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Microtechnology: the product of watchmaking expertise

Microtechnology, miniaturisation and accuracy

Microtechnology is the product of watchmaking expertise that has developed in Franche-Comté since the eighteenth century. The quartz revolution in the 1970’s led firms to seek new markets.
Firms in Franche-Comté began to apply their expertise in accuracy and miniaturisation by constantly pushing back technical and technological limits to the ultimate scale.
Small and medium-sized microtechnology firms develop components and products that are used worldwide by major hi-tech companies.

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Health microtechnology

Advanced health technology

For development and innovation, Franche-Comté has specific technology resources that bring together all disciplines. Ever smaller, more accurate and more intelligent…with even more functions…nanotechnology is the future…

Firms with expertise in various fields, such as precision mechanisms, automatic controllers/robotics, computers, electronics, engineering and plastics processes, are located near engineering design offices, university laboratories, hospitals and universities...so that significant resources can be mobilised to provide innovative responses for developing medical devices.

Brought together as part of the microtechnology cluster, the firms provide tailor-made solutions in the fields of medical devices, instruments and imaging as well as equipment for the pharmaceutical industry and telemedicine.

Further information: www.franche-comte-medical-devices.com

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Training

Institut Supérieur d’Ingénieurs de Franche-Comté - ISIFC

Trains engineers for the biomedical industry and treatment centres. It is the only one of its kind in France and rare in Europe.
Created in 2001, ISIFC is an engineering school accredited by the Ministry of Education and the Commission des titres d’ingénieur (CTI). It offer unique training which responds to the real need for engineers working in the interface between science and medicine.

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National Engineering Institute in Mechanics and Microtechnologies - ENSMM

The only school in France dedicated to microtechnology. It offers a major in microsystems and health and an apprenticeship in engineering.

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University of Technology Belfort-Montbeliard - UTBM
Accelerated training of engineers who can easily adapt to changes in technology and society.

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University of Franche-Comté

Offers training for advanced technicians in medical imaging and diagnostic radiology. The university’s health and pharmaceutical sciences education and research unit trains nearly 3,000 students every year.

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Innovation

Organised research

The undeniable power of microtechnology lies in combining scientific disciplines and technology to produce ever more intelligent interfaces.

FEMTO-ST: the institute has several technology platforms for microfabrication, mechanical characterisation, electronics and liquid measurement.
LIFC: Franche-Comté’s information technology laboratory.
LERMPS: The Laboratory for Study and Research of Materials, Processes and Surfaces develops deposit techniques during the vapour phase, thermal projection and microfabrication with laser fusion of powders.

All are supported by the Microtechnology Competitiveness Cluster.

Microtechnology Cluster

The competitiveness cluster has created a medical commission which supports the development of firms in the field. The clear objective is to pursue research and innovation in the medical field as well as to develop an overall multidisciplinary technology programme to respond to the needs of leading international firms. The medical commission helps firms to enter and develop their business in the medical sector.

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Applied digital solutions

E-health
From remote doctor visits to remote surgery and from shared medical files to remote medical assistance, Franche-Comté is a pilot region for developing innovations in telemedicine.
Located in the heart of the Besançon health cluster, the International Institute for Health Information Systems and Telemedicine explores the interoperability of information and health systems.