Great medtech experts within reach!
Part of success in Alsace comes from the synergy created by the region's many medtech talents. Exchange among distinguished prize-winning scientists, internationally renowned research institutes, and specialized experts generate not only activity but also great acclaim here and throughout the world. Discover their achievements and how their expertise can contribute to your project's development.
Image-guided minimally-invasive surgery
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The IRCAD l Institut de Recherche Contre les Cancers de l'Appareil Digestif
Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer
Recognized throughout the world as the ultimate reference in minimally-invasive surgery
- Founded in 1994 and chaired by Prof. Jacques Marescaux, MD. Hon. FRCS, Hon. FJSES, FACS.
- Specialized in the field of minimally invasive surgery (MIS).
- Brings together surgeons, scientists, engineers and industrialists specialized in the development of new tools for planning, simulating and performing surgeries and improving surgical gestures to make them safer.
- Over 2,500 international publications and conferences papers.
- Nearly 4,000 surgeons trained annually in MIS techniques.
- International presence with programmes in Taïwan and Brazil.
The LSIIT l Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Image, de l'Informatique et de la Télédétection
Imaging, Computer Sciences and Remote Sensing Laboratory
Internationally recognized expertise in medical robotics
- Dedicated to fundamental and applied research in a wide range of fields: computer science, automotives, robotics, image processing, and remote sensing.
- Development of complete systems to accompany medico-surgical gestures ranging from imaging or robotics to augmented reality.
- 3 main cross-disciplinary programs: medico-surgical imaging and robotics, viritual and augmented reality, simulation and high performance computing/embedded mobile environments
- Areas of excellence: control, vision & robotics; telemanipulation and conception of innovative mechanisms.
The IRMC l Programme de recherche multi-laboratoires Imagerie et Robotique Médicale et Chirurgicale
IRMC - Multi-laboratory Research Program in Medical Imaging and Robotics
Recognized expertise in surgical planning and augmented reality
- Bringing together expertise in the fields of imaging and medico-surgical robotics to develop ambitious projects integrating all aspects of computer assisted medico-surgical gestures.
- Objective: develop advanced research on an international scale, by bringing together Strasbourg's computer science, engineering, medicine, and neuroscience experts.
Biomedical implants
EXPERTS IN MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONALITY
L’Institut de Physique et de Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)
Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg
- Experts in new bio-functionalized implants (bio-integration of implantable devices and interface conception to limit infection-related complications)
- Goal: create optimized implantable devices heralding the implants of tomorrow.
Le Laboratoire UMR 977 Inserm/Université de Strasbourg l Laboratory UMR 977 Inserm/University of Strasbourg
« Biomatériaux et Ingéniérie Tissulaire »Strasbourg l Biomaterials and Tissular Engineering Strasbourg
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- Conception of new biomaterials, repair and tissue engineering - for applications in odontology, osteopathology, ENT.
- Objectives:
- to improve the functionality of implantable biomaterials by rendering them "bioactive"
- to develop new polymer architectures optimizing the integration of biomedical implants
L’Institut Charles Sadron (ICS)
Charles Sadron Institute
- Research laboratory dedicated to polymers and self-assembly systems, synthsis, analysis and characterization
- Areas of expertise: polymer chemistry, supramolecular engineering, physical chemisty and soft matter physics
- 3 promising lines of research: polyelectrolytes, interface polymers and self-assembly systems
L’IS2M: Institut de Sciences des Matériaux
Insitute of Materials Science
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- Outstanding cross-disciplinary research in materials science
- High-level expertise in chemistry and physics of surfaces, interfaces and porous materials.
