PhotonMed

Key Info

Duration: 2024-2027

Acronym: PhotonMed

PI Name: Ray Burke

Topic: HORIZON-KDT-JU-2023-RIA-Topic-1

Title: Ecosystem and pilot line accelerating adoption of photonics-based medical devices

Coordinator: TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY

Total Participants: 34

Project No: 101139777

EU Contribution: € 10 894 157,75

Project Info

Photonics technologies generate, control and detect light waves and photons. Medical device industry is a rapidly growing opportunity area for photonics technologies, with applications ranging from diagnostics to surgical tools and therapeutics. The tremendous diversity in both photonics technologies and medical applications combined with the heavy regulation makes prototyping and commercial uptake complex, time-consuming and costly. The EU-funded PhotonMed project aims to create an ecosystem of end-users and manufacturers working to continuously renew the offerings of photonics pilot lines. It will help research and technology organisations and industrial suppliers develop their photonics technologies and production methods, while end-users will have mature demonstrators, accelerating the adoption of the latest photonics technologies in medical device applications.