Check out the new episode of If we impact the future of… », the series of videos that questions the major future technological challenges, launched by 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, the Dassault Systèmes accelerator. In this episode hosted by tech journalist Marion Moreau and Frédéric Vacher, chief innovation officer at Dassault Systèmes, you’ll discover how technology can improve personalized patient care and make well-being the top priority.
More renowned for its projects in aeronautics orautomotivewith large customers such as Airbus, Boeing or You’re here, Dassault Systèmes would like to point out its involvement in the field of healthcare, thanks to recurring investments over the past 10 years. ” Most of the medical solutions you find in hospitals are designed with our solutions », informs us Frédéric Vacher, recalling in passing their role in the invention of vaccine against Covid-19, thanks in particular to their two clients, Moderna and BioNTech.
3D design and additive manufacturing for custom facial reconstruction
Lucid Implant is the first startup interviewed. They design, manufacture and market specific implants for facial reconstructions, intended, for example, for victims ofroad accidents or birth defects. While traditional implants treat patients indiscriminately and are mass-produced, “ Lucid Implant implants adapt to patients, not the other way around! explains Prashanth Ray, its CSO.
Traditional reconstructive procedures involve a standard implant (such as a mesh titanium), or one graft bony autologous on the patient’s body, the size and shape of which the surgeon deems most appropriate. These solutions lead to major problems, such as an increased risk ofhemorrhage or poor aesthetics. Lucid Implant addresses these issues and offers tailored medical solutions, from 3D pre-surgical simulation to custom implants for a perfect fit. Using the3d printing and additive manufacturing, Lucid Implant is able to custom manufacture these implants.
Thanks to the 3DExperience LAB, Lucid Implant employees were able to work from India on the cloud, in a collaborative way and have access to a lot of data from clinical tests.
Making life easier for diabetics through technology: PKvitality’s mission
PKvitality makes life easier for diabetics thanks to a smart watch which continuously monitors the patient’s glucose.
Blood glucose monitoring devices are needed every day for the 100 million diabetics serious around the world. But their choice is limited: between affordable but very painful blood glucose monitoring tools, and expensive and very stigmatizing continuous blood glucose monitoring devices, the solutions are far from perfect.
K’Watch, the continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system, developed by PKvitality, consists of two parts: K’apsul, a weekly patch that sticks to the skin, and the watch. The patch measures glucose levels from molecules of glucose present in the liquid interstitial that react with biochemicals on the microneedles. The watch interprets the signal returned by the patch, stores and displays the information, and can synchronize it with the cloud via a application. The solution is non-invasive since the patch is invisible. It is also more “green” and cheaper to produce, since there is no applicator and most of the electronic elements have been moved from the consumable (the patch) to the watch.
These two startups show us brilliantly that technology can be at the service of the noblest causes.
Article produced in partnership with Dassault Systèmes
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