ICT for Health

Kieran Drain

CEO, Tyndall National Institute

Vision:

To be the Premier Information and Communications

Technology research institute worldwide….

in generating Economic Impact through Excellence

in Research

National Institute for ICT Research and Development

ICT Impacting Multiple Sectors in the Economy

HEALTHCARE:Longer, healthy lives

COMMUNICATIONS: Efficient reliable

FOOD, AGRI, MARINE &ENVIRONMENTSustainable

ENERGY:Protected, safe, secure

Deploying ICT solutions to challenges in Healthcare

is a priority focus area in the Tyndall strategic plan

ICT for Health at Tyndall

Tyndall will deliver new opportunities for Ireland’

economic growth creating impact from excellent research,

systems development and graduate training, delivering disruptive ICT solutions

& highly trained people to meet challenges

in the HEALTH, Medical Devices and Life Sciences’ sector.

Impact from Excellence in ICT for Health

Impact from ICT for Health

The Medtech sector

25,000 employees

8bn exports

– Nano– Technology

– Photonic Integration

– Smart Systems

Smart Technology

platforms and products

Diagnostics | Therapeutics |

Surgical Innovation

• Improved patient care• Innovative deployable solutions

 Clinicians Businesses

+

ABC Ecosystem

Tyndall Academic partners

Clinical Partners

BusinessPartners

We Collaborate with global medtech companies, world leading Clinicians & leading scientists.

ABC EcosystemAcademic,

Business, Clinical)

Tyndall Healthcare Solutions

Using ICT to create highly value-added products and services

Application Opportunities: ICT for Health

– Neuromo-– dulation

– Diagnostics

– Minimally Invasive

– Wearable Connected

Industry

Academia

Core Competence Example: Photonics Integration

• Impact: Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC)

Biomedical

– Minimally invasive medical procedures

– Miniaturised point-of-care diagnostic systems

• Requires innovation at Material, Device, Module and System levels to deliver Prototypes for evaluation

Communications

– Interconnect ‘bottleneck’

– Fibre capacity exhaust and energy consumption

Guidewire

Fermoral artery

Application examplePhotonics Sensor on a Guidewire

• Blood Flow Analyser• optical fibre in

guidewire• maintain guidewire

diameter• maintain guidewire

flexibility

Optical fibre source

Exhibition Fibre Sensor Demonstrator

340 mm guidewireswith integrated optical fibre

Guidewire

September 13 –17, 2014 Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC

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