# GITAM opens Schwan Laboratory for biomedical training 2026-08-17T20:16:49+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Schwan Laboratory for biomedical training and research has been inaugurated at GITAM School of Core Engineering in Visakhapatnam. P. Bharani Chandra Kumar, Director of GSCE, opened the facility on Monday in the presence of I. Sarat Babu, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, faculty, and students. The laboratory offers biomedical instrumentation and training platforms for physiological signal acquisition, respiratory assessment, and biomechanical evaluation. Equipment includes BIOPAC systems for ECG, EEG, and EMG analysis, a Noraxon gait analysis platform, surgical diathermy units, a haemodialysis demonstration system, non-invasive ventilators, spirometers, syringe pumps, and defibrillator simulators. The facility supports GITAM's B.Tech programme in Biomedical Engineering. GITAM said collaborations with medical and industry institutions will give students practical exposure to medical-device design, testing, clinical workflows, and research. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: GITAM, Schwan Laboratory, Visakhapatnam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/gitam-opens-schwan-laboratory-for-biomedical-training/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/gitam-opens-schwan-laboratory-for-biomedical-training/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/