IHU Strasbourg and the CAMMA Team Stand Out at MICCAI 2025, the Leading Conference for Research in Digital Surgery.

CAMMA (Computer Assisted Medical and Minimally-invasive Applications), a joint team between IHU Strasbourg and the ICube laboratory of the University of Strasbourg, made a strong showing at the 28th edition of the MICCAI Conference (Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions), held in Daejeon, South Korea, from September 23 to 27, 2025. Led by Prof. Nicolas Padoy, Scientific Director and Head of Computer Science and AI Research at IHU Strasbourg, CAMMA has risen to the top tier of global research teams in surgical data science and artificial intelligence.

An Exemplary Scientific Output

Six articles were accepted and presented at the main conference following a highly selective process (overall acceptance rate of 29%), confirming CAMMA’s scientific excellence. This year, the articles focused on four themes:

• Multimodal and weakly supervised learning,
• 3D modeling of surgical scenes,
• Recognition of surgical activities,
• AI applied to gynecological oncology.

One of the articles was awarded the MICCAI 2025 Young Scientist Award.

At the crossroads of research and entrepreneurship

The innovative momentum at IHU Strasbourg has once again been demonstrated with the creation of a spin-off based on CAMMA’s work, Scialytics, which is developing an artificial intelligence ecosystem designed to measure and reduce surgical risks. Scialytics was awarded second prize in the Startup Village Pitch Competition, recognizing its potential for clinical, technological, and entrepreneurial impact.

CLINICCAI – A successful fifth edition

Created in 2021 during the MICCAI congress in Strasbourg by Prof. Nicolas Padoy, CLINICCAI (Clinical Translation of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention) has established itself as a key event of the congress.

The 2025 edition once again attracted a large audience of researchers, clinicians, and industry professionals, confirming its role as an essential platform for exchanges between science, technology, and clinical practice.

Dr. Pietro Mascagni, clinical research advisor specializing in artificial intelligence and medical informatics at IHU Strasbourg, spoke at the “From Idea to Product” panel, sharing his experience in transforming technological innovations into concrete clinical solutions.

Major international challenges and workshops

The IHU and CAMMA have also contributed to several major initiatives:

• SAGES Critical View of Safety (CVS) Lighthouse Challenge, organized in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the prestigious Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES). This competition mobilized the global surgical AI community around a single goal: to improve the automated assessment of critical safety views in laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with record numbers: 1,000 surgical videos from 24 countries, 67 contributing surgeons, 5,400 annotations produced, and 35 methods proposed by 14 teams.

• The MICCAI CREATE workshop, dedicated to clinical robotics and embodied artificial intelligence, was a highlight with a presentation by Nicolas Padoy: “Harnessing the Power of Vision and Language to Improve Surgical Safety.”

These achievements illustrate the mission of the IHU Strasbourg and CAMMA at MICCAI 2025: to bring together academic research excellence, technological innovation, and clinical impact to transform the surgery of tomorrow.

Ressources :

• CLINICCAI 2025 : https://conferences.miccai.org/2025/en/CLINICAL-DAY.html
• SAGES CVS Lighthouse Challenge : https://www.cvschallenge.org/
• MICCAI CREATE Workshop “Efficient Medical AI”
  “Harnessing the Power of Vision and Language to Improve Surgical Safety” :
  https://sites.google.com/view/create-miccai-2025
• AE-CAI | CARE | OR 2.0 : https://workshops.ap-lab.ca/aecai2025/program/
• Scialytics : https://www.scialytics.io/

RDS, led by Elie Lobel, has just raised €14 million to accelerate the rollout of its MultiSense® connected patch for post-operative monitoring in Europe and the US market. A long-standing partner of IHU Strasbourg, RDS illustrates the vitality of the healthcare innovation ecosystem within the Nexmed medical technology cluster.

A smart patch to transform post-operative patient monitoring

RDS (Advancing Patient Pathways™) is developing MultiSense®, a connected patch linked to a digital platform that can continuously measure six key physiological parameters (heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen saturation, skin temperature, activity level, and posture).

Validated by several clinical studies and protected by more than 20 patents, this medical device aims to optimize the length of hospital stays and ensure patients’ safe return home. Since March 2024, MultiSense® has been CE marked and its rollout has already begun in around 15 establishments in France, Belgium, and Germany.*

Funding to accelerate European and international development

This Series A fundraising round, amounting to €14 million, will enable RDS to take several strategic steps:

• Strengthen its sales and support teams to meet growing demand in Europe;
• Deploy its industrial capabilities in France, with the ambition of contributing to French and European health sovereignty;
• Launch a medico-economic study (Sense-Eco) on more than 400 patients to objectively assess the impact of MultiSense® on post-operative length of stay and prepare for its reimbursement;
• Prepare for its entry into the North American market, with an FDA registration application planned for 2028.

This transaction brings the total funding raised by RDS to approximately €28 million. It was led by the SPI fund, managed by Bpifrance on behalf of the French government, and involves both new investors (Critical Path Ventures) and long-standing partners (MACSF, Capital Grand Est, etc.).

A success that reinforces the mission of the IHU Strasbourg

Founded in California and hosted by the IHU Strasbourg, RDS has been able to evolve in a stimulating environment where clinicians, researchers, and entrepreneurs collaborate to develop innovative medical solutions. The IHU promoted the first clinical trials to validate MultiSense® technology and included RDS in major collaborative projects with European partners (5G-OR and eCAP).

