Laser and Photonics Applications EPIC TechWatch: Recording of the live stream of the virtual COMPAMED

In the medical market, the photonics industry is seeing new product launches that have specific requirements for health applications. Europe is a source of both application markets and innovative technologies. The session on laser and photonic applications, organized and carried out in cooperation with EPIC, shows examples from developers of photonic medical devices and their supply chains.

The technical use of light - photonics for short - is considered a key technology that enables countless applications in the industrial and private sectors.  For example, the Internet is based on fiber-optically transmitted data that orbits the earth at the speed of light; displays, cameras and sensors of smartphones are the interfaces to our human senses; and doctors can perform precise diagnoses and therapies that are efficient and gentle thanks to optical systems. Lasertechnology is one key enabling technology that allows the development of new tools in the medical sector related to faster diagnostic and improved process manufacturing. 

Laser and photonics applications for the medical market 

At the virtual COMPAMED 2020, a whole virtual expert meeting session was dedicated to this topic. The recording is still available on YouTube. A total of seven presentations were devoted to innovations in laser and photonics sector. 

In this session, latest developments in medical lasers were presented. Also, the European capabilities for the manufacturing of large-volume optical modules for the medical industry have been discussed.

Below you will find the time schedule when which presentation will be shown in the video. 

• Session Chair: Dr. Francesca Moglia, EPIC - European Photonics Industry Consortium, Paris, FR
• 5:50 MedPhab - Europe’s First Photonics Pilot Line for Medical Applications, Ralph Liedert, VTT (MEDPHAB) - Technical Research Center of Finland, Oulu, FI
• 23:29 Medical Photonic Technologies to Embrace a Better Life, Prof. Dr. Fokko Pieter Wieringa, imec - Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre, Eindhoven, NL
• 39:59 Making the Invisible Visible: An New Real-Time Imaging Method Beyond the Diffraction Limit for the Life Sciences, Dr. Dominic Zerulla, PEARlabs, Dublin, IE
• 1:00:58 Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring for Diabetics Based on IR Quantum Cascade Lasers and Photothermal Detection, Prof. Dr. Werner Mäntele, DiaMonTech, Berlin, DE
• 1:21:51 Using of Photoacoustic Imaging Solutions in Early Stage Breast Cancer Detection, Aldas Juronis, EKSPLA, Vilnius, LT
• 1:41:44 FISBA READYBeam™ the Compact Multi-Color Laser Source, Christoph Schnell, FISBA AG, St. Gallen, CH
• 2:04:14 Precision Positioning – a Key Technology from Genome Sequencing to Digital Slide Pathology, Dr. Thomas Bocher, Physik Instrumente (PI) GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe, DE

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