MEDICAL IMPLANT SPECIALISTS
Dental
- The Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Strasbourg very well positioned in the field of implantology thanks to the work of several top specialists including:
- Prof. Youssef Haikel,Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg
- Prof. Matthieu Schmittbuhl, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg
- Prof. Henri Tenenbaum, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg
- Dr. Abdessamad Boukari, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg
- Dr. Olivier Etienne, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Strasbourg
Learn more - Strasbourg's experts are involved in a number of dental implant research projects:
- biofunctionalization of materials,
- functionalized implants in big animals favoring the formation of an junctional epithelium surface barrier
Cardio-vascular
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- The vascular surgery team at Strasbourg's University Hospital Center (Prof. Nabil Chakfé and Dr. Fabien Thaveau) has a long experience in applied research projects relating to vascular prosthetics and associated biomaterials.
- The research group has a particular interest in new endo-vascular technologies and minimally invasive robotic surgery
- Prof. Nabil Chakfé's team is currently developping innovative vascular implants and a cardiac valve for percutaneous implantation.
Orthopaedics
- The orthopaedic surgery unit of the Strasbourg University Hospitals (SUH) works directly on the development of intervertebral and articular prostheses, under the direction of Prof. Jean-Paul Steib, Prof. Yann-Philippe Charles et Prof. Philippe Clavert. Prof. Jean-Paul Steib's vertebral surgery team has made great progress in perfecting replacements for lumbar and cervical discs.
ENT
- The Strasbourg University Hospitals are well positioned in the field of ear-nose-throat implants.
- The ENT team headed by Prof. Christian Debry has worked for many years with different public and private partners to perfect titanium based laryngeal prosthetic devices. Testing for the implant received authorization on on January 21, 2010, and an articifial throat with titanium valve was implanted in a patient for the first time ever.
Neurology
- Prof. Sébastien Froehlich (SUH Neurosurgery Unit) has initiated a number of innovative research projects in prosthetic devices for bone defects at the base of the skull. The goal of his work is to perfect an airtight prosthesis made of biofunctionalized porous titanium for closing osteomeningeal breaches. The project's initial results are very promising.
- This team is collaborating closely with Prof. Christian Debry's ENT team to develop a minimally-invasive surgery technique in order to decrease the risks and traumatic effects of these implant procedures. Their collaboration has positioned these research teams among the international leaders in this field.
SPECIALIZED IMPLANT ENGINEERING PLATFORMS
Technological platform for characterization of vascular prostheses
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- This laboratory for the evaluation of vascular explants is unique in France and Europe.
- It will strenghten France's current measures for monitoring medical devices in order to:
- help doctors/surgeons/pharmacists declare vascular implant incidents
- account for and record incidents in an internet database accessible to surgeons, manufacturers and pharmacists.
- advance development of more reliable medical materials and devices that are better adapted to the human body
Technological platform for osteoarticular and dental characterization
- This platform offers:
- pre-approval mechanical testing (fatigue, wear, corrosion)
- testing of materials biocompatibility
- testing of new materials and associated coating processes
- digital modeling of new devices
Plateforme de mécanique de l’Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)
Mechanics Platform of the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA -- National Institute of Applied Sciences)
- Offers mechanical testing and material characterization on multiple scales using biomimicry to determine an implant's lifespan
- Features a prototyping and metrology laboratory, three XAO rooms, digital modeling and simulation, computing, CAO, FAO, one standard and one digital command machining workshop, two mechatronics laboratories, one project platform, and a work space central to the PFP with various industrial pilots and robots.
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRES
Les CRITTs d’Alsace l Centres de Recherche, d’Innovation et de Transfert de Technologies
Alsace's CRITTs offer a network of technological experts to serve professionals in the medical device sector:
- development of dose measurement equipment to test treatment quality by ionization - innovative optical processes (e.g. 3D digital modeling) |
- laser processes and safety |
- corrosion testing in hospital settings: medico-surgical instruments and equipment - accompaniment in the ISO 11 137 process validating sterilization dosage - cleanliness control - glass and plastic packaging quality control |
- prosthetic device production with CLAD® technology - reactive extrusion |
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Julie Freydière, MD, Medtech Business Consultant
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