{"id":12583,"date":"2017-12-14T16:02:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T15:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/epfl-sets-up-a-center-for-artificial-muscles-in-neuchatel\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T13:39:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T11:39:42","slug":"epfl-sets-up-a-center-for-artificial-muscles-in-neuchatel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.ggba.swiss\/en\/epfl-sets-up-a-center-for-artificial-muscles-in-neuchatel\/","title":{"rendered":"EPFL sets up a Center for Artificial Muscles in Neuch\u00e2tel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Thanks to a donation from the Werner Siemens-Foundation, a unique Center for Artificial Muscles will be created on EPFL&#8217;s Microcity campus in Neuch\u00e2tel. It will initially focus on developing a less invasive cardiac assistance system for treating heart failure.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The Swiss-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wernersiemens-stiftung.ch\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Werner Siemens-Foundation<\/a>, whose mission is to supports innovative technological and scientific research projects, has donated 12 million francs to a revolutionary project conducted at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPFL<\/a>\u2019s Integrated Actuators Laboratory (<a href=\"https:\/\/lai.epfl.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LAI<\/a>). As a result, a Center for Artificial Muscles (<a href=\"https:\/\/actu.epfl.ch\/news\/a-12-million-franc-donation-to-create-a-center-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CAM<\/a>) will be set up on EPFL&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/microcity.epfl.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microcity<\/a> campus in Neuch\u00e2tel. It will further the research on a new, less invasive cardiac assistance system consisting of a ring placed around the aorta and controlled by magnetic induction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur group has been working on artificial hearts for several decades now,&#8221; explains Yves Perriard, director of EPFL&#8217;s Integrated Actuators Laboratory, to Swiss\u00a0public broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/info\/sciences-tech\/medecine\/9165799-un-centre-pour-muscles-artificiels-cree-a-l-epfl-grace-a-une-donation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTS<\/a>. \u201cUsually, you start from the assumption that you have to put something in the heart \u2013 a tiny motor with a propeller or a balloon catheter. But we started from a completely different idea: getting out of the heart, removing all the valves. To do that, we needed a sort of artificial muscle, and we came up with the idea of using electroactive polymers. This new technology will now be developed at the center, with the goal of helping the heart pump blood in case of cardiac failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new Center for Artificial Muscles will work closely with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artorg.unibe.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research<\/a> and the experimental surgery section of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dbmr.unibe.ch\/index_eng.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department for BioMedical Research at the University of Bern<\/a>. Both institutions have been working on simulation experiments in the area of mechanical circulatory assistance over the past few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a donation from the Werner Siemens-Foundation, a unique Center for Artificial Muscles will be created on EPFL&#8217;s Microcity campus in Neuch\u00e2tel. 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