The foundations for QTIS/e were laid in a longstanding research collaboration between the department of Soft Tissue Biomechanics and Engineering of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and the Cardiovascular Surgery department of the University Hospital of Zurich (UHZ). The unique combination of the Eindhoven engineering approach with the Zurich clinical expertise has led to several breakthroughs in the area of cardiovascular tissue engineering.

Besides these two primary partnerships QTIS/e collaborates with many other parties within our national and international research consortia. This way QTIS/e has set up an excellent international network to support our cardiovascular tissue engineering R&D programs.

Clinical partners
On the preclinical development we have established collaborationships with several internationally outstanding clinical partners, including
Deutsche Herzzentrum Berlin
UMC Utrecht
UMC Maastricht
UMC Leiden

Regulatory partners
On all regulatory aspects of our products QTIS/e closely collaborates with Signifix, a consultancy company on Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs and Project Management, with specific expertise on Tissue Engineered products.

Industrial partners
Within our research consortia QTIS/e collaborates with a mix of large multinationals as well as hightech SME's. Some of our current partners include
Philips Research
DSM
TNO
Pharmacell
SupraPolix
SyMO-Chem

Supporting partners
QTIS/e gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Dutch Heart Foundation as well as the Dutch Kidney Foundation.