ICT for
Health
Kieran Drain
CEO,
Tyndall National Institute
National Institute for ICT Research and Development
Vision:
To be the Premier
Information and
Communications Technology
research institute worldwide….
in generating Economic Impact
through Excellence in Research
ICT Impacting Multiple Sectors
in the Economy
Deploying ICT solutions to challenges in Healthcare
is a priority focus area in the Tyndall strategic plan
HEALTHCARE:
Longer, healthy lives
ENERGY:
Protected, safe, secure
COMMUNICATIONS:
Efficient reliable
FOOD, AGRI, MARINE &
ENVIRONMENT
Sustainable
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
Smart Technology
platforms and
products
Diagnostics | Therapeutics
| Surgical Innovation
Smart Systems
Photonic Integration
• Improved patient care
• Innovative deployable solutions
+
Clinicians
Businesses
ABC Ecosystem
We Collaborate with global
medtech companies,
world leading Clinicians &
leading scientists.
Tyndall
Academic partners
Tyndall
Healthcare
Solutions
Clinical
Partners
ABC Ecosystem
Academic,
Business,
Clinical)
Business
Partners
Application Opportunities: ICT for Health
Neuromodulation
Wearable
Connected
Diagnostics
Minimally
Invasive
Using ICT to create highly
value-added products and services
Core Competence Example:
Photonics Integration
• Impact: Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC)
Biomedical
–
–
Minimally invasive medical
procedures
Miniaturised point-of-care
diagnostic
systems
Communications
–
–
Interconnect ‘bottleneck’
Fibre capacity exhaust and
energy
consumption
• Requires innovation at Material, Device, Module and System
levels to deliver Prototypes for evaluation
Academia
Industry
Application example
Photonics Sensor on a Guidewire
• Blood Flow Analyser
• optical fibre in guidewire
• maintain guidewire diameter
• maintain guidewire flexibility
Fermoral artery
Guidewire
340 mm guidewires
with integrated
optical fibre
Optical fibre
source
Guide
wire
September 13 –17, 2014
Walter E. Washington Convention
Center, Washington, DC
Exhibition Fibre Sensor
Demonstrator
Acknowledgements