The IHU Strasbourg warmly congratulates Elie Lobel and his remarkable team for this achievement, which will help shape the future of connected health in Europe and beyond.

Visit the website: https://rdsdiag.com/en/

This is a first. The French and German conferences dedicated to the ROS open source robotics ecosystem will be held simultaneously in Strasbourg from November 17 to 20, 2025.

The event is organized by the robotics team at the ICube laboratory of the University of Strasbourg, based at the IHU.

The conferences will begin with two days of practical workshops on November 17 and 18, 2025, which will provide a unique opportunity for training and sharing experiences around ROS (Robot Operating System), which is spreading throughout the international robotics community. They will offer an innovative setting for directly experimenting with use cases from the academic world and industry.

An event to explore the latest advances in robotics

Twelve workshops are scheduled, covering a wide range of topics: from advanced ROS2 skills to the integration of complex systems, collaborative robotics, and process automation.

These workshops aim to combine theoretical learning with immediate practical application, in a collaborative format that encourages the exchange of experiences between researchers, engineers, students, manufacturers, and robotics enthusiasts.

Examples of workshops on offer

Two sessions in particular illustrate the diversity and richness of this edition:

• Exploring realistic automation scenarios with ROS2: participants will work on a concrete environment comprising robotic arms, conveyors, and tools, in order to solve automation challenges through an exploratory and collaborative approach.
• Discovering the ethercat_driver_ros2 plugin: a technical workshop designed to understand EtherCAT hardware integration in ROS2, including module configuration, custom controller development, and the implementation of advanced safety features.

A cross-border and collaborative dynamic

These workshops are part of the broader ROSCon France & Germany 2025 event, which will continue on November 19 and 20 with two days of conferences, scientific presentations, and visits to the technology platforms of the University of Strasbourg and its partners. This combination of practical workshops and plenary sessions reflects the ROS community’s desire to create a space for dialogue and innovation shared between the two countries.

Practical information

• Dates: workshops on November 17 and 18, 2025 – Conference on November 19 and 20, 2025 (separate registration).
• Location: Strasbourg.
• Meals: lunch is included in the workshop registration fee.
• Target audience: students, doctoral students, researchers, engineers, industrialists, and anyone wishing to deepen their skills in ROS and robotics.

📌 Information and registration: roscon.ros.org

This event is supported by Carnot Télécom & Société Numérique, INSA Strasbourg, SATT Conectus, and IHU Strasbourg, in partnership with ICube and the University of Strasbourg.

The IHU Strasbourg welcomed the CIFGE of the Lions Clubs of France: a meeting at the crossroads of youth, science, and the French-speaking world

On July 16, the IHU Strasbourg had the honor of welcoming the delegation from the CIFGE (Centre International Francophone Grand Est) of the Lions Clubs of France. This visit is part of a relationship of trust built up over the years, making the IHU an essential stop on their program every two years.

The CIFGE brings together young French speakers under the age of 40 from all over the world for an immersive experience in the French language, culture, and the richness of the region. The IHU Strasbourg, a leading center for medical innovation, is fully committed to this dynamic of openness and knowledge sharing.

This year’s chosen theme—artificial intelligence—resonates particularly well with the Institute’s activities. On this occasion, a dedicated conference will present the IHU’s vision for the integration of AI into the medicine of tomorrow, as well as several flagship projects led by our teams at the intersection of surgery, imaging, and artificial intelligence.

The IHU Strasbourg’s hosting of this program illustrates our desire to be at the heart of societal issues by promoting intercultural exchanges, supporting the international appeal of Strasbourg and the Grand Est region, and encouraging young French-speaking talent to engage in research and innovation within our ecosystem.

By forging these links, IHU Strasbourg is affirming more than ever its role as a committed partner in the service of progress and Francophone cooperation.

Learn more about Lions Clubs International: www.lionsclubs.org

A second meeting to stimulate medical innovation in Strasbourg

On June 5, 2025, the IHU Strasbourg will host the second IHU Strasbourg I ITI HealthTech meeting, organized in partnership with the Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire HealthTech of the University of Strasbourg and the ICube laboratory. This meeting is a continuation of the dialogue initiated in 2022 on the dynamics of translational research, at the crossroads of engineering sciences, medicine and health technologies.

This new edition will bring together researchers, clinicians, engineers and project leaders to share their advances and explore new synergies around the design, prototyping and validation of innovative medical devices. The afternoon will feature a number of highlights, including presentations of results from projects supported in 2022, a spotlight on current proofs of concept, a poster session devoted to 2024 projects, and an overview of the technological platforms that accelerate the transition from idea to clinical application.

In particular, the event will showcase the cross-disciplinary expertise of IHU Strasbourg – with its preclinical and clinical research divisions and its DIAMS service dedicated to healthcare data and artificial intelligence – as well as ICube’s IRIS platform, specialized in rapid prototyping for medical robotics.

The meeting will conclude with a convivial moment and the possibility, upon registration, of visiting the IHU’s technical facilities. This initiative illustrates the partners’ shared desire to create an environment conducive to innovation, anchored in the region, serving research and the transformation of medical practices.

Practical info :
📅 June 5, 2025 at 1pm
📌 IHU Strasbourg
✉️ event@ihu-strasbourg.eu – iti-healthtech@unistra.fr
🔗 Infos: www.ihu-strasbourg.eu/actualites/iti-healthtech/
Registration required at: www.ihu-strasbourg.eu/iti-healthtech-inscription-en/

Download program (in French)