Cisteo MEDICAL puts mechatronics at the service of DMIA

An embedded system encounters several limits that Cisteo MEDICAL seeks to push back, such as size and autonomy. The company supports its customers in all stages from design to industrialization, but the effectiveness of the support is all the more proven when we start from the idea. Cisteo MEDICAL positions itself on the design of DMIA (active implantable medical devices).

Thanks to the mechatronics design office, Cisteo MEDICAL is able to optimize a device through overall mastery of skills and to meet the objectives of start-ups, namely performance , autonomy and economy .

Experienced in the design of active implantable medical devices, Cisteo MEDICAL provides start-ups with its research and development skills, drawing on a strong diversity of technology. This is demonstrated by its mastery of mechatronics .

Mechatronics is defined as the combination of technologies such as mechanics, electronics, computer science, fluidics. This field of engineering allows the design of embedded systems that meet the current challenges of DMIA (active implantable medical devices).

Miniaturizing a medical device does not mean reducing its dimensions in a homothetic way . Meeting this size reduction requirement generally means redesigning the medical device. To achieve this objective, Cisteo MEDICAL relies on its skills in micromechanics and its prototyping workshop to ensure feasibility.

For example, today, the use of optical fiber for signal transmission represents an advantage for patient safety and comfort (transparent signal to MRI). Cisteo MEDICAL masters the use of fiber from 2 to 5 tenths and can design medical devices taking this advantage into account.

The use of biosensors also allows us to advance in this race for miniaturization. Projects have allowed us to research and adapt certain biosensors in order to monitor data allowing the diagnosis of cancer.

Moving from open surgery to minimally invasive surgery is also an interest of the miniaturization of MDs. With this input data, our research first focuses on the implant, what it should do and how to redesign it, then we think about how to bring it and the necessary instrumentation tools. For this overall design, Cisteo MEDICAL relies on the mastery of atypical, adapted and adaptable techniques.

This regional culture strong in microtechnology, derived from watchmaking, is omnipresent in the local ecosystem of Cisteo MEDICAL and allows the company to rely on a network of research centers, universities, schools and companies.

The choice of energy source has a significant impact on patient comfort and safety. Medical devices are evolving towards greater performance, reliability and durability.

The challenge in terms of medical device design is to be able to optimize and save energy to use it intelligently. Optimizing mechanical efficiency (reducing movement, effort and friction) combined with research into autonomous electrical components (on-board power supply, continuous charging) makes it possible to achieve the product promise.

Mechatronics, thanks to the combination of technology, makes it possible to optimize the performance of a battery in particular.