Swiss HealthTech Center

About SHTC

Pioneering Innovation in HealthTech

Discover how we bridge science, technology, and healthcare to drive impactful solutions and improve the quality of life.

What we do

The SHTC is dedicated to developing the next generation of health, medical and bio technologies that integrate cutting-edge technologies in digital health, aging society, predictive diagnosis, medical imaging, and healthy working and living fields.

Innovation Mindset

The SHTC thinks holistically and feels comfortable in the fuzzy front-end innovation. Agility, Human Centred Design, Lean Start-Up, the fast and uncomplicated cooperation with our customers are no foreign words for us and bring relevant added value for you. The SHTC challenges your ideas to understand the WHY, the HOW and WHAT. Understanding the phases of customer-problem fit, problem-solution fit, and product-market fit and their joint, methodical implementation is a key to success and our concern.

Prototyping innovative devices

We are capable of transforming client concepts into high-quality and cutting-edge MedTech and HealthTech prototypes from the PoC to the MVP.

Funding and support

Accredited for Innosuisse, we offer expert assistance to secure fundings of innovation projects: e.g. write applications, find partners and define the project scope.

Networking

We connect you with key academics and hospitals to enhance your project’s support and success potential.

EXPERTS

We know the Swiss Medtech market and work together with the well-known institutions in the field. Due to our industry experts with many years of experience in product development, from the idea to the market-ready product, up to clinical trials or pre-industrialization, the SHTC introduce you the regulatory requirements of a medical product so that no unpleasant surprise occur.

Team SHTC

Our team consists of highly skilled engineers with deep expertise and experience in human health sciences, specializing in diverse fields essential for creating cutting-edge devices. Their extensive knowledge in life sciences empowers us to develop human-centered technologies that align perfectly with medical needs, ensuring our solutions effectively tackle healthcare challenges.  

Rebecca Brachat
Software Engineer
Jimmy Bron
Head of Swiss HealthTech Center
Pierre-André Friederich
Embedded Systems Engineer
Tobias Hirschi
Design Engineer
Hans Messerli
Design Engineer
Wolfgang Rieder
Project Manager / Development Engineer
Thibault Sampiemon
Diego Stutzer
Sven Wallau
Design Engineer
Need Support
for Your HealthTech or MedTech Project?

Whether you’re a startup, incubator, or looking for a research partner, we’re here to help. We offer guidance, access to expert coaches, technological support, and a strong collaborative network. From refining your R&D ideas to preparing competitive grant applications, we’re ready to accelerate your innovation journey.