Innovative Health Technology Park (PAsTISs)
The PAsTISs research infrastructure is an inter-university centre for the development of innovative technologies for health and well-being. The macro-themes currently addressed are: human-machine interface, diagnostic and therapeutic devices for oncology, ageing and frailty, regenerative and tissue engineering, organic/inorganic interaction at the nanoscale, Advanced imaging, orthopaedic, cardiovascular and dental engineering, prosthetics, implants, fracture synthesis, cryoablation probes, biorobotics and computer-assisted surgery, computational drug design, production of medical devices by additive manufacturing.
Other body involved in the infrastructure: University of Turin.
Scientific domain
PE7: Systems and Communication Engineering PE8: Products and Processes Engineering PE6: Computer Science and Informatics LS5: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System LS1: Molecules of Life: Biological Mechanisms Structures and Functions LS2: Integrative Biology: from Genes and Genomes to Systems LS4: Physiology in Health Disease and Ageing LS3: Cellular Developmental and Regenerative BiologyKeywords
Biorobotics Technological applications for healthHome partner institution
(POLITO) Polytechnic University of TurinWebsite
Technical staff available
YesOpen to external users
YesEquipment
- Multi-axial testing machines (planar, axial and torsional) and Nanoindenters for hard and soft tissue
- Coronary and aortic flow simulators
- Electron and optical microscopy systems for biological applications
- Cell culture laboratory
- Multi-modal amplification system for biosignals
- Verasonics Ultrasound System (128 element linear array transducer, central frequency = 8MHz)
Description
The PAsTISs research infrastructure is an inter-university centre for the development of innovative technologies for health and well-being. The macro-themes currently addressed are: human-machine interface, diagnostic and therapeutic devices for oncology, ageing and frailty, regenerative and tissue engineering, organic/inorganic interaction at the nanoscale, Advanced imaging, orthopaedic, cardiovascular and dental engineering, prosthetics, implants, fracture synthesis, cryoablation probes, biorobotics and computer-assisted surgery, computational drug design, production of medical devices by additive manufacturing.
Other body involved in the infrastructure: University of Turin.