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ETERNITY · European Training Network on Electromagnetic Risks in Medical Technology

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2021-03-01 → 2025-02-28
EU contribution
€3,594,719
Participants
8
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

European Training Network on Electromagnetic Risks in Medical Technology

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is a growing concern also in the medical-technology industry, as it can disrupt communications and pose risks to patients, especially with life-support systems. The Blue Guide, which outlines EU product rules, has made a risk-based approach to EMI mandatory for new equipment. However, many companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and users in the industry, including hospitals, are struggling with this approach due to a lack of understanding and clear risk-assessment methodology. ETERNITY project aims to create a multidisciplinary network for doctoral training, involving leading industries and academia, to address EMI risks in the design of innovative medical equipment such as wearables, on-board platforms, and collaborative care systems for hospitals. The goals of ETERNITY include proposing solutions to scientific challenges, training young pioneers in electronic design for medical technology, building an industry-academia network, and enabling safe and reliable medical equipment innovation in various environments.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is not just an annoyance. With increasing numbers of safety-critical devices communicating wirelessly, ensuring that equipment functions correctly is an ever-increasing concern. Nowhere is this more true than hospital environments. Europe is a leader in many areas of medical technology, with companies like Philips at the forefront of research. However, with highly complex interactions between devices becoming the norm, guaranteeing safety requires that we start to assess new equipment using a risk-based approach rather than the conventional rules-based approach, a method that is increasing inappropriate for harsh EMI environments. The ETERNITY ETN will train 14 ESRs through a combination of research, doctoral schools, network-wide events and secondments at the Participants, which include 7 Beneficiaries (4 academic and 3 from industry) and 5 Partner Organisations from across Europe. In combination, these Participants can offer the ESRs research training that is international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral. The 14 ESRs are set to benefit from excellent supervision, with a triple-supervisor system that combines leading researchers from academia and industry, and to have access to some of Europe's finest research facilities. The training programme on offer will go beyond the needs of the ESRs in terms of technical hands-on training and taught courses focusing on the necessary aspects of engineering, with a wide range of complementary and transferrable-skills training that will equip them for their future careers in academia, industry, the public sector or, perhaps, their own start-up. ETERNITY is about maximising opportunities; giving the ESRs the chance to really benefit from a carefully crafted research-training programme; and allowing them to learn and develop as individuals who will make a difference to a vitally important area in terms of people’s safety and well-being in an increasingly technologically complex world.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN · EindhovenCoordinatorNetherlands
  • FICOSA AUTOMOTIVE SL · BARCELONASpain
  • IDNEO TECHNOLOGIES SAU · MOLLET DEL VALLESSpain
  • KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN · LeuvenBelgium
  • PHILIPS MEDICAL SYSTEMS NEDERLAND BV · BestNetherlands
  • PLUX - WIRELESS BIOSIGNALS S.A. · LisboaPortugal
  • UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA · BARCELONASpain
  • UNIVERSITEIT TWENTE · EnschedeNetherlands

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union