Nanotechnology : Lausanne

Attolight

jberney — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:31:49 +0000

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http://www.atto-light.com

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contact@atto-light.com

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EPFL-SB-IPEQ, Station 3

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1004

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+41 21 693 70 37

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Attolight produces a unique Ultrafast 4D Scanning Electron Microscope with high temporal and high spatial resolution. It also provides pulsed electron guns, time-resolved cathodoluminescence detection systems and spectrometers for STREAK cameras.

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Debiotech S.A.

Benj — Tue, 01 May 2007 13:31:41 +0000

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http://www.debiotech.com/

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Le Portique, Av. de Sévelin 28

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1004

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+41 21 623 60 00

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+41 21 623 60 01

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Debiotech is your partner for the development of highly innovative medical devices for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes :
Disposable programmable micropumps, miniaturized infusion pumps, contrast media injectors, drug reconstitution devices, cycler for peritoneal dialysis, flow regulators, nano delivery systems...

Debiotech is also a R&D organisation which integrates today the best industrial skills and numerous collaborations with industrial groups and R&D centers for the quickest conversion of technical innovations into products.

Debiotech’s Insulin Nanopump™ is made of two parts: a permanent part that contains the electronics and a disposable part with the reservoir and the pumping mechanism. It has a total volume of 65mm x 38mm x 11mm (27ml) with an insulin reservoir capacity of 3ml and the permanent part attached. With such a small size, it can be hidden under the clothes and makes the disease almost invisible. Size is often perceived as a major issue for patients: pumps are heavy and cumbersome. The Insulin Nanopump™ is up to five times smaller than today’s pumps and therefore represents a clear progress for the patients’ Quality of Life.

The MEMS technology used in the Insulin Nanopump™ allows a very tight control of the pumping mechanism. Each pump actuation injects only 200 nanoliters of drug, and reproducibility is better than 2%, bringing it very close to physiological delivery of insulin. This precise control may also allow the use of more concentrated insulin, once available on the market. It should also extend the use of pumps for children who have low needs of insulin, and where injection must be especially well controlled. On the longer run, it may be combined with a continuous glucose monitoring system and open the way to the artificial pancreas.

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Lyncée Tec SA

Benj — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:06:21 +0000

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http://www.lynceetec.com/

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info@lynceetec.com

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Street address

PSE-A

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CH-1015

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+41 (0)21 693 02 20

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+41 (0)21 693 02 29

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Our mission is to develop, produce and distribute the most accurate and powerful 3D analysis instruments based on the Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM™) technology

* To remain the leading company in the development of DHM™ instruments, by improving continuously their simplicity-of-use and accuracy, by extending their application range and by providing excellence in quality.

* To maintain a strong synergy with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne (UNIL) by supporting high technological and analytical academic projects and by transferring scientific development to practical industrial applications.

* To fulfil the most demanding quantitative and qualitative optical analysis needs in both industrial quality control and R&D.

* To set DHM™ system as standard technique for optical 3D metrology with products designed to provide long-term benefits for its customers

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Development Economic Western Switzerland (Dews)

Benj — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 15:56:20 +0000

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http://www.dews.com/

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DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE CANTON DE VAUD (DEV); AV. DE GRATTA-PAILLE 2

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CH - 1000

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+41 21 641 17 17

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+41 21 641 17 18

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As tax incentives and work permits often are a major concern of new businesses arriving in the country, we concentrate on these key elements while supporting every step you take in getting your company and your family established in Western Switzerland. We consider ourselves part of your team, which means your problems also are ours, and your success is ours as well.

We have four national languages (French, German, Italian, and Romanche). Switzerland is a federation of 26 separate states, called cantons. Our country has a foreign population of 20%. The Swiss traditionally focus on pragmatic solutions and consensus. As a result, in Switzerland, you will find people of distinct cultures who speak different languages and successfully and peacefully work and live together. This is a model for the world. In addition, our small size and cultural diversity make Switzerland an ideal place of testing products before they are introduced into the global marketplace.
Switzerland encompasses 41,288 square kilometres (15,941 square miles) and has a population of 7.3 million. Because of our small home market, for centuries the Swiss have been looking for outsidemarket and have become traders, both exporters and importers 'par excellence'. Since we have few raw materials, our business focus has been on high-value-added products and services. This has resulted in a requirement for excellent education, research and development. Switzerland's success rests on the talents, industriousness and productivity of its people. No other small country has created so many important multinational companies in the areas of pharmaceuticals and nutrition, banks, finance, and insurance, watches and high-quality machinery.