Articles about medtech

• 08.12.2025

  Technology and medical science can create groundbreaking treatment

  An exemplary collaboration between OUH and the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) is opening up entirely new possibilities for fast and accurate diagnosis and treatment of cervical cell changes that may later develop into cervical cancer. After a successful testing period, the new technology will now be implemented at the hospital.

• 04.12.2025

  MedTech Odense boosts healthcare technologies of the future

  A DKK 6 million injection will bring 20 innovation ideas and projects one step closer to creating the patient treatments of the future.

• 20.08.2025

  Artificial intelligence to improve radiotherapy for cancer patients

  SDU researcher plays key role in international AI project supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.

• 13.08.2025

  Top researcher to head new SDU section within microelectronics

  Brain implants, intelligent sensors, and green AI microchips that mimic the low energy consumption of the brain. These are just some of the research topics that professor Farshad Moradi and his colleagues in SDU Microelectronics will explore.

• 05.08.2025

  From lab bench to living skin: SDU researchers pave the way for the artificial skin of the future

  Two engineers from the Faculty of Engineering have solved a crucial challenge in developing artificial skin—the result: a new microchip capable of growing human skin – and perhaps one day saving lives.

• 14.06.2025

  Researcher aims to prevent infection in patients with CVCs

  Medtech postdoc Mahdi Momeni is developing a device that detects infections in patients with a central venous catheter (CVC). The device monitors the tissue around the catheter to keep the patients safe - and ultimately save lives.

• 27.05.2025

  Digital platform for survivors of sexual assault aims to reduce barriers to support

  Research from the University of Southern Denmark has led to a new version of voldtaegt.dk – a user-friendly platform for survivors of sexual assault and support providers

• 20.05.2025

  New robot can transport hospital beds for cleaning

  In a hospital, all beds must be cleaned in a central cleaning facility. This means that the staff at Odense University Hospital walk many kilometres a day to move empty beds around. The entrepreneurs behind Essential Robotics have taken the first steps towards developing a robot that can perform this task.

• 12.05.2025

  Cracking the Code of Rare Diseases

  Blindness, obesity, infertility, extra fingers, kidney problems and more: the rare ciliopathic diseases are serious. Scientists know about 35 of them, but there is still no cure. SDU researcher Narcis-Adrian Petriman wants to change that, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation is supporting him with DKK 11.4 million.

• 29.04.2025

  The Silent Engine Behind Modern Medicine: Computational Science

  Behind every medical breakthrough lies an unsung hero: algorithms. Join SDUs expert in bioinformatics, Veit Schwämmle, on this visit to the world of computational science, where big data and bioinformatics are quietly shaping the future of healthcare.

• 19.03.2025

  Lab-Grown Nerve Tissue: A Key to Understanding Parkinson’s Disease

  There is currently no cure for Parkinson’s disease, and researchers are still far from fully understanding the factors that trigger it. Helle Bogetofte Barnkob is determined to shed light on the disease by cultivating and studying nerve tissue in the lab.

• 14.03.2025

  New artificial intelligence to save lives by detecting hidden cardiovascular disease in time

  Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital are working on developing an artificial intelligence system capable of detecting severe atherosclerosis before symptoms appear. They have just received DKK 15.2 million from the Innovation Fund to bring the project to life.

• 15.01.2025

  Vision: To ensure that fewer patients around the world die from cirrhosis

  Doctors need help detecting liver disease patients in time so they don't die from cirrhosis. This is the goal of the founders of Evido Health, a company based on research from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital.

• 28.11.2024

  New AI technology to help doctors detect lung cancer earlier

  Just as a car's diagnostic system quickly identifies technical issues, the new technology aims to assist radiologists in swiftly and accurately identifying lung diseases.

• 11.11.2024

  Will new health technology create less inequality in our healthcare system – and how can the technology be commercialised?

  As more and more technological solutions are implemented in society, the question arises whether this should also apply to our healthcare system.

• 11.11.2024

  Robot-transported parcel locker makes it easy for patients and carers to collect medical equipment at OUH

  Previously, it could take patients from the H. C. Andersen Children's Hospital and the Department of Cardiology at Odense University Hospital (OUH) up to 30 minutes to collect medical equipment for their treatment programme. As a rule, the equipment had to be collected during outpatient clinic opening hours between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.

