CTI Medtech Award 2011: Measuring blood flow
Berne, 23.08.2011 - Bern, 23.08.2011 – The CTI presented the CTI Medtech Award 2010 with prize money of CHF 10,000 in Bern today. Experts selected the winner from among three nominated projects. The winning project belongs to Aïmago and the EPFL which developed a camera that visualises dermal blood flow. Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann also took the opportunity to award the first three innovation vouchers in the field of Life Sciences.
The proud winners Theo Lasser (EPFL) and Michael Friedrich (Aïmago) were presented the award in the shape of a quartz stone from Vals and a cheque for CHF 10,000 by CTI President Walter Steinlin. Their project was selected by an expert audience of around 550 representatives from the fields of research and industry to be the best of the three nominated projects.
The award-winning project - Visualising dermal blood flow
Skin burns are extremely painful and up until now, it was difficult to rapidly and accurately determine the degree of the burn. Aïmago offers a revolutionary solution with its newly developed camera for measuring dermal blood flow. The Doppler effect allows the measurement of light reflected by red blood cells using a laser beam and to determine the quality of the blood flow. The precise measurement of dermal blood flow offers many advantages, not only for burns injuries, but also for plastic surgery, wound healing, diabetes, rheumatology and neurosurgery. The numerous areas of application provide the ambitious new company from Lausanne with promising business potential.
Aïmago benefitted from the CTI's R&D Support and Start-up Coaching.
Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann presents the first innovation vouchers
In response to the strong Swiss franc, the Federal Council had decided in February to increase CTI funding for 2011 and 2012. The CTI created a pilot project for innovation vouchers in record time using the additional funds, and launched the vouchers on 4 July 2011. The head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs (FDEA), Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann awarded the first three innovation vouchers at the Medtech Event to the authors of particularly promising research projects in the field of Life Sciences.
CTI Medtech Initiative
The CTI Medtech Initiative was launched in 1997 and has since supported around 300 projects. CTI Medtech has two main aims: first, to support innovation and competiveness in the Swiss Medtech sector, and secondly, to stimulate the transfer of knowledge between research, medtech firms, start-ups and SMEs. In 2010 federal funding amounting to CHF 10.2 million was awarded to 33 projects. The economic partners for their part invested CHF 14.4 million in the projects.Address for enquiries
Prof. Dr. Lutz Nolte, Head, CTI Medtech, Tel.: 031 631 59 58, lutz.nolte@istb.unibe.ch
Vinzenz Batt, CTI Communications, Tel.: 031 322 83 63, vinzenz.batt@kti.admin.ch
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