Curious what the future of healthcare actually looks like? Within the TechMed Event programme, the Experience Centre is where organisations bring their latest MedTech innovations to life. This is explicitly not a traditional exhibition floor; interaction is what defines it. Each space centres around one specific innovation, brought to life through a live demo, working prototype or hands-on experience, so you don't just hear about innovation; you see it, try it and experience it firsthand. Talk directly with the people behind the innovations and discover how research ideas are finding their way into real hospitals and care settings. More than a showcase, the Experience Centre is a meeting place for knowledge exchange and new collaborations, where science, technology and healthcare practice come together to help shape the hospital of the future.
A live demonstration of a robotic platform for controlled manipulation of a conventional colonoscope, including automated insertion, withdrawal, rotation, and tip steering. The platform enables clinician teleoperation and shared control while providing a pathway toward AI-assisted and autonomous colonoscopy.
DopaPod is a wearable system designed to support personalised Parkinson’s disease treatment through continuous levodopa monitoring. Combining a disposable microneedle patch with an integrated electrochemical sensor and a reusable readout device, it aims to link drug concentrations with patient symptoms and daily activities to support clinical decision-making.
At University of Twente many technologies for healthcare are developed. Eventhough the majority of these technologies are early-stage, there are already many things researchers can do in this phase that will increase chances of successful implementation in healthcare in the future. With the Implementation Helpdesk, TechMed supports researchers developing technologies for health and healthcare in the early phases of the innovation journey, by creating awareness of the road ahead, offering health-specific multidisciplinary expertise to help navigate the next steps, identify opportunities and challenges, and connect with the stakeholders (among our ecosystem) who can support the innovation’s journey.
A wearable knee sleeve with integrated sensors enables continuous estimation of knee joint loading during daily activities. The live demonstration shows real-time knee joint loading that will be used to personalise strategies for managing knee osteoarthritis.
As we strive for a high-quality healthcare system with fewer resources, improving women’s health offers a unique opportunity to advance both gender equity and healthcare efficiency. Many women’s health challenges remain under-researched, are often diagnosed too late, and do not yet benefit from optimally tailored treatment options.
The Technology for Women’s Health programme brings together technical and behavioural sciences with medical research to address challenges women face across all life stages. By developing technologies that enable personalized prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and aftercare for women, we aim to improve outcomes while reducing the burden on women, healthcare demand, and societal costs.
How can advanced sensing technologies enable the next generation of healthcare? At the TechMed Experience Centre, Teledyne Healthcare brings sensing to life through medical imaging and 3D vision. Discover advanced X-ray detector technology and experience a live demonstration of a 3D vision camera for applications such as patient positioning, pose tracking and surface measurement.
The innovative bathmat automatically checks feet for emerging wounds using a mat and a built-in thermal camera. The system scans unnoticed during daily routines, such as when getting up or brushing teeth. If an abnormality is detected, an alert is immediately sent to the patient or healthcare provider.
Reducing hospital overcrowding is a major challenge for our healthcare system. Among the innovations likely to accelerate this transition, the use of microwaves offers the potential for miniaturisation and wider access to systems that enable, among other things, the detection of breast tumours or strokes, as well as chest imaging. Beyond the benefits in terms of access to diagnosis—and compared to the technologies currently used in hospitals—microwave technology offers superior imaging performance, lower risk to patients from prolonged and/or repeated exposure, and greater user comfort.
At this year’s TechMed Event, Keysight will showcase measurement solutions designed to support next-generation microwave imaging systems, helping researchers and engineers accelerate innovation from concept to clinical application.
HealthTech Nexus is the strategic partnership between Radboudumc and the University of Twente, working at the interface of medical technology and healthcare. Together, we turn unmet clinical needs into new technology, from scientific ideas to practical implementation, using shared facilities, joint research and TURBO grants. Visit our stand to learn how we are future-proofing healthcare through technological excellence, and how you can join us.
