Innovative Health Technology Park (PAsTISs)

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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 Biology
Keywords Biorobotics Technological applications for health
Home partner institution (POLITO) Polytechnic University of Turin
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Technical staff available Yes
Open to external users Yes
Equipment
  • 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.