UniTransferKlinik Lübeck

Name

UniTransferKlinik Lübeck

Legal name

UniTransferKlinik Lübeck GmbH

Website

https://unitransferklinik.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Technology Transfer & Digital Health Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Data, Analytics & AI Training (BI, Data Engineering, ML/GenAI) (BPAEANAH), Biomedical Sciences & Medical Research Institutes (University-Based) (EDAHAGAI)

Keywords

• Medical technology transfer
• AI healthcare integration
• Digital health platforms
• Medical device interoperability
• SME digitalization consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Lübeck

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Publicly Funded Research Projects: UTK generates revenue primarily through the initiation and execution of publicly funded collaborative research projects. Funding sources include BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung), BMWK (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz), and the KI-Strategie des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, as well as EU funding instruments such as EFRE (Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung). Revenue is project-based and tied to specific funding periods and deliverables.
2. Consulting & Advisory Services: UTK provides consulting services to companies in areas of digitalization, process management, regulatory compliance (MDR), and medical device development. Services span the full product lifecycle from concept to market launch and post-market surveillance.
3. Training, Seminars & Continuing Education: UTK offers both internal and external seminars and continuing education programs for companies and employees, covering digitalization topics, AI, cybersecurity, and medical device development. UTK offers not only pure knowledge but also implementation within the customer's own ecosystem.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

UniTransferKlinik Lübeck GmbH operates as a technology transfer and project-initiation organization that bridges academic research (University of Lübeck, UKSH) and industry to deliver digitalization, AI, and medical technology projects. It provides consulting, project coordination, training, and a portfolio of platforms (HISAP4, DIHL cloud collaboration, Transfer-OP) supporting medical device interoperability, MDR-compliant AI medical product development, and SME digitalization in Schleswig-Holstein. Revenue is generated primarily through publicly funded research projects and consortium leadership roles in initiatives such as KI-SIGS, GAIA-Med, KI-Transfer-Hub SH, and the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Schleswig-Holstein.

Product overview

UniTransferKlinik Lübeck (UTK) operates as a technology transfer organization offering a portfolio of interconnected platforms, services, and research projects focused on digitalization, AI, and medical technology. The core offerings include the HISAP4 digital healthcare platform (a modular microservices-based system for health services), the DIHL (Digital-Hub-Lübeck) collaboration infrastructure (built on Nextcloud), and Living Labs facilities. These are complemented by specialized platforms including KI-SIGS (AI space for intelligent health systems), GAIA-MED (GAIA-X based health data infrastructure), KiMeKo (AI medical product development framework), MDZ-SH (SME digitalization center), KI-Lab (AI development laboratory), and KI-Transfer-Hub (AI knowledge transfer network). The service portfolio spans project management, seminars, cybersecurity consulting, and regulatory compliance support for medical device approval. The ecosystem approach connects universities, clinics, and industry partners across healthcare, logistics, energy, and nursing sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KI-Lab Lübeck: High-tech workshop for developing AI-based systems, offering a powerful platform to process and share large datasets and develop artificial intelligence.
• KI-SIGS
• KI-Transfer-Hub Schleswig-Holstein
• HISAP4
• KI-MED-Ökosystem

