Intelligent implants: Clinical research & Approval
Chairs:
Johannes Dehm (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies, Germany), Cord Schlötelburg (VDE Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies & German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) within VDE, Germany)
Programme:
Date: Tuesday, 18-09-2012, 09:30 - 11:00 h, Room HS2, Uni Jena
09:30 The technology navigator for intelligent implants – Yellow pages for developers
Klaus-Peter Hoffmann (Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering & IBMT, Germany)
10:00 Clinical trials with intelligent implants
Xina Graehlert (Technical University of Dresden, Germany)
10:30 Approval of intelligent implants
Hartmut Ritscher, TÜV Product Service Gmbh, München
BMBF accompanying research on intelligent implants:
The German Society for Biomedical Engineering (DGBMT) within VDE coordinates the BMBF sponsored accompanying research project "Intelligent Implants", the purpose of which is to overcome obstacles to innovation on this subject faced by the 12 joint projects sponsored by the BMBF.
Intelligent implants are highly complex systems made up of sensors, actuators and signal processing. They have already become an indispensable part of modern therapy and are among the most demanding medical products at all. The funding measure comprises eight application-oriented cooperative projects coordinated by medical technology companies. In addition, four scientific projects are funded where central issues are examined in the development and enhancement of key components for implants.
The DGBMT has published two position papers on "bioimplants" and "theranostic implants". The position papers contain a comprehensive discussion of the state of the art, identify the need for faster translation into clinical application and give recommendations for action in order to improve the framework conditions for innovation.
Medical implants are a main topic at the "BMT" annual conferences of the DGBMT with a multitude of scientific papers.