Avenue Nellie Melba, 73
1070 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32 2 5343379
Fax: +32 2 5343395
http://www.indutec.be
stephane.wojcik@indutec.be
Company Contacts
Department/ Name Address
FLOMEDI Avenue Nellie Melba, 73, 1070 Brussels, Belgium, Phone: +32 2 534 3379, Fax: +32 2 5343395
gregory@isib.be
Food Technology Unit (University College L. de Brouckère Laboratory of Sensory Technology and Analysis (LSTA), Avenue Emile Gryzon 1, 1070 Brussels, Belgium, +32 2 526 7341, Fax: +32 2 524 30 81, E-mail: info@heldb.be
lsta@meurice.heldb.be
Managing Director- Anne-Marie van Oost Avenue Nellie Melba, 73, 1070 Brussels, Belgium, Phone: +32 2 534 3379, Fax: +32 2 5343395
Office Manager- Angelique Geeroms Avenue Nellie Melba, 73, 1070 Brussels, Belgium, Phone: +32 2 534 3379, Fax: +32 2 5343395
Company Figures
Number of employees 1-19
Year of foundation 1994
Area of business Electronical Equipment / Medical Technology
Diagnostics
Communication and Information Technology
Services and Publications
Company Profile
InduTec, your Tech Transfer Center in Brussels
InduTec is a non-profit Technological Transfer Centre created in 1994 in order to stimulate innovation and technology transfers between the four industrial engineering institutions (ECAM, ISIB, Institut Meurice, and EhB-IWT) of the Brussels-Capital Region and the enterprises located in the Region. The organization builds synergies based on numerous competencies and expertise active in the institutes in order to respond to enterprises’ technical requirements.
R&D FACILITATION
Since several years InduTec answers to increasingly R&D industry’s requests (mainly in the Brussels region) for contracted or cooperative researches. For entrepreneurs or established companies developing a technical or commercial prototype, InduTec is the ideal choice thanks to reduced costs from a financial point of view, and thanks to highly skilled professors and researchers in faculties from a technical point of view.
A large number of companies make use of InduTec’s service, and consider it as their real external R&D department. There are no fixed costs, only R&D investments keeping up with overall project costs, there are reduced competition risks thanks to the special status of InduTec, and there is the opportunity of an international application of the R&D results, whether involving a purely subcontracting approach or a cooperative one.
MEDICINE, HUMAN HEALTH, AND ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
For more than 80 years the three research units located in the Institut Supérieur d’Ergotherapie et de Kinésithérapie Department (ISEK) have been active in ergotherapy and physiotherapy. Through national and international collaboration, experimental and applied research is undertaken in order to develop new methodologies and techniques to significantly improve diagnostic aids and patient management.
In addition, the other institutes have worked on the development of devices used in medical fields (basically diagnosis-support tools for both the professional and private communities) and on the development of IT platforms that provide better management of medical imaging.
The units are specialized in :
Mechanical behavior studies of different human body parts. Studies include anatomical description, clinical implications, mechanical, and dynamic modeling
Modeling of the biomechanical behavior of arterial and venous flows
Numerical modeling of anatomical structures in order to understand the functioning of a lesion
Software and hardware developments allowing analysis of human dimensions
Study of the lymphatic system, its pathology and its role in the immune system (using NMR Imaging -MRI-, analysis of in vivo human imaging, analysis of haemodynamic, and cardiopulmonary parameters)
Understanding of the human body under normal and extreme occupational activities and in stressful situations, in order to improve human capabilities in such situations
Development or improvement of medical imaging systems
PRODUCT AND SERVICES presented during Medica 2008 :
Allergens and bacteria detection services. Developed by the Food Technology Unit (University College Lucia de Brouckère – Institut Meurice), this comprehensive set of allergens detection includs: soya, gluten, peanut, nut and hazel nut, almond, egg, milk, mustard, shellfish, fish, celery, sesame, mollusc, lupine, etc. In addition, the unit is also willing to partnership with industry and private/public research centres, in order to improve existing PCR extraction kits and/or develop new ones.
