Biodesign Finland wins the Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award 2025
The Aalto Pioneering Excellence award is granted annually to one or more teams that are doing groundbreaking work
Biodesign Finland
Biodesign Finland is a strategic initiative within the Aalto University School of Science, hosted by the Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering (NBE). Biodesign Finland is organized together with Aalto University, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) and University of Oulu in collaboration with Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Biodesign Finland is a need-driven medical technology innovation and training program, which produces experts in health technology, solutions to healthcare, and new business.
Biodesign aims to offer the best starting point for creating medical technology for the benefit of the patient globally.
Personnel
Salla Keränen
Program Manager
Current Innovation Fellows
Erika Gröhn
R2B projects from Biodesign Finland
List of Research to Business projects arisen from Biodesign Finland by year (in reverse chronological order, most recent first). Innovation Fellows are highlighted in bold.
Otos
- Partanen, Jouni (Principal investigator)
- Tervonen, Tanja
- Raduma, Wycliffe
- Chawda, Poonam
- Saku Sinkkonen
- Ville Sivonen
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
Read more on research.aalto.fi
Inga
- Parkkonen, Lauri (Principal investigator)
- Kruit, Heidi
- Rahkonen, Leena
- Laakso, Aki
- Castren-Niemi, Hanna (Team Lead)
- Laurila, Julia
- Kanerva-Pulkkinen, Joy
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Read more on research.aalto.fi
Daring Birth
- Lillrank, Paul (Principal investigator)
- Pyykönen, Aura
- Järvelin, Annika
- Tenhunen, Henni
- Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Urisens
- Halonen, Kari (Principal investigator)
- Tanweer, Muhammed
- Tanzer, Oguz
- Monga, Dipesh
- Mekonnen, Israel
- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Read more on research.aalto.fi
hentoTouch
- Nieminen, Heikki (Principal investigator)
- Tuovinen, Pauli
- Harkki, Juliana
- Planman, Jukka
- Annevirta, Jonne
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Read more on research.aalto.fi
Nosore
- Renvall, Hanna (Principal investigator)
- Mattila, Marko
- Vakkala, Martti
- Ribeiro Nobre, Nuno
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Solving the mesh -> Lignum Medical (company)
- Nieminen, Heikki (Principal investigator)
- Eija Raussi-Lehto
- Jani Kuula
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Read more on research.aalto.fi
Vestoscope -> Vital Signs (company)
- Nieminen, Heikki (Principal investigator)
- Andreae, Thomas
- Kouros, Alexis
- Vallila, Jaakko
- Laakso, Aki
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Heart4Oxygen -> Spectrocor (company)
- Ilmoniemi, Risto (Principal investigator)
- Elamo, Sami (Project Member)
- Kronström, Kai
- Pätilä, Tommi
- Rantala, Jari
- Kotilahti, Kalle
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Identa -> Koite Health (company)
- Ilmoniemi, Risto (Principal investigator)
- Kärkimaa, Jukka
- Nikinmaa, Sakari
- Perovuo, Saija
- Ivanitskiy, Katja
- Pätilä, Tommi
- Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Companies started from Biodesign Finland
List of companies that arose from Biodesign Finland (in reverse chronological order, most recent first). Innovation Fellows are highlighted in bold.
Biodesign Finland news on aalto.fi
Digital doula helps mothers-to-be face the fear of childbirth
Aalto University introduces 12 new world-changing innovations at Slush. On of them is digital doula Natal Mind, a mobile app designed to support the emotional and mental journey undergone by mothers-to-be.
Pitching in ice cold water and childbirth are both leaps into the unknown
The Natal Mind research team won the Polar Bear Pitching competition last weekend in Oulu. Obstetrician Aura Pyykönen tells us what it was like to pitch in the ice-cold water. Annika Järvelin, Riikka Lemmetyinen and Henni Tenhunen are other members of the winning team at Aalto Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
One hundred years of Finnish maternity and child health clinics - researchers are exploring how health technology could be used to meet new needs
Researchers are now exploring how to meet the needs of the next century of maternity and child health clinics using Biodesign methods from Stanford University.
Aalto's expertise in use to help the corona crisis - several research and development projects quickly launched
The members of the Aalto community have been launching research and development projects related to the corona situation at a rapid pace since March.
Developing individualised biomaterials for medical treatment
New types of biological mesh can also be used in treating gynaecological prolapses, hernias and urinary incontinence.
New artificial intelligence assisted device could soon replace traditional stethoscope and significantly expedite right diagnosis
The Aalto-originated startup Vital Signs will present their innovation at the Slush 100 pitching competition next week.
SpectroCor
SpectroCor brings a precise heart monitoring system for open-heart surgery.
New high-tech mouthwash uses light to kill harmful bacteria on teeth
The new method developed by Finnish researchers is based on dual-light photodynamic therapy. The method doesn’t interfere with friendly bacteria in the mouth, or cause bacterial resistance
Biodesign Finland brings new solutions to the hospital world
An interdisciplinary team will develop biomedical technologies that can be commercialised.
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering