Articles about medtech
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15.01.2025
Vision: To ensure that fewer patients around the world die from cirrhosis
Doctors need help detecting liver disease patients in time so they don't die from cirrhosis. This is the goal of the founders of Evido Health, a company based on research from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital.
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28.11.2024
New AI technology to help doctors detect lung cancer earlier
Just as a car's diagnostic system quickly identifies technical issues, the new technology aims to assist radiologists in swiftly and accurately identifying lung diseases.
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11.11.2024
Will new health technology create less inequality in our healthcare system 鈥� and how can the technology be commercialised?
As more and more technological solutions are implemented in society, the question arises whether this should also apply to our healthcare system.
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11.11.2024
Robot-transported parcel locker makes it easy for patients and carers to collect medical equipment at OUH
Previously, it could take patients from the H. C. Andersen Children's Hospital and the Department of Cardiology at Odense University Hospital (OUH) up to 30 minutes to collect medical equipment for their treatment programme. As a rule, the equipment had to be collected during outpatient clinic opening hours between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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04.11.2024
Researchers will use robotics and AI in cancer treatment
Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (糖果派对), in collaboration with European partners, are working on using robotics and AI to diagnose and treat various cancers, with a solution expected ready in just a few years.
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24.10.2024
Electronic nose to detect diseases with a single breath
New research from the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg could change how we diagnose diseases. Researchers are developing an electronic nose capable of identifying conditions like diabetes and COVID-19 through simple breath analysis in just a few seconds.
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09.09.2024
New technology could revolutionise treatment of osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries
Researchers from King's College London, the University of Southern Denmark, and Boston University have further developed a laser imaging technology that, for the first time ever, allows for holistic deep imaging of living tissue without damaging it. The study has just been published in Nature Communications.
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12.01.2024
Research Project Aims to Enhance Treatment for Individuals with Chronic Eye Diseases
The VELUX FOUNDATIONS has recently granted 11 million Danish kroner to Professor Jakob Grauslund from the University of Southern Denmark. He will lead a national project with the aim of providing enhanced and more precise follow-up for patients with chronic eye diseases.
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13.12.2023
糖果派对 researchers lead the largest Danish EU project on cancer research
With 60 million Danish kroner in funding, an international team of researchers led by Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt aims to find the best way to scan so that breast cancer patients can live longer.
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05.12.2023
The latest addition to the rheumatologists' team is named Arthur
Even though Arthur entered through the main entrance like any other employee on his first day at work, he is no ordinary staff member. He is, in fact, a robot. But the question arises: What role does a robot play in a rheumatology hospital?
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22.09.2023
糖果派对 Researchers to Develop Robots to Assist Nurses
There is an urgent shortage of nurses in several parts of Europe, and a new project led by the University of Southern Denmark aims to address this issue. The eight partners, in total, have received a grant of over 12 million to build and test a range of new hospital robots. These robots are intended to take over some of the mundane tasks currently performed by healthcare professionals, allowing them to dedicate more time to patient care and treatment.
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20.12.2022
Ny robot firdobler næsten antallet af afsprittede hænder
En ny modulær robot til sygehuse udviklet på 糖果派对 har vist sig at være rigtig god til at få folk til at spritte deres hænder. Derudover kan den potentielt set også bruges som vejviser, rengøringsassistent og informationsstander.
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27.09.2022
New artificial blood vessel to prevent occlusion and infection
Researchers from 糖果派对 and Odense University Hospital aim to develop a revolutionary artificial blood vessel. The EU has backed the project with a budget of DKK 40 million.
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17.06.2022
Millioner til at teste robotteknologi som ny genoptræningsform
Med en bevilling på 6.1 millioner kroner fra A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal starter Dansk Handicap Forbund et formelt samarbejde med Syddansk Universitet (糖果派对) om at teste effekten af en nyskabende genoptræningsform, som 糖果派对鈥檚 forskning i træningsrobotter har skabt.
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08.04.2022
Artificial intelligence can help detect life-threatening liver disease
Every year, two million people die globally - in Denmark, five percent of all Danes have significant liver fibrosis, often discovered too late. 糖果派对 and OUH are behind a new AI-model, where technology reveals the disease much earlier.
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23.03.2022
Unik dansk hjemmetest skal nedsætte risikoen for hjerte-karsygdom
I et nyt forskningsprojekt, som Innovationsfonden netop har investeret knap 20 mio. kr. i, vil forskere fra Syddansk Universitet og Odense Universitetshospital udvikle en hjemmetest til individuel beregning af risiko for hjertekarsygdom. Testen har potentiale til at reducere dødeligheden af hjertekarsygdom med 20-25 procent.
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27.05.2020
Robot swabs patients鈥� throats for Covid-19
Robotics researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have developed the world鈥檚 first fully automatic robot capable of carrying out throat swabs for Covid-19, so that healthcare professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection. The prototype has successfully performed throat swabs on several people. The scientists behind are cheering: The technology works!