Health Technologies

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«Being an engineer with a physical disability, I see things from both perspectives»

28.08.2023 In the past three months, PhD-student Diana Guimaraes from Porto, Portugal, has been an intern at the Laboratory for Rehabilitation Engineering at Bern University of Applied Sciences BFH. As an engineer...

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Award for the respiratory muscle trainer Idiag P100

01.02.2022 The respiratory muscle trainer Idiag P100 received the BODYMEDIA Innovation Days 2021 “Best Product” award. Researchers at the Institute for Human Centered Engineering HuCE at Bern University of Applied...

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Fewer misplacements during implantation of pacemaker electrodes

27.01.2022 About 30 percent of pacemaker implantations result in electrode misplacement. This is due to current imaging technologies, which can only show the position of the electrodes in 2D during surgery. The...

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Presence in sitem-insel

14.12.2021 Bern University of Applied Sciences has recently established a presence within sitem-insel, the Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine.

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Wearable Technologies for Sports

02.11.2021 Wearable technologies are changing the way how we experience and practice sports. In elite sports, where the line between winning and losing is very thin, technology can make the all-important difference....

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New freedom through movement – innovations for people with spinal cord injury

06.10.2021 Moving freely in the city and in nature, doing sports and being in control of one’s own body: not a matter of course for people with paraplegia. Yet rehabilitation research does not stand still. At the 47th...

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SIPBB: inauguration of the new premises and laboratories

23.08.2021 Grand opening: Monday 23 August 2021 marked the opening of Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne SIPBB. The new BFH premises and laboratories were inaugurated on the same occasion. The cooperation between...

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Retrospect | Data Management in Research and Development

08.03.2021 The first event of the newly launched BFH Centre Health Technologies on 2 March 2021 focused on data management in research and development. After a keynote lecture by Sven Trelle from the University of...

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Coronavirus: Research operations at BFH

06.04.2020 BFH has adjusted its research operations to comply with the official measures adopted to contain SARS-CoV-2. All research and consulting activities are carried out in accordance with the hygiene and...

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Retrospect | Data Management in Research and Development

08.03.2021 The first event of the newly launched BFH Centre Health Technologies on 2 March 2021 focused on data management in research and development. After a keynote lecture by Sven Trelle from the University of...