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SUMMARY:POB seminar: “In-situ photopolymerized and monitored spinal and 
 brain implant”
DTSTART:20170208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260428T085721Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Andreas Schmocker\nWe are pleased to announce and cordially in
 vite you to our monthly EPFL Photonics Chapter (EPC) 'Pizza-optics-beer' (
 POB) seminar. This month we will have the pleasure to host Andreas Schmock
 er  who will give us some insights in his field of expertise.\n\nHis pres
 entation is entitled:\n\n \n\n“In-situ photopolymerized and monitored s
 pinal and brain implant”.\n\n \n\nAndreas and us\, we would be happy to
  see you there!\nFor organizational purposes (if you want to eat pizza!)\,
  please confirm your participation using the following Doodle.\n\n \n\nAb
 stract:\n\nCurrently implants or tissue replacements are inserted either a
 s a whole implant or by injecting a liquid which polymerizes to form a sol
 id implant at the appropriate location. This is either highly invasive or 
 not controllable. We developed a tool to perform such surgeries in a minim
 ally invasive and controllable way. It combines photopolymerization and fl
 uorescence spectroscopy in a surgical apparatus. The device was successful
 ly tested in-vitro to replace the core of intervertebral discs where it fu
 lfilled the functionality of the tissue over more than 0.5 million loading
  cycles. Here we report on results to replace brain tissue.\n\n
LOCATION:CM 1100
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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