New institute recorded at COPICOH

The Institute for Electrical Engineering in Medicine (IME) was officially inaugurated on 25 November 2015 at the Dräger factory premises in Moislinger Allee.
The cooperation between the University of Lübeck and Dräger follows the current trend towards closer cooperation between clinics, research and industry with the goal of developing innovative medical technology.
 
The main research areas of IME are in the field of medical technology and biosignal processing. For this purpose, novel methods of machine learning and control technology are being developed and used for decision-making in assistance systems and physiological control circuits.
Devices that offer these functions and capabilities can constantly adapt to changes and regulate themselves accordingly. The future research results, for example, will find concrete application in the air conditioning of incubators, the improvement of long-term ventilation or the early weaning or also in the regulation of the dosage of medication to avoid incorrect dosages.
 
Research in medical electrical engineering currently focuses on four areas:
- Modularization of medical devices (hardware and software)
- Cyber-Physiological Systems
- Secure autonomous systems
- Ethics of innovative technologies

The IME strengthens the interdisciplinary competence of the institutions in COPICOH and also complements computer science, medicine and care sciences with engineering sciences.
 
Further information about medical electrical engineering:
www.ime.uni-luebeck.de/institute.html