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MedTech partnership unites research and technology to shape the future of patient care 


A new strategic partnership between the University of Southern Denmark, the Region of Southern Denmark and Odense Municipality will provide the framework for future technological healthcare solutions for patients throughout Denmark. 


MedTech Denmark will become a hub for research, development and implementation of new healthcare technologies. Bringing together researchers from SDU, healthcare professionals from Odense University Hospital (OUH) and companies from the medtech sector creates a unique environment where ideas can be exchanged and technologies can be developed and tested in close collaboration. The aim is to ensure that new, proven health technology solutions can be quickly implemented and scaled widely across the healthcare system, which will both improve patient care and free up labour for the most important tasks. 




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MedTech

Health technology can help save our healthcare system

The healthcare system is facing challenges, but if we pool our resources across disciplines, and if all perspectives are brought into play, new possibilities for meeting the challenges will arise. When engineers, clinicians, researchers and private actors work closely together, we can develop health technology that not only helps healthcare professionals but also improves patient treatment and creates a more robust and efficient healthcare system.

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Connected in Health

For the benefit of the individual and the society as a whole

Odense University Hospital (OUH) and the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) will physically move together on Campus Odense in the near future. It creates a unique foundation for strengthening interdisciplinary research, education and innovation in the health field.

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Read more about the MedTech research at SDU

Robotics

11.11.2024

Robot-transported parcel locker makes it easy for patients and carers to collect medical equipment at OUH

Previously, it could take patients from the H. C. Andersen Children's Hospital and the Department of Cardiology at Odense University Hospital (OUH) up to 30 minutes to collect medical equipment for their treatment programme. As a rule, the equipment had to be collected during outpatient clinic opening hours between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

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Robotics

04.11.2024

Researchers will use robotics and AI in cancer treatment

Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), in collaboration with European partners, are working on using robotics and AI to diagnose and treat various cancers, with a solution expected ready in just a few years.

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Diagnostics

24.10.2024

Electronic nose to detect diseases with a single breath

New research from the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg could change how we diagnose diseases. Researchers are developing an electronic nose capable of identifying conditions like diabetes and COVID-19 through simple breath analysis in just a few seconds.

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Biophotonics

09.09.2024

New technology could revolutionise treatment of osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries

Researchers from King's College London, the University of Southern Denmark, and Boston University have further developed a laser imaging technology that, for the first time ever, allows for holistic deep imaging of living tissue without damaging it. The study has just been published in Nature Communications.

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Funding

12.01.2024

Research Project Aims to Enhance Treatment for Individuals with Chronic Eye Diseases

The VELUX FOUNDATIONS has recently granted 11 million Danish kroner to Professor Jakob Grauslund from the University of Southern Denmark. He will lead a national project with the aim of providing enhanced and more precise follow-up for patients with chronic eye diseases.

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Grant

13.12.2023

SDU researchers lead the largest Danish EU project on cancer research

With 60 million Danish kroner in funding, an international team of researchers led by Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt aims to find the best way to scan so that breast cancer patients can live longer.

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Research

05.12.2023

The latest addition to the rheumatologists' team is named Arthur

Even though Arthur entered through the main entrance like any other employee on his first day at work, he is no ordinary staff member. He is, in fact, a robot. But the question arises: What role does a robot play in a rheumatology hospital?

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Healthcare robots

22.09.2023

SDU Researchers to Develop Robots to Assist Nurses

There is an urgent shortage of nurses in several parts of Europe, and a new project led by the University of Southern Denmark aims to address this issue. The eight partners, in total, have received a grant of over 12 million to build and test a range of new hospital robots. These robots are intended to take over some of the mundane tasks currently performed by healthcare professionals, allowing them to dedicate more time to patient care and treatment.

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Sundhedsrobotter

20.12.2022

Ny robot firdobler næsten antallet af afsprittede hænder

En ny modulær robot til sygehuse udviklet på SDU har vist sig at være rigtig god til at få folk til at spritte deres hænder. Derudover kan den potentielt set også bruges som vejviser, rengøringsassistent og informationsstander.

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Better treatment

27.09.2022

New artificial blood vessel to prevent occlusion and infection

Researchers from SDU and Odense University Hospital aim to develop a revolutionary artificial blood vessel. The EU has backed the project with a budget of DKK 40 million.

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Sundhedsrobotter

17.06.2022

Millioner til at teste robotteknologi som ny genoptræningsform

Med en bevilling på 6.1 millioner kroner fra A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal starter Dansk Handicap Forbund et formelt samarbejde med Syddansk Universitet (SDU) om at teste effekten af en nyskabende genoptræningsform, som SDU’s forskning i træningsrobotter har skabt.

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Health technology

08.04.2022

Artificial intelligence can help detect life-threatening liver disease

Every year, two million people die globally - in Denmark, five percent of all Danes have significant liver fibrosis, often discovered too late. SDU and OUH are behind a new AI-model, where technology reveals the disease much earlier.

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Hjerte-karsygdomme

23.03.2022

Unik dansk hjemmetest skal nedsætte risikoen for hjerte-karsygdom

I et nyt forskningsprojekt, som Innovationsfonden netop har investeret knap 20 mio. kr. i, vil forskere fra Syddansk Universitet og Odense Universitetshospital udvikle en hjemmetest til individuel beregning af risiko for hjertekarsygdom. Testen har potentiale til at reducere dødeligheden af hjertekarsygdom med 20-25 procent.

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Coronavirus Test

27.05.2020

Robot swabs patients’ throats for Covid-19

Robotics researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have developed the world’s first fully automatic robot capable of carrying out throat swabs for Covid-19, so that healthcare professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection. The prototype has successfully performed throat swabs on several people. The scientists behind are cheering: The technology works!

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