Living Lab, medical devices: partnership research #FutureMedicine is highlighted thanks to several co-creation projects on the theme of new health technologies and their impact on patients and practitioners.
The #LivingLab approach: an interdisciplinary approach
The Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering participated in the first regional call for Living Lab experimentation projects in 2019, launched by the Gérontopôle Auvergne Rhône-Alpes, and presented the Mines Saint-Étienne / EoviMcd Santé & Services project “Activ’Senior System“, a practice device dedicated to physical rehabilitation coupled with activity planning and analysis software.
The Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering recently obtained the living lab label from the Forum des Living Lab Santé Autonomie.
This year, 5 co-creation and/or experimentation projects related to the living lab were initiated (smart bed, Charcot’s disease, physical activity for seniors, frailty box, health center) and 5 new projects will be submitted in 2020.
Contact: Vincent Augusto, Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering
“Trophées Défi d’or 2019”: two projects led by the school and its partners
Two co-creation projects (MedtechDesign #FutureMedecine) were selected for the 2nd edition:
– #MedTechLab, in the category “Inventing Tomorrow”, Mines Saint-Étienne & Mutualité française Loire – Haute Loire SSAM – Eovi Mcd Santé et Services
– #ActivSeniorSystem, in the category “Health Prevention”, Mines Saint-Étienne, Mutualité française Loire – Haute Loire SSAM – Eovi Mcd Santé et Services and Kiwi Cube,
The presentation and awards ceremony will take place live on November 25 and 26, 2019, during the next Défi-Autonomie at the Saint-Étienne Congress Center.
IMT Symposium “Healthcare 4.0: New Advances in Engineering for Health”
On October 15, 2019, IMT organized its 11th thematic scientific symposium at Mines Saint-Étienne. This edition was a great success, providing insights into developments related to e-health technologies and the advances brought by IMT’s research and innovation ecosystem.
> Video recap of this day and details on the different sessions offered.
Contact: Jérémie Pourchez, Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering
When engineering serves health
“Medicine is undergoing profound changes. A transformation partly supported by engineering, which brings significant innovations to the healthcare sector” (…) a report available on the IMT research blog, two dedicated articles:
“Aerosol Therapy: An ex-vivo lung model”, Jérémie Pourchez, with his medical colleagues from Saint-Étienne University Hospital, is developing an ex-vivo lung model to improve the performance of aerosol therapy medical devices.
“Bone implants to stimulate bone regeneration”, David Marchat, a materials researcher at the Centre for Biomedical and Healthcare Engineering, is currently working on the development of calcium phosphate-based biomaterials.
