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LifeTech - Technologies for life science

Smart solutions for laboratory and medical devices

Growing and aging populations, increasing risk of illness and global mobility call for cost-effective healthcare solutions. The demand for suitable preventative healthcare and diagnostic procedures is also on the rise. The LifeTech division at Festo provides forward-looking answers – with innovative solutions for medical technology and laboratory automation. We support manufacturers of laboratory and medical devices with solutions that deliver precise and reproducible results.

Life Science: woman laboratory tablet

Technical developments such as miniaturization, integration or dispensing of ever smaller fluid volumes are opening up new opportunities in the field of life science. Festo is advancing these trends – with compact components, highly integrated modules and a focus on micro-fluid products for regulating gases and liquids.

We offer standardized components for laboratory and medical devices and develop customized automation solutions together with you to meet your requirements – cost-effectively, to fit the smallest possible space and in the best possible quality.

Engineering and research

Our ability to offer customized solutions is based on decades of extensive collaboration with our customers. Regardless of which phase of development your medical product is in, you can always rely on our product design and engineering competency. For this purpose, Festo has opened a Technical Engineering Center (TEC) north of Boston, Massachusetts (USA), which is dedicated to the life sciences. The TEC is a state-of-the-art research and development facility with a team of experts who specialize in regulating gas and liquids and sample handling. We are always available to assist you with targeted and customized solutions to meet your requirements - even during the concept phase.

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Innovation

Superconductor technology for the future

Automation and digitalization, the use of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and microfluidics as well as personalized medicine will shape the laboratory of the future. Innovative material technologies such as nanomaterials, smart materials and superconductors play an equally important role. Superconductor technology enables the contactless movement and handling of objects and fluids. This makes it ideal for sterile and safe working in laboratories and biotechnology.

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Lifetech Blog Automated cell dispensing

Innovation

Automated cell dispensing

Be it for the development of drugs or for testing alternative forms of therapy – working with cell cultures is becoming increasingly important in the life science sector. It is also increasing the demand for solutions to make handling cells and organoids more effective and efficient. Manual pipetting ties up scarce and expensive personnel resources. At the same time, large sample quantities can mean that capacity limits are quickly reached.

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Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

Innovation

Automated dispensing of a viscous hydrogel

In the Festo LifeTech Application Center, we tested a setup for UPM Biomedicals for the automatic dispensing of their biocompatible nanocellulose hydrogel.

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