Projects

Medical diagnostics goes micro and smart (Micro and smart automation technologies for the development of point-of-care diagnostic and testing devices)

The project focuses on Flemish companies that wish to develop diagnostic point-of-care test equipment using micro production techniques and smart automation technology. It concerns companies from the biomedical sector, the injection molding sector and the mechatronics sector.

The primary goal is to document the long-term medical risks and the development of critically ill children who have been treated in a pediatric intensive care unit and the relationship with exposure to softeners in plastics, phthalates, originating from invasive medical material that is routinely used in the intensive care department.

ORE–MD will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators, to achieve an appropriate balance between innovation, safety, and effectiveness. A unique collaboration between medical associations, regulatory agencies, notified bodies, academic institutions, patients’ groups, and health technology assessment agencies, will systematically review ...

According to ECDC, over 4 million healthcare-associated infections in the EU cause 37,000 deaths and cost EUR
7 billion/year. Half of them are related to medical devices (i.e., catheters, implants) and 80% of these are related to
bacterial biofilms. A recent EC report highlighted the medical device sector’s role in driving EU economic growth,
employing 500k people in 25k companies (80% are SMEs) with annual sales of EUR 85 ...

According to ECDC,over 4 million healthcare-associated infections in the EU cause 37.000 deaths and cost EUR 7 billion/year. Half of them are related to medical devices (i.e., catheters, implants) and 80% of these are related to bacterial biofilms. A recent EC report highlighted the medical device sector's role iin dirving EU economic growth, employing 500K people in 25K companies (80% are SMEs) with annual sales of EUR 85 billion. The ...

This thesis deals with the security and privacy of implantable medical devices (IMD). Specifically, we analyse the security of widely used IMDs, and propose practical and effective countermeasures to address the security issues we have identified.

We first propose a protocol that allows an IMD to establish an end-to-end secure channel with a hospital while preserving the patient's privacy. This enables remote ...

Accelerated digitalisation in health sector brings opportunities for cost-effective and efficient delivery of personalised care, through medical devices (including software) connected to IT networks and increasingly combined with novel technologies (AI, cloud computing, blockchain or 5G networks) and simultaneously Europe is witnessing an increase in the complexity and sophistication of attacks threatening such critical infrastructure. ...

Medical devices are rapidly transforming. Increasing connectivity and integration with commercial devices such as smartphones and tablets create exciting opportunities for remote monitoring and innovative health-related use cases. At the same time, health apps and fitness trackers are booming, making personal health data more accessible than ever. But with opportunity comes risk: a single security breach in any of these ...