INESC TEC
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias - s/n - 4200-465 Porto
About
INESC TEC is a private, non-profit institution dedicated to scientific research and technological development, technology transfer, advanced consulting and training, and pre-incubation of new technology-based companies. Located mainly at Porto, Portugal, hosts 720 integrated researchers (329 PhDs).
INESC TEC already has several examples of research, development and technology transfer of health technologies in clinically relevant areas such as: cancer, neuroscience or disease screening systems, being specialist in 5 core competences: artificial intelligence, biomedical instrumentation, information systems, health management and medical robotics.
In the past four years, INESC TEC's innovation track record has led to several patents and software registrations and the launch of 3 spin-offs: WeSenss (heart patch to monitor vital and environment signals), InSignals Neurotech (estimation of wrist stiffness in patients with Parkinson's disease), iLof (artificial intelligence and photonics to serve the "fingerprints" of various neurodegenerative diseases).
