Medical Instrumentation

ITACA focuses on the medical application of engineering principles or engineering equipment to biological systems, including the generation of proprietary medical instrumentation.

Along this line, we have developed electronic instrumentation for the electrical and mechanical stimulation of bioartificial heart tissues, and for the evaluation of their electrical activity.

Relevant projects in this area

SPAM!

SPAM!

Paintings on canvas are complex dynamic structures made of a combination of organic and inorganic materials, often very hygroscopic and exhibiting different properties. Such complexity results in a variety of deterioration phenomena as a function of either the...

SATERA

SATERA

ADS-B is a surveillance technique that relies on aircraft broadcasting their identity. Space-based ADS-B systems allow aircraft to broadcast their identity and position in oceanic and remote areas where it would be difficult or impossible to install ADS-B ground...

ECHO

ECHO

Energy storage is one of the key factors to reach EU aims to be climate-neutral by 2050, with a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions economy. The decarbonisation and the transition to clean energy sources, together with the improvement of the energy efficiency,...