Project of TH Cologne: Real-time Monitoring System for Multi-Chamber Insulation Containers

Transport medications safely and efficiently

From cooling to documentation: When delivering medicines, numerous requirements must be met. To address this, mostly isolated solutions have been used so far, which sometimes incur additional costs and are time-consuming to handle. The Cologne Institute for Digital Ecosystems (CIDE) at TH Cologne ha…

The system developed in the HME 3D project, consisting of the print bed (left) and the extruder (right). (Image: Heike Fischer / TH Cologne)

The melting extruder melts and mixes polymers and medicinal active ingredients. (Image: Heike Fischer / TH Cologne

Extruder barrel with doser (right) and HME printing system (left). (Image: Heike Fischer / TH Cologne)

The print head can produce up to 160 tablets per hour, with the capability to print not only polymers but also lipids. (Image: Heike Fischer / TH Cologne)

In addition to polymers, lipids can also be printed. (Image: Heike Fischer / TH Cologne)

Tablets produced in the project. (Image: Heike Fischer/TH Cologne)

01.12.2022

Personalized medicines using 3D printing

3D-printed medications can be tailored very precisely to the specific disease profile, improving effectiveness and reducing side effects. To make the technology more practical, TH Cologne and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf developed a new printing process in the HME 3D project. This allows mo…

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