High-speed x-rays digitizer. The University College Erasmushogeschool Brussel has developed an automated high-speed scan system for medical image processing. The objective was the digitalization of conventional analog x‑ray images and the transmission of the scanned x-rays through a high speed digital network to dedicated Picture ArChiving System (PACS) and/or Radiological Information System (RIS) servers.
Characteristics : full Digital Imaging and COmmunication in Medicine (DICOM) standard compatible
- Mechanic controlled by Beckhoff™ PLC (sensors, pressure regulator…
- Sinar XCatch camera (4- 64 Mpixels ; 16 bit grey)
- CAMArchi software for DICOM support
- Symbol / Motorola® MS1207 barcode-scanner
- DICOM file including patient image & data
< 7sec. /scanning & inbox up to 800 mammograms
FLOMEDI designs, develops and produces software and electronic medical devices in order to facilitate, simplify, and increase accuracy of diagnoses. Currently FLOMEDI focuses its research on non-invasive diagnostic tools for cardiovascular risks assessment. The company provides also consulting services mainly to SME’s willing to develop new and innovative technologies in the medical domain.
Product Information
01.01.02.02 Blood flow measurement equipment
FLOMEDI 29.08.2008
FLOMEDI is a Brussels spin-off* of two departments (Institut Superieur Industriel de Bruxelles – ISIB and Institut d’Enseignement Superieur d’Ergotherapie et de Kinesitherapie – ISEK) of the University College Paul-Henri Spaak.
FLOMEDI designs, develops and produces software and electronic medical devices in order to facilitate, simplify, and increase accuracy of diagnoses. Currently FLOMEDI focuses its research on non-invasive diagnostic tools for cardiovascular risks assessment. The company provides also consulting services mainly to SME’s willing to develop new and innovative technologies in the medical domain.
Impaired endothelial function is an early event in atherogenesis and cardiovascular diseases and can be evaluated by the Flow-Mediated Dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery. FMD is impaired in patients with cardiovascular disease risks such as smoking, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, atherogenesis, diabetes, etc.
The software FMD-I has been developed in order to accurately valuate the Flow-Mediated Dilation (FMD) and the Intima-Media Thickness (IMT) using advanced algorithm detection for artery’s walls. Both measurements are non-invasive and provide assessments of the cardiovascular risk.
FMD-I characteristics
Real-time and differed ultrasound videos acquisition up-to 30 fr/s
Selectable measurement area region of interest of videos and images
Several built-in filters
Adjustable brightness, contrast, gamma correction, and gain
Real-time and differed measurement of the brachial artery diameter
Real-time and differed IMT measurement
FMD valuation
Patient file management including FMD history
Operates with ultrasound devices equipped with composite video-signal output
Users log
Comprehensive, configurable reporting in Microsoft® Excel®
FMD-I advantages
Automatic detection of the artery’s walls by an advanced algorithm
Automatic detection of the artery maximum dilated diameter
Easy navigation and logical usability during the patient examination
R&D CONSULTING SERVICES
In addition to its own development, FLOMEDI offers consulting R&D services in electronics and ICT to companies active in the medical industry and willing to develop new products and/or services or improved current existing ones.
The services provided by FLOMEDI perfectly suit for companies and organizations without own lab equipment or having not enough equipment and/or expertise in the electronics and ICT fields and willing to contract R&D products/services.
With a dynamic spirit, FLOMEDI has created a network of skilled experts in order to provide the highest quality technological development mainly in electronics and ICT with the help of academics and scientists from the University College Paul-Henri Spaak. In addition state-of-the-art research is performed in human biomechanics, applied physiology, ergotherapy, etc.
Our services cover the whole R&D cycle from the drafting of technical specifications to development of prototypes. FLOMEDI set up its expertise and its technologies to ensure a personalized service to its customers by constant and close collaboration with them during the whole R&D cycle
The consulting R&D services offered by FLOMEDI to SME’s active in the medical industry cover a wide range of activities :
Technical specifications drafting, including RFP issuing
Technical feasibility studies
Design and implementation of analogue and digital electronic systems for medical applications like : physiological signals acquisition, signal processing and analysis, data presentation; etc.