Within HealthTech Nexus, researchers from the University of Twente and Radboudumc are building a retina-on-a-chip that combines all three layers of the human retina in one system, something that has never been done successfully before. This model lets us study how eye diseases develop and test new therapies without relying on animal models. Come by our stand to see how microfluidic chip technology and clinical expertise are working together to help prevent vision loss.
The Zorg Innovatie Plein brings together innovation, technology, and research to shape the future of healthcare. By connecting healthcare professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and citizens, we transform ideas into impactful solutions for real-world challenges, ensuring healthcare remains accessible, effective, and future proof. Visit our stand, share your perspective, and discover how we are working together to build a healthcare system that stays close to people, both today and in the future.
What if we could provide extremely preterm-born babies with a safer environment to continue their development? AquaWomb is developing an artificial womb system that may redefine neonatal care. Visit our interactive stand to learn about the science behind the technology, see our innovations up close, and discuss the future of healthcare with our team.
Twente Medical Optics, a University of Twente spin-off, is developing a handheld Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging system for real-time, non-contact visualization of tissue blood perfusion. At our stand, visitors can experience how perfusion can be visualized in real-time and explore how compact and hand-held perfusion imaging could support future clinical and surgical decision-making.
Discover a medical robotics proof of principle and printed electronics for on-body measurement.
Explore diagnostic equipment developed and built with and for our customers.Meet Benchmark’s engineers to discuss how technology can enable earlier decisions, bring care closer to the patient and support more sustainable healthcare.
The MYKEE is a multi-purpose molecular DX platform which hits the sweet spot between lab-quality and speed. It can do lab quality tests at home in less than 20 minutes. A simple and fast workflow is ensured by the MYKEEs intuitive user interface. We offer MYKEE to institutes and commercial entities looking to transfer or develop an assy for point of use. Potential applications include agricultural, quality control, veterinary and diagnostic tests.
From soft mist inhalation and patient warming to organ transport and custom-built test setups: experience how engineering turns medical ideas into practical solutions for tomorrow’s healthcare. Get hands-on with real products, discover the technology inside and discuss the design and testing challenges with our engineers.
FlowBeams is developing a patented needle-free microjet platform that enables precise and controlled delivery of complex therapeutics. By making injections programmable, the technology aims to support the development of next-generation medicines, accelerate biomedical research, and create future opportunities for safer, more effective, and more accessible healthcare. Based in Enschede, FlowBeams is a University of Twente spin-out pioneering a new approach to precision drug delivery.
Liver cancer is one of the most common and lethal cancers in the world. To diagnose this form of cancer, a physician takes a biopsy by accurately inserting a needle in the tumor. To destroy the tumor, the physician inserts one or more ablation needles. For deep and difficult to reach tumor lesions, this procedure is performed under CT guidance. Even for skilled specialists, it is hard to reach the right spot manually based on the CT image. Sometimes several attempts are necessary to place the needle successfully. To overcome this, a needle placement robot helps the medical specialist find exactly the right angle to place the needle the first time right – to the relief of both patient and specialist.
A controlled-environment delivery platform for mental healthcare & stress interventions.
The Sensiks platform synchronizes visual and spatial-audio content with controlled olfactory, airflow, thermal, lighting and vibrotactile cues within a closed, immersive environment. Featuring real-time biofeedback monitoring, these experiences can be delivered with or without a VR headset depending on user tolerance and clinical need. By providing sensory-first sessions, the platform offers an accessible, low-cognitive-demand approach for mental healthcare applications. This sensory-first approach provides a low-cognitive-demand pathway for both self-guided stress regulation and clinician-led trauma therapy, delivering a scalable tool for mental resilience and trauma recovery.
The Holland Hybrid Heart project aims to develop a biocompatible total artificial heart using soft robotics and tissue engineering. This innovative artificial heart is designed to help heart failure patients by improving life expectancy and quality of life. In this demo, you will see the developed mock loop with a functional prototype.
