Laboratory of biomechanics
{{short description|French research laboratory}}
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|name = LBM
|native_name = Laboratory of biomechanics
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|latin_name = Laboratoire de biomécanique
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|type = applied research
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|research_field = mechanics, imaging, Medicine
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|director = Wafa Skalli
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|faculty = 23
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|students = 9
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|city = Paris
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|country = France
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|campus = Arts et Métiers ParisTech
|free_label = CNRS
|free = EA CNRS 4494
|affiliations = Arts et Métiers ParisTech
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|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060340/http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr/ http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr]
|logo = Logo_LBM_laboratory.gif
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The Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak (IBHGC) is a French research institute located in Paris. It was formerly called the laboratory of biomechanics ({{langx|fr|laboratoire de biomécanique}}) or LBM until 2013.{{cite web|url=https://biomecanique.ensam.eu/presentation-de-l-institut-100824.kjsp?RH=1415803253960&RF=1422526375164 | title=Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak - Présentation de l'Institut }}{{cite web|url=http://www.argospine.net/index.php?page=evaluation-and-training|title=Evaluation and training | argospine the association of research groups for spinal osteosynthesis|publisher=argospine.net|accessdate=2014-04-14}} It is under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.{{cite web|url=http://www.ensam.eu/en/Research/Laboratories|title=Ensam - English - Laboratories|publisher=ensam.eu|accessdate=2014-04-14|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505004638/http://www.ensam.eu/en/Research/Laboratories|archivedate=2014-05-05}} It is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS{{cite web|url=http://www.ic-arts.eu/nos-axes-de-recherche/mecanique-materiaux-et-procedes-m2p/#|title=Mécanique, Matériaux et Procédés (M2P) - Institut Carnot ARTS|publisher=ic-arts.eu|accessdate=2014-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310051608/http://www.ic-arts.eu/nos-axes-de-recherche/mecanique-materiaux-et-procedes-m2p/|archive-date=2014-03-10|url-status=dead}} 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 :
- Modeling of bones and muscle mechanical behavior
- Improving of safety systems
- analysis of nervous system/moves interactions
Research teams
The laboratory is divided in five research teams, which have their own field of research :
- team 1 : mechanical behavior of body and clinical research
- team 2 : biomechanics of shocks, confort and safety in transportation
- team 3 : biomechanics of tissues
- team 4 : biomechanics, sports and health
- team 5 : biomechanics and nervous system
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.docstoc.com/docs/158510070/Devaspim---INFOBIOMED|title=Devaspim - INFOBIOMED|publisher=docstoc.com|accessdate=2014-04-14}}
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.{{cite web |url=http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr/IMG/pdf/Plaquette_LBM_english.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-04-14 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415050430/http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr/IMG/pdf/Plaquette_LBM_english.pdf |archivedate=2014-04-15 }} 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
- Arts et Métiers ParisTech
- Hospital Henri Mondor
References and notes
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