In the service of health
Medical technology is technology for people. At the interface between engineering and medicine, it helps to prevent diseases or recognise them in good time (diagnosis), cure them or alleviate them (therapy). And it helps sick people to get well again (rehabilitation).
Medical technology is also at the forefront of high-tech innovation. In this issue of Technoscope, we take a look at how a snowboarder is helped, what advantages virtual reality offers conventional therapies and what technology is used in an intensive care unit.
Find out more in the current complete issue (in German)
Further interesting links:
Virtual operating theatre training and research into augmented reality during surgery
The video shows a BID patient (Body Integrity Disphoria) taking part in Jasmine Ho's study
Video about virtual surgery training and research on augmented reality during surgery
Swiss Society for Intensive Care Medicine, list of devices
Specialist in intensive care medicine
Ester Elices
Christine D’Anna-Huber, Alexandra Rosakis
