POB seminar: “In-situ photopolymerized and monitored spinal and brain implant”
Event details
| Date | 08.02.2017 |
| Hour | 18:00 |
| Speaker | Andreas Schmocker |
| Location |
CM 1100
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
We are pleased to announce and cordially invite you to our monthly EPFL Photonics Chapter (EPC) 'Pizza-optics-beer' (POB) seminar. This month we will have the pleasure to host Andreas Schmocker who will give us some insights in his field of expertise.
His presentation is entitled:
“In-situ photopolymerized and monitored spinal and brain implant”.
Andreas and us, we would be happy to see you there!
For organizational purposes (if you want to eat pizza!), please confirm your participation using the following Doodle. Abstract: Currently implants or tissue replacements are inserted either as a whole implant or by injecting a liquid which polymerizes to form a solid implant at the appropriate location. This is either highly invasive or not controllable. We developed a tool to perform such surgeries in a minimally invasive and controllable way. It combines photopolymerization and fluorescence spectroscopy in a surgical apparatus. The device was successfully tested in-vitro to replace the core of intervertebral discs where it fulfilled the functionality of the tissue over more than 0.5 million loading cycles. Here we report on results to replace brain tissue.
For organizational purposes (if you want to eat pizza!), please confirm your participation using the following Doodle. Abstract: Currently implants or tissue replacements are inserted either as a whole implant or by injecting a liquid which polymerizes to form a solid implant at the appropriate location. This is either highly invasive or not controllable. We developed a tool to perform such surgeries in a minimally invasive and controllable way. It combines photopolymerization and fluorescence spectroscopy in a surgical apparatus. The device was successfully tested in-vitro to replace the core of intervertebral discs where it fulfilled the functionality of the tissue over more than 0.5 million loading cycles. Here we report on results to replace brain tissue.
Practical information
- General public
- Registration required