Healthcare technologies

What if you could see the ultrasound image of your unborn baby on your cell phone or photograph a suspicious-looking mole and get a diagnosis immediately, without an appointment? Today’s healthcare is moving toward these kinds of personalised solutions. The results are seen as breakthroughs in preventive healthcare, predictive diagnostics and care, as well as healthcare process optimisation. 

VTT researches sensors, systems and algorithms to increase human health and well-being. We help customers develop new technologies and service concepts for health technologies with top-level research and science-based results. Together, we want to give a contribution to affordable and high-quality care through technology and innovation.  

The data can be a physical signal from a human, such as temperature or heart rate, or chemical trace in a body fluid or even observations from one’s daily rhythm or living environment. Already now, ECG measurement integrated in your wristwatch can help you in not just following your training level, but also in detecting possible heart arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. Sensors under the mattress help you improve your sleep and identify sleep apneas. Intelligent algorithms can care for the older adults by unobtrusively observing their daily life to detecting possible risk of falls or cognitive problems.  

We have one of the largest R&D programs for optical, electrical, biological and molecular sensing solutions in Europe.  We combine expertise in optical engineering, instrumentation and measurement science with deep application knowledge to solve challenging technical problems. VTT has special expertise in combining data from different data sources, such as clinical data bases, national registers and biobanks.  

The result is effective new products and solutions for health and wellness monitoring.

• Wearable technology innovations can revolutionise patient monitoring and recovery
• Brain stimulation revolutionises the medical treatment of clinical depression and chronic pain
• Sensor placed under a mattress identifies sleep apnoea symptoms

Publications

• New pressure sensing elements for FFR coronary catheter
• Integration of a capacitive pressure sensing system into the outer catheter wall for coronary artery FFR measurements
• New MEMS pressure sensor element and concept for coronary catheter
• Ultrathin MEMS pressure sensor and readout ASIC
• Biocompatible ALD barrier coatings for medical devices