As every year, we are exhibiting at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience which takes place from November 4-7 at the San Diego Convention Center this year. Visit us at booth no. 3816. Prior to the conference you already have the chance to meet us on November 1 and 2 at the IEEE …
As active implants are dynamically spreading, also the requirements towards their MRI compatibility are increasing constantly. In the framework of the new funding project MR-Implant CorTec is developing new solutions for MRI compatible implants together with the Universtiy of Ulm, the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics and the company eesy-ic as project partners. More …
CorTec is on the Way to the MRI compatible Implant Read More »
On October 18 CorTec has opened its new headquarters at Freiburg fairground with an official ceremony. The greetings from the mayor of Freiburg, Martin Horn, the medical director of the University Hospital of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Jörg Rüdiger Siewert, the Vice Rector of the University of Freiburg, Prof. Dr. Gunther Neuhaus as well as from …
Dear customers, partners and friends, on Friday August 24 we are moving into our new premises close to Freiburg fairground. There we are going to have 400 squaremeters of cleanroom and laboratory facilities together with 1,000 squaremeter of office space where we can develop and produce the next generation of implants for communication with the …
We are partnering up with researchers towards innovative neurotherapies: CorTec is listed as industry partner for SPARC Program and BRAIN Initiative! With SPARC Program and BRAIN Initiative the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have launched two important funding programs for innovative research that shall support the development of the next generation of neurotechnology and neurotherapies. …
SPARC Program & BRAIN Initiative: CorTec is Listed as Industry Partner Read More »
German technical Magazine Design & Elektronik has nominated CorTec among other 8 companies in the field of medical engineering (Medizintechnik) for the election of the “Innovator of the Year”. The Design & Elektronik editors give the following explanation for nominating CorTec: In majority of cases neuro-implants are used for patients with an increased co-morbidity who …
The latest issue of German technical magazine Medizin & Technik summarises the results of this year’s Compamed Spring Forum which had a focus on active implants: The large challenges which implant manufacturers have to address today are miniaturisation and digitalisiation. At the conference whcih took place at the beginning of May in Frankfurt Dr. Martin …
German Newspaper Badische Zeitung has published a detailed portrait of CorTec in the business section of the Saturday edition which talks about technology, development goals and history of the company. Read the Article (in German)
The discussion about the influence of intelligent implants and artificial intelligence on humans has been creating more and more interest beyond scientific circles or the media. The technological progress can create unimagined possibilities of technical support to humans in the future as well as minor or major risks which are difficult to predict. CorTec is …
Will Intelligent Implants Change Society? Panel Discussion on 08.05.2018 Read More »
In an interview with Ladan Jiracek for the Neural Implant Podcast our CEO Dr. Jörn Rickert introduces CorTec’s technology and the options to develop innovative neurotherapies offered by it. In the second part of the interview they also discuss ethical questions which are related to the use of artificial intelligence to control therapies. The interview …
Neural Implant Podcast Featuring CEO Dr. Jörn Rickert Read More »