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URODEA among Venture Startup Competition Finalists

As a spinoff of the ARTORG Urogenital Engineering research group, URODEA has developed the world’s first non-invasive solution for urinary retention. The handheld technology could replace frequent self-catheterisations of patients to drain the bladder, avoiding urinary tract infections. URODEA is one of ten startups in the category Health & Nutrition to enter the Venture Startup Competition.
Grants & Awards UGE – Urogenital Engineering Biomechanics

01. May 2020

SurgeonsLab featured by Venture Kick

The ARTORG spinoff from the Image-guided Therapies group is one of four Swiss startups to win CHF 10'000 along with entrepreneurial support by Venture Kick. SurgeonsLab aims at improving patient-specific preoperative training for interventions of neurovascular pathologies. These microsurgical procedures are extremely delicate due to the very small structures operated on, and place high demands on the precision and skill of the surgeon.
Grants & Awards IGT – Image-Guided Therapy (former) Surgical Technologies

13. March 2020

Samuel Knobel elected BME Club President

The University of Bern BME Master Alumni Samuel Knobel has been appointed President of the Bern Biomedical Engineering Club in March 2020. As such, he leads all decisions of the Club's Executive Board, is the first contact for BME alumni events and liaises with medical technology companies. Samuel Knobel has studied medicine and worked as a doctor before moving to research. He is currently pursuing a PhD project on VR-based rehabilitation at the ARTORG Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group.
People GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Virtual & Augmented Reality

09. March 2020

Fully automated high-precision milling

From March 2020, the ARTORG Center can produce workpieces made of plastic, steel, aluminium and titanium fully automatically in a state-of-the-art machining centre for drilling and milling work. With the new 3.5-ton heavy milling machine, the Mechanical Design and Production workshop completes its modern instrument park to manufacture customized parts for biomedical research and technology development of the ARTORG and external research partners. The machine can produce highly complex surfaces with a positioning accuracy of 5 µm.
Research MDP – Mechanical Production Workshop

06. March 2020

ARTORG Center at the Spirit of Bern

Director Raphael Sznitman and Sebastian Wolf, Head of Ophthalmology at Inselspital, presented their joint research projects at the 2020 edition of The Spirit of Bern, dedicated to Innovation and Safety in Medicine. Wolf uses machine learning for the treatment of diabetic retinopathy patients: We can examine a large number of patients with relatively little effort, treat them better and maintain their vision for longer . The Inselspital and ARTORG group Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging will continue to investigate and testbed technology to improve patient eye care.
Events AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

28. February 2020

PeriVision wins Venture Kick entrepreneurial support

The ARTORG spinoff from the AI in Medical Imaging lab is among five Swiss startups to win CHF 10'000 along with advice from investors and business experts at Venture Kick. PeriVision's Glaucoma Monitoring System applies virtual reality and machine learning to facilitate access to visual field tests required for early detection and progression surveillance of the disease.
Grants & Awards AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

13. February 2020

BioAsia 2020 welcomes PeriVision amongst Swiss delegates

As part of the Indo-Swiss Healthtech Week 2020 by swissnex India, five Swiss startups will be showcasing their cutting-edge technologies at BioAsia 2020 India, the largest life sciences conference in India. Jan Stapelfeldt, representative of the ARTORG Center and co-founder of the ARTORG spinoff PeriVision, will be part of the Swiss delegation at the conference that starts on 17 February 2020. He will also be amongst the panelists on “Fueling Innovation in Medtech R&D” on 19 February 2020.
Events AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging Artificial Intelligence

12. February 2020

ARTORG celebrates its female scientists

These are just five of the amazing women that make research at the ARTORG Center so successful. On Women in Science Day, discover their research on Twitter under the Hashtag #ARTORG.
People AIHN – AI in Health and Nutrition AIMI – AI in Medical Imaging GER – Gerontechnology & Rehabilitation MLN – Motor Learning & Neurorehabilitation (former) OOC – Organs-on-Chip Technologies Artificial Intelligence In-Vitro & Organs-on-Chip Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering Virtual & Augmented Reality

11. February 2020

Juan Ansó starts SNSF mobility grant in San Francisco

Dr. Ansó has joined the ARTORG Center in 2017, heading the Neuromonitoring Lab over the past two years. To further advance his research focus in neurophysiology, functional neurosurgery and deep brain stimulation (DBS), he undertakes an Early Postdoc Mobility stay at the University of California in San Francisco in February 2020. As member of the team of Philip Starr, Juan Ansó will be developing new control methods for a closed-loop DBS in Parkinson patients, allowing for a more personalized symptom alleviation without adverse side effects.
Grants & Awards Research MLN – Motor Learning & Neurorehabilitation (former) Rehabilitation & Neural Engineering

30. January 2020