Please come and join the imec Collaborations Day at the School of Clinical Medicine on the Biomedical Campus next Tuesday (3 June), hosted by Professor Davis Menon, Acute Care Theme Lead for the NIHR Healthcare Technology Co-operative.
Fitbit, Fuelband, Polar, Mindwave, ... all these devices sound great, and some of them even look great, but the quality of the data they provide is really not that great. Wouldn’t it be great if the convenience, comfort, and affordability of today’s wearable devices could be bought to a higher level of quality, as good as medical grade quality?
That is exactly what imec does. Recently, imec’s Wearable Healthcare R&D programme has succeeded in delivering medical grade wireless platforms that enable health management, including ECG monitoring patches for arrhythmia patients, or wireless EEG headsets to monitor patients with epilepsy. This has achieved by having close collaborations with clinical partners and medical device manufacturers. imec's devices build upon advanced sensors, circuits and materials, miniaturization techniques, and innovative algorithms. imec believes that nanotechnology innovations will enable a true healthcare revolution: by providing more actionable data for clinicians, convenient and comfort for the patient, peace of mind for their families, and the promise of helping people to live a healthier life.
11.00-13.00: Wearable technologies that save lives: Chris Van Hoo, DirectorWearable Healthcare, imec
imec believes that nanotechnology innovations will enable a true healthcare revolution by providing, more actionable data for clinicians, convenience and comfort for the patient, peace of mind for their families and innovative algorithms.
14.00-16.00: How nanoelectronics is revolutionising healthcare: Lisbett Lagae, R&D Manager Life Science Technology, imec
The use of electronics to detect nucelic acids, proteins, cells or small molecules will help to create miniaturised and automated platforms that make analysis anywhere and anytime cheap and easy. We are working on technologies to detect infectious diseases as early as possible, using nothing more than a smartphone.
To register your place please email Mita on mb994@cam.ac.uk
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