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As part of the Holland Hybrid Heart consortium, I am developing a soft robotic artificial heart for patients with severe heart failure. My research focuses on developing a biventricular soft robotic pump that can generate and balance blood flow between the pulmonary and systemic circulations, despite their very different pressure and resistance requirements
PRECISE – Medtech innovations for cancer treatment The surgical removal of tumors requires the highest precision, yet tumor tissue is often difficult to locate within the body during an operation. PRECISE is developing new solutions for tumor marking. An innovative fluorescent marker makes the tumor visible using near-infrared light. This marker is injected precisely via thin microneedles, whilst artificial intelligence visualises even the weakest signals in real time. This combination of medical technology innovations will enable more precise tumor detection and removal in future, ensuring optimal care for patients with colon and esophageal cancer.
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Centre of Expertise HealthTechforAll operates from the perspective that technological innovations are powerful means for promoting people’s physical, mental, and social health, particularly in a time when the healthcare system is under pressure. Despite technology being able to offer many opportunities for healthcare, it can also widen inequalities between (groups of) people when it is not accessible or suitable for everyone. We will thus combine showcase some technological innovations (e.g. Masque, Achilles, wearable sensors) together with conversation pieces about the meaning of technology for the future of health (MensWens, Bellen met de Toekomst).
Over a million people in the Netherlands suffer from type 2 diabetes (T2D), yet current healthcare often misses the critical early window of prediabetes. At this event, we present an innovative, portable demonstrator that fills this gap by rapidly measuring insulin concentrations via rapid lateral flow tests (LFTs).
This technology represents a crucial building block for the Hospital of the Future. Instead of managing advanced, lifestyle-related diseases like T2D, cancer, and cardiovascular disorders inside hospital walls, this future model shifts medical care toward proactive, decentralized screening directly in the community—preventing chronic illnesses before they develop.
Visit our interactive stand to see the portable device in action, try out the rapid testing workflow, and explore how we can shape the future of preventative healthcare together.
Organoids are in-vitro models with key structural and functional aspects of human organs, but cell organization within organoids is currently mostly random. In contrast, native organs are highly organized. To develop organoids with spatial control we used sacrificial hollow microgels for cell encapsulation within the microgel and cell seeding around the microgel. With this approach we produced cardiac organoids with a cardiomyocyte-fibroblast core enclosed by an epicardial layer, resembling better native heart architecture.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a leading cause of health loss in developed countries. Increasing survival and long-term quality of life for survivors depends greatly on reducing the time from collapse to initiation of resuscitation. Smartwatch-based detection has proved reliability in alerting emergency medical services within 70 seconds, acting faster than most bystanders and enabling earlier resuscitation. However, how this increased detection speed affects the subsequent events and outcomes of the entire chain of survival is unknown. We therefore developed a simulation model reflecting this chain of survival to estimate long-term health and economic outcomes of implementing this technology in the North Holland region. We also evaluated how non-continuous smartwatch wear and improvements in detection sensitivity could influence its long-term impact.
Clini is a web interface we developed in collaboration with Deventer Hospital. With Clini, medical researchers can analyse Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) with a large on-premise language model without having to write any code. After uploading a CSV file (such as discharge information or incident reports), researchers can describe in plain language what they need, for example classifying or summarising each record. Clini returns the results as structured data, making these administrative tasks faster and more consistent while keeping patient data inside the hospital and ultimately, leaves the final decision with the researcher.
In Technical Medicine, students work with an Electronic Patient Record (EPD). Like in a hospital, they can open a patient file, request diagnostic tests, and view medical images, such as CT and MRI scans. Teachers use the system to run realistic patient cases and respond to the requests made by the students.The new system allows teachers to automatically run these cases when tutors are unavailable. The system can automatically approve and reject requests. When the students requested all the needed procedures, and when the next stage is unlocked, they advance to the next stage. Based on the results, the students have to re-evaluate their initial assumptions and continue their diagnosis, and possibly treatment, of the patient. If they didn’t order all the needed procedures in time, they will still get the results for that stage and automatically progress to the next stage. The system will then mark that stage as incomplete.Furthermore, the system allows to view the medical images directly in the browser through a DICOM viewer. In addition, the entire dossier can be exported to PDF with additional information, such as missed deadlines, missed and rejected procedures, and when and by whom actions were performed, such as approving and rejecting requests.