For over thirty years bioengineering has played a key role at the Politecnico di Milano, enriching and extending the sciences that have always formed the institution's cultural core with research activities and new operational ventures with the capacity to make a profound impact on individual health and on the health services.

Areas of research:

• development and design of new technologies and instrumentation for diagnosis and therapy on invalids;
• computer-assisted surgery;
• monitoring of the induced effects of specific rehabilitation treatments;
• processing of biological signals and bioimages;
• biomaterials and biomechanics;
• design of prosthetics and control of their mechanical and functional effectiveness;
• design of artificial organs and life-support; 
• tissue and cellular engineering;  
• micro- and nanotechnologies;
• home automation;
• ergonomics and design of health products and domestic & hospital environments;
• and safety and management of hospitals and their laboratories.
  

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