Design and implementation of software for medical and human health solutions like : processing of medical images, physiological signals analysis, data management, etc. (using fast development with LabView®)
Real conditions tests
Prototype optimization for industrial manufacturing
* This project is funded by the Institute for the encouragement of Scientific Research and Innovation of Brussels (ISRIB) of the Brussels-Capital Region
Link to further Information
01.01.02.02.07 Plethysmography units including rheography
01.02.05 X-ray devices and accessories
01.02.05.14 Apparatus for conventional X-ray pictures
01.02.05.18 Microfilm systems for X-ray film archives
01.02.05.31 X-ray film copying devices
01.02.06 Ultrasound diagnostic equipment
03.02.01 Allergies
03.04.01 Bacteriology
Allergens and bacteria detection services 01.09.2008
The detection of allergenic ingredients in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products has received increased attention from the industry and legislative and regulatory agencies over recent years. This has resulted in the improvement of measures aimed at the protection of allergic consumers. The controlled production of products and control activities rely on the availability of methods capable of detecting traces of allergenic ingredients.
A food sensitivity is an adverse reaction to a food that other people can safely eat, and includes food allergies, food intolerances, and chemical sensitivities.
Food allergies are sensitivities caused by a reaction of the body’s immune system to specific proteins in a food. Current estimates are that food allergies affect as many as 6-8% of young children and 3% to 4% of adults.
A food intolerance is a food sensitivity that does not involve the individual’s immune system. Unlike food allergies, or chemical sensitivities, where a small amount of food can cause a reaction, it generally takes a more normal sized portion to produce symptoms of food intolerance. While the symptoms of food intolerance vary and can be mistaken for those of a food allergy, food intolerances are more likely to originate in the gastrointestinal system and are usually caused by an inability to digest or absorb certain foods, or components of those foods.
Currently producers perform in-house testing and/or use contractor labs, but most companies are not testing finished product. While a small number of companies are testing finished products (generally when the product is under full control), most of them only validate sanitation methods and environmental swabbing.
Since several years, the Food Technology Unit (University College Lucia de Brouckère – Institut Meurice) has developed a comprehensive and sensitive set of allergens and bacteria detection methods using Real-Time – Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA) tests.
The Unit currently offers a comprehensive set of allergens detection including : soya, gluten, peanut, nut and hazel nut, almond, egg, milk, mustard, shellfish, fish, celery, sesame, mollusc, lupine, etc.
In addition the Unit offers a fast RT-PCR method for bacteria detection and analysis.
INNOVATIVE ASPECTS
The Unit has scientifically validated the limit of detection of existing PCR and ELISA kits considering the temperature and the matrix. Increased sensitivity and specificity of the kits reduce the number of false negative and false positive measurements offering a better diagnostic value
The Unit may perform detection of residual allergens in the production-line after industrial cleaning.
Companies and organizations without own lab equipment or having not enough equipment and/or expertise in the field of allergens detection could effectively (sub)contract their products’ tests in accordance with standards and country regulations in the following domains :
food/beverage industry :
- food processing : preparation of fresh products for market, manufacture of prepared food products
- wholesale and distribution : warehousing, transportation, logistics,
- retail : supermarket chains and independent food stores, direct-to-consumer, restaurant, food services
catering services in hospitals, senior services, universities, university colleges, schools, federal/regional governments, military bases, conference centers organizations,…
pharmaceutical industry
cosmetic industry
BENEFITS
Accessibility to advanced technology lab and expertise without own lab equipment or having reduced equipment and/or expertise
Reducing of the “not suitable for” and “may contain”-type labelling
Complying with legislation
03.04.02 Bacteriology – Identification and susceptibility testing
06.01 Archiving and documentation
06.01.06 Systems for medical documentation
06.01.08 Scan service
06.09 Software for hospitals / rehabilitation centres / spas
06.09.01 Managing systems of medical results
06.09.03 Electronic / digital patient file
06.09.07 Software for image processing and archiving, imaging, OCR, DTP, RIS, PACS
06.09.16 Software for patient documentation
06.09.30 Software for diagnosis, administration and archiving of X-rays
06.11 Software for surgeries
06.11.01 Software for diagnosis and treatment systems
10.01 Reports and analyses