At the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT, an
interdisciplinary team of researchers is working on a method for transferring
biomaterials and on innovative systems technology. Now the scientists in Aachen
have managed to manufacture a machine for medical and pharmaceutical research
based on the laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) method. The system is to be
used mainly for the selective transfer of hydrogels, living cells, and other
biomaterials. The first prototype machine, known as LIFTSYS, was recently
delivered to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne EPFL.