Philips
What is the name of your institution/company?
What products or services do you offer?
Philips is a leading technology company focused on healthcare and well-being. Originally a manufacturer of light bulbs, the company has evolved into a global player in medical equipment, imaging technologies, patient monitoring, and personal health products.
Core Activities:
- Medical imaging (MRI, CT scanners, ultrasound)
- Patient monitoring and hospital solutions
- Image Guided Therapy (IGT) – Philips provides advanced solutions for minimally invasive, image-guided therapies, such as catheter-based heart treatments and interventional oncology. IGT technologies combine live imaging with real-time navigation, ensuring precision and less invasive procedures for patients.
- Personal health (shavers, toothbrushes, sleep apnea devices)
- Innovation in digital health solutions
Philips focuses on innovation, sustainability, and improving healthcare through advanced technologies and data-driven solutions.
In which areas of the FNS program (program lines, work packages) are you active, and what is your contribution?
We are participating in the FNS6G program, work package 3.2 Image Guided Therapy. Together with partners such as Ericsson, Odido, and TNO, we focus on defining requirements for 6G applications in image-guided therapy. Specifically, our focus is on aspects such as data exchange speed (related to hand-eye coordination), robustness, quality of service, etc.
Our contribution includes:
- Providing domain expertise
- Driving requirements from a user perspective
- Co-developing and facilitating related experiments
Why are you participating in the FNS program?
There is a clear shift towards cloud-based applications and data-driven activities. However, implementing cloud technology in critical environments such as patient treatments introduces additional requirements. Through this work package, we aim to explore and define these requirements together with our FNS program partners.
The partners bring essential 6G expertise, which is crucial to making this vision a reality.