Bachelor's degree programme Biomedical Engineering

My name is Floris. I'm studying biomedical engineering. At the moment I'm doing my bachelor's project at IVWare. IVWare is a spin-off company of the UMCG. They're creating a wearable IV pump for patients and to replace an IV pole. As you can see, this is the prototype IVWare has created. This is the case and inside you can place the IV bag with the liquid the patient needs. You can easily put it into the case and then you close it and it's ready. If you compare the new product with older IV pumps you can see this one is much more bigger and heavier. So it's almost impossible for patients to carry it with them all the time. At IVWare I am researching the possibility to store other liquids in the pump. It's like insulin or tube feeding. So it's a really technical research I'm doing but because of my study I got a lot of technical insights which I can apply during my research. And my final product I will develop it with software on computer so that I can 3D print it. The human body always intrigues me and I think it's very remarkable how everything goes well at most of the time. I also like it to create new things and to think about the technical possibilities we have nowadays. To help patients and to create new medical devices. During the design courses you're working in groups and you learn how to work together and to create a device while working in group. For the study you need to be interested in biology, physiology, the human body. Do you think that you like biomedical engineering? Then you can look for more information on the side of the rug.