CoHMed is the innovation and transfer partnership for medical technology of the Furtwangen University (HFU). Within the CoHMed project, medical technology research will be funded for eight years with a total of over 11 million euro by the German Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF). The aim is to improve the health care by supporting regional companies in the development of sustainable products and to strengthen research and business.

8-year project term, started 2017 | Over 11 million euro in funding | 4 network partners: TechnologyMountains e.V., MedicalMountains GmbH, IHK Schwarzwald-BaarHeuberg, Hochschulcampus Tuttlingen Förderverein e.V. | 15 participating professors | 30 industry partners, 18 SMEs

What makes CoHMed stand out? Together with regional network and innovative business partners, current medical technology trends and concrete research and development needs are identified and worked on in CoHMed collaborative projects. This cooperation in interdisciplinary teams of researchers from the university and developers from industrial companies makes CoHMed a powerful network.

Medical progress needs innovative medical technology. The innovation and transfer partnership CoHMed is dedicated to the development of new and sustainable medical technology applications in the field of biologisation, digitisation, individualisation, miniaturisation and new materials.