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Nano scale materials and sensors and
microsystems for medical implants improving health
and quality of life
Action Line: Micro and nano-systems
Project URL:
http://www.healthyaims.org
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Coordinator |
Contact Person:
Name: HODGINS, Diana
Tel: +44-1438-822822
Fax: +44-1438-822811 |
Organisation:
EUROPEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSINESS LIMITED
PROSPERO HOUSE, 46-48 ROTHESAY ROAD
LU1 1QZ LUTON
UNITED KINGDOM
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In this project key microsystem
technologies and communication methods will be
developed that bring intelligence directly to the
human, in the form of medical implants and
ambulatory measurement systems, and also enable
information from these devices to be transmitted out
into the wider environment. The microsystem
technologies to be developed can be applied to any
generic Ambient Intelligent system comprising
sensors, actuators, an intelligent processor and a
wiring loom. The medical applications have been
chosen for 2 reasons. Firstly, they will progress
the existing State of the Art in Microsystems in
terms of size, reliability, and power constraints
far more than many other application sectors. In
addition, there will be a direct positive impact
into the health of EU citizens. The overall
objective is to develop the technologies that go to
make up a microsystem, and then produce specific
medical devices to exploit these technologies.
The 4 year project, with 27 partners, is structured
with the focus on the microsystem technology
development, most of which does not include silicon.
This is seen as crucial if complete microsystems are
to be realised in the coming few years. This project
includes participants from all of the disciplines
necessary to produce a complete generic microsystem.
The result will be a range of core technologies and
medical devices utilising these core technologies.
Intelligence will be given back to people where part
of their own internal system has failed. Quality of
life will be improved for millions of EU citizens
and the long term cost of treating people will
reduce significantly. The resulting final medical
products include cochlear and retina implants, nerve
stimulation, bladder control and pressure monitoring
systems. It is estimated from the available
statistics that around 50% of the western population
i.e. around 500 million citizens, will suffer from
at least one of the health problems targeted in this
project.
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Project details |
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Project Reference: 001837 |
Contract Type: Integrated
Project |
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Start Date: 2003-12-01 |
End Date: 2007-11-30 |
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Duration: 48 months |
Project Status: Execution |
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Project Cost: 24.58 million
euro |
Project Funding: 15.00
million euro |
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Participant Organization:
VDI/VDE TECHNOLOGIEZENTRUM
INFORMATIONSTECHNIK GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE |
Country: SWITZERLAND |
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Participant Organization:
INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM
VZW |
Country: BELGIUM |
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Participant Organization:
CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY
OF LONDON |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI |
Country: SPAIN |
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Participant Organization:
FINETECH MEDICAL LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
COCHLEAR EUROPE LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
SAFT |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
THE NEXUS ASSOCIATION |
Country: FRANCE |
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Participant Organization:
NORTH BRISTOL NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE TRUST |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
MEDIPLUS LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
IIP - TECHNOLOGIES GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
CAMPUS MICRO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
ASSUTA MEDICAL CENTERS LTD. |
Country: ISRAEL |
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Participant Organization:
THE SALISBURY HEALTH CARE NATIONAL HEALTH
SERVICE TRUST |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
ZARLINK SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
TWI LIMITED |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
HAHN-SCHICKARD-GESELLSCHAFT FUER ANGEWANDTE
FORSCHUNG E.V. |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
THE UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD |
Country: UNITED KINGDOM |
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Participant Organization:
INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ |
Country: POLAND |
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Participant Organization:
MICROTEC GESELLSCHAFT FUR MIKROTECHNOLOGIES
MBH |
Country: GERMANY |
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Participant Organization:
UNIVERSITAET WIEN |
Country: AUSTRIA |
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Participant Organization:
ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG |
Country: GERMANY |
RCN: 71191
Last updated: 2005-01-04 |
