Medical Assistance Systems

Advances in medicine mean that previously incurable diseases can now be treated, the clinical results of existing therapies can be improved, and procedures themselves can be accelerated.

This places high demands on medical staff: more and more has to be achieved in less and less time. However, as the “Health Technologies and Processes” research area, we are convinced that modern technologies can provide crucial support to clinical staff in meeting these conflicting demands. The central question we ask ourselves is therefore: “What will the tools used by doctors look like in the future?”

Advances in minimally invasive techniques and the further development of imaging modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are already enabling better treatment of strokes, heart attacks, and cancer. With our strong expertise in digital technologies (machine intelligence, modeling & simulation, 5G communication standard, CAD design, and 3D printing) and experience in clinical workflow and regulatory affairs, we are able to develop targeted solutions. These range from mechanical design and circuit development to control algorithms for intervention and therapy systems. Examples include systems that make particularly difficult tasks easier for doctors or take them off their hands entirely, such as the “human-machine team in the operating room,” the autonomous catheter manipulator STACIE, and the robotic intervention assistant guidoo.