On-site test system from Freiburg
Simple usage as well as fast and reliable results - this is what on-site test systems provide wherever a test result is needed within the shortest possible time, whether in a doctor's office, hospital, senior living facilities and nursing homes or in testing centres. The research and development service provider Hahn-Schickard and the medical technology spin-off Spindiag, which was founded in 2016, are reacting to the current bottleneck in the supply of rapid tests. Together, they are establishing a corona rapid test on their diagnostics platform, which is to be available on the market by summer 2020 at the latest. The state of Baden-Württemberg is funding this development with 6 million euros. "This project shows that our companies and research institutions in the state are able to produce highly innovative solutions for the containment of the corona pandemic in a very short time," said Minister of Economic Affairs Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut.
Read here the complete news from Hahn-Schickard, Spindiag and the Ministry of Economics, Labour and Housing (in German).
Ventilator for COVID-19 patients in record time
Mobile standard devices for ventilation in medical practices do not meet the requirements for intensive care units. Within only two weeks, a group of Pforzheim students, engineers and physicians developed an additional device with which simple ventilators can be upgraded in order to counteract a bottleneck in intensive care ventilators. The prototype of the team of mechanical engineers, programmers, medical engineers and intensive care physicians is currently being submitted to the German Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). If the approval is granted, around 200 ventilators could be available within four weeks.
Read here the complete announcements (in German) of the student design office FF Maschinen GmbH as well as the involved companies SOGA Gallenbach GmbH and NAST Automation UG (haftungsbeschränkt).
