Prof Lord Bhattacharyya
Chairman, WMG
TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE
Why Healthcare?
• WMG expertise in
manufacturing..
– Personal experience as
patient
– As engineer
• The body as machine
• health as a system
Unicondylar knee femur
– The body: most complex
and exciting machine
imaginable!
Robotic guidance arm
The collaboration challenge
• Every technology can relate
to healthcare
• As technical ability grows, so
does impact of collaboration
3D model of Aortic valve
Astronomy – or tumour sample!
Aortic Valves
Tal Golesworthy:
“huge advances can be made in a
very short time period, on very little
money”
Using astronomy software to identify
tumours from samples.
Collaboration through structures
• Removing barriers:
– By subject:
• Crick Institute
• medics to data analysts
– By nation:
• Biopolis: Neuroscience:
• Singapore to Coventry
Crick Institute, London
– By funding: public/private
• From blue sky to applied
• University to business
Biopolis, Singapore
Institute of Digital Healthcare
World class facility
Brain- Computer interfaces
Multi-disciplinary
Beyond Treatment: Capability
Technology
innovation can
also be used to to
increase skills,
training, capability
UCH Simulation Centre,
London
Vitual surgeries,
simulation centres,
Haptics, robotics,
complex models.
Virtual Surgery, WMG
Beyond Treatment:
Processes & Systems
Innovation in systems through
Technology
– Process improvements
Iward service robots, WMG
• 'iWard' Robot swarm
• Patient stay management
– Design impovements:
• Buildings
• Prescibing alerts
• Designs for high
error/stress moments
Imperial College: Healthcare design
engineering project.
Beyond Treatment:
Designing in Safety
Health technology
starts before
treatment
Driver Alert system, Ford Focus
From telehealth to
accident avoidance.
Role in adapting
current technology to
improve safety Driver Alerts.
Also, designing out
health risks in
innovation – electric
ELVIN – simulated noise in electric
vehicles
Prof Lord Bhattacharyya
Chairman, WMG
TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION IN HEALTHCARE