MedTech & Life Sciences

In academic research, the trend is to study new interactions at tissue, cell, protein and bacteria levels. Herein, light processing & optical engineering plays a central role. They allows various applications such as fluorescence, NIR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, functional microscopy, endomicroscopy, interferometric imaging (OCT), photo-acoustic imaging, etc…

In the clinical sector, particularly in hospitals, the goal is to improve patient follow-up and deliver value by means of better-distributed diagnostics, from the GPs office to the surgical room. Here optical solutions are enablers towards automated, more systematic, more accurate, spatially and time resolved analysis of both liquid & solid biopsies. Thus contributing in guiding surgeons to less invasive and more successful surgical operations.

Our perception of IVD solutions are also rapidly changing, fast moving outside the hospital all over the global medical value chain in multiple forms. More and more IVD tools will be used at prescribing physicians, medical analysis laboratories, pharmacies and even at home or in rural and low income settings for faster, more accessible and easier diagnostics. New biological detection methods, such as CRISPR-based diagnostics, in combination with lab-on-a-chip compatibility and more advanced technologies, such as ddPCR, are becoming more accessible and rely on optical techniques for its effective implementation.