• 04.11.2024

  Researchers will use robotics and AI in cancer treatment

  Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), in collaboration with European partners, are working on using robotics and AI to diagnose and treat various cancers, with a solution expected ready in just a few years.

• 24.10.2024

  Electronic nose to detect diseases with a single breath

  New research from the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg could change how we diagnose diseases. Researchers are developing an electronic nose capable of identifying conditions like diabetes and COVID-19 through simple breath analysis in just a few seconds.

• 09.09.2024

  New technology could revolutionise treatment of osteoarthritis and cartilage injuries

  Researchers from King's College London, the University of Southern Denmark, and Boston University have further developed a laser imaging technology that, for the first time ever, allows for holistic deep imaging of living tissue without damaging it. The study has just been published in Nature Communications.

• 12.01.2024

  Research Project Aims to Enhance Treatment for Individuals with Chronic Eye Diseases

  The VELUX FOUNDATIONS has recently granted 11 million Danish kroner to Professor Jakob Grauslund from the University of Southern Denmark. He will lead a national project with the aim of providing enhanced and more precise follow-up for patients with chronic eye diseases.

• 13.12.2023

  SDU researchers lead the largest Danish EU project on cancer research

  With 60 million Danish kroner in funding, an international team of researchers led by Malene Grubbe Hildebrandt aims to find the best way to scan so that breast cancer patients can live longer.

• 05.12.2023

  The latest addition to the rheumatologists' team is named Arthur

  Even though Arthur entered through the main entrance like any other employee on his first day at work, he is no ordinary staff member. He is, in fact, a robot. But the question arises: What role does a robot play in a rheumatology hospital?

• 22.09.2023

  SDU Researchers to Develop Robots to Assist Nurses

  There is an urgent shortage of nurses in several parts of Europe, and a new project led by the University of Southern Denmark aims to address this issue. The eight partners, in total, have received a grant of over 12 million to build and test a range of new hospital robots. These robots are intended to take over some of the mundane tasks currently performed by healthcare professionals, allowing them to dedicate more time to patient care and treatment.

• 20.12.2022

  Ny robot firdobler næsten antallet af afsprittede hænder

  En ny modulær robot til sygehuse udviklet på SDU har vist sig at være rigtig god til at få folk til at spritte deres hænder. Derudover kan den potentielt set også bruges som vejviser, rengøringsassistent og informationsstander.

• 27.09.2022

  New artificial blood vessel to prevent occlusion and infection

  Researchers from SDU and Odense University Hospital aim to develop a revolutionary artificial blood vessel. The EU has backed the project with a budget of DKK 40 million.

• 17.06.2022

  Millioner til at teste robotteknologi som ny genoptræningsform

  Med en bevilling på 6.1 millioner kroner fra A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal starter Dansk Handicap Forbund et formelt samarbejde med Syddansk Universitet (SDU) om at teste effekten af en nyskabende genoptræningsform, som SDU’s forskning i træningsrobotter har skabt.

• 08.04.2022

  Artificial intelligence can help detect life-threatening liver disease

  Every year, two million people die globally - in Denmark, five percent of all Danes have significant liver fibrosis, often discovered too late. SDU and OUH are behind a new AI-model, where technology reveals the disease much earlier.

• 23.03.2022

  Unik dansk hjemmetest skal nedsætte risikoen for hjerte-karsygdom

  I et nyt forskningsprojekt, som Innovationsfonden netop har investeret knap 20 mio. kr. i, vil forskere fra Syddansk Universitet og Odense Universitetshospital udvikle en hjemmetest til individuel beregning af risiko for hjertekarsygdom. Testen har potentiale til at reducere dødeligheden af hjertekarsygdom med 20-25 procent.

• 27.05.2020

  Robot swabs patients’ throats for Covid-19

  Robotics researchers from the University of Southern Denmark have developed the world’s first fully automatic robot capable of carrying out throat swabs for Covid-19, so that healthcare professionals are not exposed to the risk of infection. The prototype has successfully performed throat swabs on several people. The scientists behind are cheering: The technology works!