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The Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS - UPC) is a multidisciplinary center engaged in research and innovation in areas such as biomedical engineering, computational graphics, biomaterials, biomechanics, instrumentation, robotics, vision, e-health, biostatistics, computational biology and image processing. Its mission is to develop innovative technologies to improve health and social well-being, fostering cross-cutting research and collaboration with research institutions, hospitals and global organizations. IRIS aspires to be recognized worldwide for its excellence in interdisciplinary research and innovation.
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Innovation; biomedical engineering; serious games; biomechanics; robotics; tissue engineering; bio informatics; biomedical signals; spinoffs; startups; rehabilitation; therapy; bio statistics; virtual reality; computational biology
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Technological capabilities
IRIS is engaged in the research and development of functional biomaterials for regenerative medicine and tissue engineering, as well as the design of assistive devices for people with reduced mobility.
It also works on improving the recovery of human autonomy through information technologies, the study of robotic surgery and multi-robot cooperation. In addition, it develops systems for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine and the creation of serious games for training and rehabilitation.
Cardiac and respiratory variability analyses are performed, as well as characterization of DNA sequences for diagnosing pathologies.
IRIS applies advanced computational graphics and virtual reality techniques for the presentation and interaction with biomedical models and remote sensing.
TOPTechnological fields
Biotechnology
Digital Health
Robots and cobots
Big Data + IA, IoT / Sensors
Relevant equipment
IRIS has a wide range of equipment for analysis and testing in biomedical engineering, such as contact angle, in-vitro cell behavior analysis, zeta potential analyzer, DSC (differential calorimetry), ion selective appliances, drug dissolution equipment, strain gauges, lyophilizer, mechanical and tensile testing machine, helium pycnometer, plasma reactor, NaturalPoint OptiTrack motion capture system, AMTI force plates, and X-ray generator and mammography, among others.
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