FEMTO Engineering is an R&D center of the foundation FC Innov
From science to society
FEMTO Engineering is an R&D center of the foundation FC Innov
The biomedical field requires precision and reliability that few technologies can guarantee. FEMTO Engineering supports manufacturers, laboratories and health stakeholders in the development of innovative biomedical devices, microfluidic systems and technologies for life sciences.
Drawing on skills in microfabrication, surface treatment, instrumentation, and characterization, the team operates from feasibility studies to the production of prototypes and functional demonstrators—by accessing FEMTO-ST’s technological platforms to transform research concepts into concrete solutions for diagnostics, biological analysis and medical devices.
You are developing a component or system intended for medical use—sensor, probe, lab-on-chip, diagnostic device—but you do not have access to a clean room or the microfabrication processes needed for its production.
You have validated an idea on paper or in simulation. You need a first physical device to test the performance, identify the necessary adjustments and prepare for a qualification phase.
You want to miniaturize an analysis step, handle very small volumes of biological liquids or integrate channels and reactors into a compact device for diagnosis or research.
You need to measure molecular interactions, detect biological targets in fluids or validate the properties of biofunctionalized surfaces with equipment that you do not have in your company.
Assessment of material/ process/ biological use compatibility, first controlled environment tests, results report.
Development of manufacturing parameters adapted to biomedical constraints, optimization of results, documentation of the developed process.
Design and manufacture of components or systems integrating biocompatibility constraints and the requirements of the medical sector.
Production in limited quantities for qualification, clinical validation or marketing phases.
Access to FEMTO Engineering equipment and expertise for occasional or recurring needs, with dedicated technical support.
SPR biochips for the detection of proteins and blood microparticles, microfluidic reactors for the analysis of biological liquids, systems for virological diagnosis. Tools that enable detection, measurement and analysis in very low volumes with research-level precision.
Cutting stents, machining of polymers for implantable heart probes, cupules micro-machining for cell culture. Contact-free processes without thermal contamination, on biocompatible materials that do not tolerate conventional processes.
Optical probes, fiber optic sensors, portable demonstrators with integrated sensors and actuators. For manufacturers who develop medical equipment and need custom miniaturized components.
Microfluidic channels in biocompatible materials, pore-controlled filtration membranes, hemostasis control devices. For teams working on the miniaturization of biological analyses and the development of point-of-care devices.
Polymer membranes for cell culture, custom wells and microwells from Ø 10 μm to 300 μm, nanocharacterization by AFM. For laboratories and research teams looking for materials and tools made to precise specifications.
FEMTO Engineering holds a rare position: it is an engineering center capable of covering the entire development of a biomedical device, from design to manufacturing, relying on equipment and expertise issued from academic research at an international level.
For an industrial company or a project leader in the medical sector, it is the possibility to access advanced technologies—microfabrication, laser, SPR, microfluidic—without having to internalize them, with a team who understands both scientific constraints and field requirements.
Microfabrication in a controlled environment ISO 5 to 7, ISO 9001. Photolithography, plasma etching, thin film deposition, connectors and packaging.
Cutting stents, implantable polymers machining, production of microfluidic circuits, filtration membranes, precision drilling in biocompatible materials.
SPR imaging instrument, atomic force microscope (AFM), SUPRA-MS analysis by coupling biochips / mass spectrometry (CLIPP proteomics platform).
100 μm diameter channels in biocompatible materials, Ø 10 μm to 300 μm wells, membranes with submicronic and micronic pores by femtosecond laser.
Specific deposits of ZrO2, SiO2, TiO2, biofunctionalization of surfaces for biological analysis and molecular detection applications.
FEMTO Engineering supports the companies in the development of advanced technologies by relying on the scientific excellence of the FEMTO-ST institute. FEMTO Engineering has a dedicated team of engineers and specialized experts at the service of your innovation projects, who are immersed among the FEMTO-ST research teams.
Our role: to transform the academic research results into concrete industrial solutions.
