Laboratory of biomechanics

LBM
Laboratory of biomechanics
Latin Laboratoire de biomécanique
Research type applied research
Field of research
mechanics, imaging, Medicine
Director Wafa Skalli
Faculty 23
Students 9
Location Paris, France
48°50′03″N 2°21′27″E / 48.834066°N 2.357453°E / 48.834066; 2.357453Coordinates: 48°50′03″N 2°21′27″E / 48.834066°N 2.357453°E / 48.834066; 2.357453
Campus Arts et Métiers ParisTech
CNRS
EA CNRS 4494
Affiliations Arts et Métiers ParisTech
Website http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr/

The Laboratory of biomechanics (in French : Laboratoire de biomécanique), also known as the LBM, is a French laboratory of research located in Paris.[1] It is under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.[2] It is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS[3] and currently employs more than 50 persons. It is officially recognized by the CNRS as a host research team (équipe d'acceuil n°4494).

Teaching and research topics

The main part of the research is focused on the following lines :

Research teams

The laboratory is divided in five research teams, which have their own field of research :

Projects

The LBM is working either with academic or industrial scientific partners. On the European scale, the laboratory is enrolled in 3 initiatives such as the CRAFT-Devaspim project which aims to develop a new kind of vertebral implants.[4] The laboratory is also behind the invention of the EOS imaging system in partnership with the Nobel Prize Georges Charpak.

Facilities and equipment

The laboratory has many "high-tech" apparatuses, especially in the field of medical imaging. Among them, the EOS system that it developed and improved recently.[5] It also have access to special equipment of the Hospital Henri Mondor, which includes a test platform for moves and walk.

The 20000+ square meters building of the laboratory was completely renewed in 2013.

Locations

References and notes

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