| LBM | |
| Native Name: | Laboratory of biomechanics |
| Latin Name: | Laboratoire de biomécanique |
| Type: | applied research |
| Research Field: | mechanics, imaging, Medicine |
| Director: | Wafa Skalli |
| Faculty: | 23 |
| Students: | 9 |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | France |
| Campus: | Arts et Métiers ParisTech |
| Free Label: | CNRS |
| Free: | EA CNRS 4494 |
| Affiliations: | Arts et Métiers ParisTech |
| Website: | http://bio-web.paris.ensam.fr |
The Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak (IBHGC) is a French research institute located in Paris. It was formerly called the laboratory of biomechanics (French: laboratoire de biomécanique) or LBM until 2013.[1] [2] It is under the authority of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.[3] It is part of the Carnot Institute ARTS[4] and currently employs more than 50 persons. It is officially recognized by the CNRS as a host research team (équipe d'acceuil n°4494).
The main part of the research is focused on the following lines :
The laboratory is divided in five research teams, which have their own field of research :
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.[5] The laboratory is also behind the invention of the EOS imaging system in partnership with the Nobel Prize Georges Charpak.
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.[6] 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.