Products and services

• KI-SIGS (KI-Space für intelligente Gesundheitssysteme) An AI-in-health research consortium platform for adaptive medical systems, learning robotic assistance systems, and Smart-Living Home-Assistants; UTK is consortium leader alongside the University of Lübeck, CAU Kiel, Universities of Hamburg and Bremen, UKSH, DFKI, and Fraunhofer MEVIS.
• Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Schleswig-Holstein (MDZ-SH) SME digitalization support center covering Medizintechnik, Tourismus, and Landwirtschaft sectors with competencies in interoperability, medical technology, and Arbeit 4.0; offers cost-free initial orientation services to SMEs.
• KI-Lab Lübeck High-tech workshop for developing AI-based systems, offering a platform for processing and sharing large datasets and developing proprietary AI; available to project partners for collaborative development.
• KI-Transfer-Hub Schleswig-Holstein AI transfer network that brings together knowledge from universities and companies, bundles it, and transfers it broadly to enable companies to apply AI meaningfully.
• HISAP4 (Health & IoT Service Applications Platform) Digital healthcare platform combining self-sufficient application modules of digital health services with digital assistance systems for clinical, medical, nursing, and personal healthcare; includes a digital marketplace for quality-assured microservices and integrates with HL7-based clinical, practice, and medical device systems.
• GAIA-Med Secure and networked data and service infrastructure for the health domain based on GAIA-X standards, enabling cooperation between medical technology companies, science, and clinics while maintaining digital sovereignty.
• KiMeKo (KI-Med Kollaborationsplattform) BMBF-funded framework platform for supporting the development of AI-based medical products, created by seven North German research institutions with focus on reliability requirements and data protection in medical AI applications.
• EDIH-SH (European Digital Innovation Hub Schleswig-Holstein) Hub for digital and green transformation through innovation, creating new digital solutions at product and process levels with sustainability and climate considerations integrated throughout.
• Transfer-OP Infrastructure and organization service connecting scientists from medical and technical faculties with clinical users and industry partners for the development, testing, and integration of medical technology innovations.
• DIHL (Digital-Hub-Lübeck) Cloud Services Nextcloud-based cloud collaboration environment providing data sharing, video conferencing with screen sharing, email handling, and Slack integration for collaborative project work within a Living Labs environment.
• Beratung & Projektmanagement (Consulting, Advisory & Project Management Services) Consulting services covering digitalization, process management, MDR regulatory compliance, medical device development, and agile project management for customer and third-party projects, with end-to-end support from concept to post-market surveillance.
• Seminare & Weiterbildung (Seminars and Continuing Education) Internal and external seminars and continuing education programs for companies and employees covering digitalization, AI, cybersecurity, and medical device development, including implementation support within the customer's own ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• KI-SIGS consortium spans 5 platform projects and 9 application projects across the North German model region with 20+ consortium partners
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability9 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Schleswig-Holstein (MDZ-SH)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021UTK works at the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Schleswig-Holstein, part of the Mittelstand-Digital network funded by BMWK. UTK is responsible for the areas of medical technology, tourism, and agriculture, covering competency fields including interoperability, medical technology, and Work 4.0.
• European Digital Innovation Hub Schleswig-Holstein (EDIH-SH)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2021UTK participates in EDIH-SH, which aims to create digital and green transformation through innovation, creating new digital solutions at product and process levels with sustainability and climate aspects integrated throughout.
• Universität zu LübeckcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020UTK's closest strategic partner, sharing the same campus. The University provides research expertise, academic talent, and AI/domain knowledge. UTK leverages the university's informatics institutes and medical research capabilities for collaborative project execution.
• Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020UTK works closely with UKSH clinics (particularly the Surgery Clinic at Campus Lübeck) on clinical validation of medical technologies, AI applications in healthcare, and the Transfer-OP initiative that provides infrastructure for testing medical technology innovations.
• KI-SIGS Konsortium (20+ Partner)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2020UTK is consortium lead for KI-SIGS (KI-Space für intelligente Gesundheitssysteme), a flagship BMBF-funded project. Consortium includes: Universität zu Lübeck, CAU Kiel, Universität Hamburg, Universität Bremen, UKSH, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), and Fraunhofer MEVIS. The project runs from April 2020 to March 2023.
• KI-Transfer-Hub Schleswig-HolsteinflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2020UTK is a founding partner of the KI-Transfer-Hub SH, which aims to bring together knowledge from universities and companies, aggregate it, and transfer it broadly. The hub shows companies possibilities for meaningful AI application and enables them to fully exploit potential. Funded by the KI-Strategie des Landes Schleswig-Holstein with ~3 million EUR from EFRE.
• KI-Lab LübeckcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK has access to a KI-Lab (AI laboratory) located in the same facility, as well as extensive medical data from the HiGHmed project. The KI-Lab serves as a high-tech workshop for developing AI-based systems and processing large datasets.
• GAIA-Med KonsortiumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK leads the GAIA-Med project, creating a secure and networked data and service infrastructure in the health domain based on GAIA-X standards, focusing on cooperation between medical technology companies, science, and clinics while maintaining digital sovereignty and medical data protection requirements.
• KiMeKo (KI-Med Kollaborationsplattform)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerKiMeKo is a BMBF-funded research project of seven North German research institutions to provide a framework for supporting the development of AI-based medical products. UTK participates as a key partner in this initiative addressing reliability requirements and data protection in AI medical devices.
• MCEA Projekt (Medical Cause and Effects Analysis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK coordinates the MCEA project involving six informatics institutes of the University of Lübeck and UKSH clinics, along with PLATO AG, focused on developing medical expert systems with AI for high medical knowledge structuring and access to patient/case/device data.
• PLATO AGcoreTechnology or IntegrationPLATO AG participates in the MCEA project alongside UTK, University of Lübeck, and UKSH, contributing to the development of medical expert systems with AI capabilities.
• Arztbörsen International GmbH (SkinDot®)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK cooperates with Arztbörsen International GmbH on the SkinDot® project, which develops an innovative full skin transplantation procedure in collaboration with the University of Lübeck and Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin. The project involves robotic skin island extraction integrated via the SDC standard.
• KI-MED-ÖkosystemflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK works with the University of Lübeck and UKSH on the KI-MED-Ökosystem, which aims to significantly accelerate the expansion of the initial AI ecosystem in healthcare at the University of Lübeck through further development of existing approaches and promotion of new activities.
• Oemeta Chemische Werke GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUTK and the University of Lübeck worked with Oemeta Chemische Werke GmbH on the Digital Challenge 2020, where students developed concepts challenging existing business models for SMEs in Schleswig-Holstein.
• Digital-Hub-Lübeck (DIHL)coreTechnology or IntegrationUTK operates the Digital-Hub-Lübeck, a Nextcloud-based cloud collaboration environment providing data management, video conferencing, email, and Slack integration for project collaboration. The DIHL services are available to project partners and enable living lab environments.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DFKI (German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence): Germany's leading applied AI research organization with multiple sites and large project portfolio. Comparable as a publicly funded AI research and transfer partner; competes for BMBF funding and consortium leadership in AI health initiatives, but operates at significantly larger scale across multiple domains.
• Charité – Digital Health Center: Berlin-based university hospital digital health initiative conducting large-scale medical AI research and transfer. Comparable as a university-affiliated AI health transfer organization, but at much larger scale and with broader geographic reach.

