DGBMT

Biomedical Engineering

With more than 2,600 members the German Society for Biomedical Engineering within VDE (DGBMT) is the largest scientific technical association of biomedical engineering in Germany. It was founded in Frankfurt/Main in 1961 and has been part of the VDE since 2002.

The DGBMT is a non-profit society which promotes the development of biomedical technology in Germany by

• interdisciplinaryknowledgetransferfromresearchto clinical application,

• developing statements, analyses and recommendations on topical issues of medical engineering and

• networking engineers, computer scientists, natural scien-tists and physicians from academia, industry and clinics.

Current major topics of the DGBMT are:

• Diagnosticimaging

• Innovativetherapeuticsystems

• Intelligentassistancesystems

• Interventionaltechniques

• Invitrotechnologies

• Medicalinformationsystemsandtelemedicine

• Prosthesesandimplants

• Cross-cuttingissuesandkeytechnologies

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The DGBMT organizes and supports a large number of events such as expert talks, workshops and conferences. The focus is on the full range of issues related to innova-tive biomedical engineering from research to clinical application. The biggest event is the BMT - Biomedical TechnologyCongress-theannualconferenceoftheDGBMT which is the most important research conference for biomedical engineering in the German-speaking area with about 800 participants.

The scientific journal of the DGBMT is “Biomedical Engineering/Biomedical Technology”. In addition, the DGBMT issues studies and position papers on a regular basis. The aim is to identify important issues of medical engineering and develop recommendations for improving the environment for research and development in the field of medical technology.

Events and publications

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Automation of technical procedures for medical engineering

Biosignal processing and magnetic methods in medicine

BMT – annual conference

Surgery for engineers

Dresdener Palaisgespräch

Medical implants

Munich medical technology forum

VDE MedTech

PuBlICaTIons(IngerMan)

Biomedical Engineering/Biomedical Technology

Innovation report on patient customized medical engineering

Position paper on biological implants

Position paper on innovation in medical engineering in Germany

Position paper on risk management for medical networks

Position paper on temperature measurement

Position paper on theranostic implants

Position paper on vocational training and further education in German-speaking countries

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The DGBMT office deals with major topical issues in the framework of projects. In particular, these include projects in accompanying research and networking to accelerate the transfer of ideas from research to patient care.

Examples are:

• Supporting research on mobile diagnostic systems (supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research)

• Accompanying research on intelligent implants (supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and

Research)

• ClusterMedizinTechnik.NRW (engl. Cluster Medical Engineering, supported by the

Federal Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)

• OR.NET–Safedynamicnetworkingin

operating room and clinic (supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and

Research)

Projects, prizes and commitment

To honor notable work and projects in the field of biomedi-cal engineering, the DGBMT regularly awards prizes:

• DGBMTprizeoftheKleefamilyfoundationforthepromotionofyoungscientists

(endowed with EUR 5,000)

• DGBMTstudent competition (endowed with a total of EUR 2,000)

• Prizeforpatientsafetyinmedicalengineering (endowed with a total of EUR 6,500; together with the Alli-

ance for Patient Safety (APS); donated by Dr. Hans Haindl)

The YoungForumBMT addresses its initiative to students, doctoral candidates and young professionals interested in biomedical technology and invites them regularly to take part in an exchange of information on the occasion of the BMT annual conference.

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The experts of the DGBMT are organized in various commit-tees. The board of directors is elected by the members for a period of three years and is the main decision-making body of the technical society. The council of the DGBMT advises the board with respect to the performance of its duties and represents in particular over 20 technical committees of the DGBMT.

The committees deal with key research and innovation topics of biomedical engineering. It is here that the ideas for “medical engineering of the future” are born. The commit-tees play a key role in shaping the technical content of the DGBMT annual conference. They also organize professional events and issue publications on a regular basis.

Experts of the DGBMT

assistancesystemsandservicesfor autonomous living

automationoftechnicalprocedures for medical engineering

Biomaterials and medical implants

Biosignals – Information technology in medicine and life sciences

Business models for intelligent assistance systems

Education and training

Endoscopy, surgical instruments and tele manipulators

Image-based navigated intervention

Implantable assistance systems

Information management in medicine

Magnetic methods in medicine

MedicalengineeringinMrT

Medical engineering in hospital

Medical engineering and society

Methodology of patient monitoring

Micro- and nanosystems

Mobile diagnostic and therapeutic systems - mHealth

neuroprostheticsandintelligentimplants

rehabilitationtechnology

ultrasoundinmedicine

usabilityformedicalengineering

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DGBMTmembersareautomaticallymembersofVDEwith many more advantages:

• aninterdisciplinaryandinternationalnetworkofexperts

• Continuingeducationopportunitiesandknowledgetransfers

• Prizeforresearch

• vDestudiesandpositionpapers

• FreevDevisaCard

• Jobexchangesatwww.vde.com

• attractivelypricedmeetings/seminarsandjournals/magazines

• exclusivewebsites

• nomembershipfeeinthefirstyear

Plus:vDemembershipfeesarenot-for-profitandtax-deductible.

36,000 members – engineers, scientists, companies and students – organized in five technical societies appreciate and use the services of VDE.

Membership–it’ssoeasy! FilloutthemembershipformandsendittoVDEorsignupviaInternetathttp://www.vde.com/en/Association/Membership/Pages/Membership.aspx

Become a member and join us in networking the future

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vDe,theassociationforelectrical,electronic&InformationTechnologies, is one of the largest technical and scientific associations in Europe. We are a partner of industry, science and politics and are committed to new technologies and their applications. Our members are our capital: the leading experts of the electrical engineering and IT sector from science and industry. The full range of our industry meets at VDE – from research, development and application to sales and marketing.

Exploiting synergiesVDE stands for teamwork: Five technical societies, including the DGBMT, work together – with the standardization and product testing sectors – towards a common goal for the transfer of knowledge and information in the key technolo-gies such as information and communication technology, micro and nano system technology and automation technology.

From standardization to product certification – the DKE germanCommissionforelectrical,electronic&InformationTechnologiesofDInandvDeisresponsibleforthestan-dardization of information technology systems and devices among others. The VDE Institute carries out the testing of information technology and other electrotechnical compo-nents and systems. Their results provide development engineerswithvaluableinformationforproductdesign.atthe same time their ideas are directly used in the ongoing development of product standards.

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VDE – Networking the future

VDE associationforelectrical,

Electronic & Information Technologies

Stresemannallee 15

60596 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Phone+49(0)696308-348

dgbmt@vde.com

www.vde.com/dgbmt_en

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