ULB Research ⤶	Description of the Unit	Projects of the Unit	Composition
Collaborations of the Unit	Protected technologies	Publications	Skills

Bio mechatronics

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Discipline: Electronics, photonics, telecommunication and control

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Discipline: Electromechanical systems and fluid processes

Faculty of Applied Sciences | Societal impact: Health

(Code: ULB827)

Person in charge of the unit : DELCHAMBRE Alain.

The bio-mechatronics research unit is divided in two groups: the biomed group and the precision mechatronics laboratory.

The major interest of the
biomed group is to develop and analyse medical devices in collaboration with clinicians. This research group has developed close relation with many medical
departments in Europe. For example, we collaborate since 2003 with Jacques Devière and the department of gastroenterology of Erasme Hospital on several
projects in the field of flexible digestive endoscopy.
The research axes of the biomed group are the following ones:
- Flexible mechanics, including design of
medical devices for therapeutic endoscopy, force feedback system and size measurement device for endoscopic applications, real time in vivo biosensor,
controllable stiffness mechanism for endoscopic and catheter applications,
- Bioelectronics, including design and manufacturing of implantable stimulators
(neurostimulators, gastrostimulators, optoelectronic stimulators), medical monitoring devices (electroneurogram, 3D ballistocardiography), neuromodelling and
signal processing,
- Biomechanics, including experimental and numerical analysis of human joints, orthopaedic implants design and analysis, mechanical
characterization of soft tissues, patient specific modeling, focusing but not limiting on the human knee joint.

The precision mechatronics laboratory is
developing instrumentation and strategies for actively measuring and controlling the vibrations of structures. Over the years, it has developed an
internationally renown expertise in high precision control of large instruments dedicated to experimental physics, including gravitational wave detectors, particle
colliders, segmented ground and space telescopes, satellites and light sources.

Location :	Campus du Solbosch
Address :	CPCP165/56 - Avenue F.D. Roosevelt , 50 - 1050 Bruxelles