Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) - Neuroprosthetics Group

Development of neuroprosthetics

The Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) is one of the four institutes of the Life Science Alliance of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and was founded in 1987. The Institute operates in the areas of biomedical and medical engineering, laser medicine, biotechnology, health telematics, environmental control systems, laboratory development, cryo technology, material testing, etc. as well as in industrial process automation and in-line/on-line process control, especially for food, chemical and pharmaceutical industry.

Günter Fuhr, Prof. Dr., Director
B. Walter, Administration & Controlling

Christian Ege, Dr.
Emmeran Gams, Prof. Dr.
Karsten Henco, Dr.
Hartmut Juhl, Prof. Dr.
Erwin Klar, Dr.
Volker Linneweber, Prof. Dr.
Michael Menger, Prof. Dr.
Otmar Peter Schön
Harald Stallforth, Dr.
Ekkehard Warmuth, Dr.

Ensheimer Strasse 48
66386 St. Ingbert
Germany
Phone: +49-6894-980-0
Fax: +49-6894-980-400

The Neuroprosthetics Group of the IBMT is spescialised in the development of substitutes for the nervous system used for implantation after traumatisation and neural disorders. The micro-system technology allows the group to produce ultralight and flexible microimplants made of biocompatible materials to interface nerves. The development of flexible electrodes e.g. for a retina implant and for innovative electrodes for large peripheral nerves (EU-ESPRIT Projekt GRIP) was awarded with national (Saarland State Science Award) and international (Lojze Vodovnik Student Award, IFESS 2000) prizes.

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