infected? Physicians must change the bandage to find out because wounds are covered with non-transparent dressings. What happens under the wound dressing is a “black box”. Armin Haas and Professor Kai-Uwe Zirk want to change that. COMPAMED.de asked them about their approach.