Direct peers

• HiGHmed e.V. German Medical Informatics consortium funded by BMBF, developing interoperable medical data infrastructure. UTK leverages HiGHmed medical data for its projects; comparable as a publicly funded medical data integration consortium with similar partners (university hospitals, research institutes).
• PLATO AG: German consulting firm specializing in medical device regulatory affairs and product development. Directly comparable as a consulting partner for medical device companies; UTK and PLATO even co-participate in the MCEA project, highlighting overlapping service portfolios.
• Fraunhofer MEVIS: Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine, a leading German applied research organization in medical image computing and AI. Directly comparable as a publicly funded medical technology research and transfer partner serving industry, clinics, and academia—competes for similar BMBF grants and consortium leads.
• OR.NET e.V. German research association focused on service-oriented device connectivity and medical device interoperability in the OR. Directly comparable to UTK's SDC expertise and interoperability work; both are consortium-style organizations developing open standards for networked medical devices.
• Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum (Network): BMWK-funded network of SME digitalization centers across Germany. UTK's MDZ-SH is part of this network; comparable centers (e.g., Berlin, Hannover) serve similar SME digitalization missions in their regions, making them direct peer organizations for consulting and training services.

Emerging players

• Universität zu Lübeck – Institut für Software Engineering: Academic partner institution sharing the same campus as UTK, conducting software engineering and medical AI research. Comparable as a research partner and potential competitor for transfer contracts, though primarily academic rather than commercial.

Others

• KI Bundesverband: German AI industry association representing 350+ member organizations. Comparable ecosystem player in the German AI landscape; while not a transfer organization, it represents the broader community in which UTK's consortium initiatives operate and compete for visibility.

Regional players

• Zentrum für Digitale Innovationen Niedersachsen (ZDIN): Lower Saxony's digital innovation center coordinating AI and digitalization transfer to SMEs. Comparable as a state-level publicly funded transfer organization for AI and digitalization, but focused on a different regional market with no direct geographic overlap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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