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04-30-2017, 11:58 PM
3 US Inventors Named 2017 European Inventor Award Finalists
The European Patent ****** (EPO) an**unced its finalists for the 2017 European Inventor Award (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/about.html)*in the categories of Industry, Research, **n-EPO Countries, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, and Lifetime Achievement. The Award, begun in 2006, aims to pay “tribute to the creativity of inventors the world over, who use their technical, scientific and intellectual skills to make a real contribution to tech**logical progress and eco**mic growth and so improve people’s daily lives.” While any member of the public can **minate someone for the award, the EPO and an international jury evaluate submissions based on technical originality as well as eco**mic and social impact. The Award winners will be an**unced at a ceremony in Venice, Italy on June 15th.
This year, three inventors*from the United States were ho**red as finalists in the **n-EPO Countries category of the competition: Dr. James G. Fujimoto, Eric A. Swanson, and Dr.*Waleed Hassanein.
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hu3.jpg (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html)Robert Huber
Dr. Fujimoto and Swanson are being ho**red together along with German Physicist Robert Huber (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html) for the development of*optical coherence tomography (OCT). First prototyped in 1993,
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Fu.jpg (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html)James G. Fujimoto and Eric A. Swanson
OCT was the first medical imaging technique that allowed visualization of soft tissues in real-time with microscopic detail. Originally developed at MIT by Dr. Fujimoto and Swanson in order to diag**se*glaucoma, the tech**logy quickly expanded to*cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and dermatological applications.
Dr. Fujimoto is currently a professor at MIT while Swanson received his MS from MIT in 1984; both have received numerous awards and recognition for their pioneering work on OCT.
Dr. Huber brought advances in imaging speed to cardiovascular OCT and*joined the team at MIT from 2003 to 2005. He continues to advance OCT tech**logy at his company*Optores GmbH.
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Transmedics-1.jpgDr.*Waleed Hassanein is being ho**red (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/hassanein.html)for developing the Organ Care System (OCS), a technique for preserving human organs outside the body three times longer than traditional cold storage. Dr. Hassanein originally developed the technique to store human hearts at Georgetown University by focusing on using warm environments and surrounding the heart with*nutrient-rich*blood. Implemented clinically in 2007, OCS is **w used for human lung and kidney storage as well.
The additional time that an organ remains viable due to OCS presents a significant breakthrough for*transplants. With a longer duration of viability outside the human body, organs can **w be transported further and doctors can **w accurately assess the suitability of a new organ before re-implantation. Today, Dr. Hassanein is the CEO, President, and Director of TransMedics, the company he founded to commercialize*the concept*of “living organ transplants” for the improvement of clinical practice.
Link:*European Inventor Award… (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/about.html)
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The European Patent ****** (EPO) an**unced its finalists for the 2017 European Inventor Award (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/about.html)*in the categories of Industry, Research, **n-EPO Countries, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, and Lifetime Achievement. The Award, begun in 2006, aims to pay “tribute to the creativity of inventors the world over, who use their technical, scientific and intellectual skills to make a real contribution to tech**logical progress and eco**mic growth and so improve people’s daily lives.” While any member of the public can **minate someone for the award, the EPO and an international jury evaluate submissions based on technical originality as well as eco**mic and social impact. The Award winners will be an**unced at a ceremony in Venice, Italy on June 15th.
This year, three inventors*from the United States were ho**red as finalists in the **n-EPO Countries category of the competition: Dr. James G. Fujimoto, Eric A. Swanson, and Dr.*Waleed Hassanein.
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/hu3.jpg (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html)Robert Huber
Dr. Fujimoto and Swanson are being ho**red together along with German Physicist Robert Huber (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html) for the development of*optical coherence tomography (OCT). First prototyped in 1993,
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Fu.jpg (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/fujimoto.html)James G. Fujimoto and Eric A. Swanson
OCT was the first medical imaging technique that allowed visualization of soft tissues in real-time with microscopic detail. Originally developed at MIT by Dr. Fujimoto and Swanson in order to diag**se*glaucoma, the tech**logy quickly expanded to*cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and dermatological applications.
Dr. Fujimoto is currently a professor at MIT while Swanson received his MS from MIT in 1984; both have received numerous awards and recognition for their pioneering work on OCT.
Dr. Huber brought advances in imaging speed to cardiovascular OCT and*joined the team at MIT from 2003 to 2005. He continues to advance OCT tech**logy at his company*Optores GmbH.
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Transmedics-1.jpgDr.*Waleed Hassanein is being ho**red (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/finalists/2017/hassanein.html)for developing the Organ Care System (OCS), a technique for preserving human organs outside the body three times longer than traditional cold storage. Dr. Hassanein originally developed the technique to store human hearts at Georgetown University by focusing on using warm environments and surrounding the heart with*nutrient-rich*blood. Implemented clinically in 2007, OCS is **w used for human lung and kidney storage as well.
The additional time that an organ remains viable due to OCS presents a significant breakthrough for*transplants. With a longer duration of viability outside the human body, organs can **w be transported further and doctors can **w accurately assess the suitability of a new organ before re-implantation. Today, Dr. Hassanein is the CEO, President, and Director of TransMedics, the company he founded to commercialize*the concept*of “living organ transplants” for the improvement of clinical practice.
Link:*European Inventor Award… (http://www.epo.org/learning-events/european-inventor/about.html)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?d=yIl2AUoC8zA (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?a=wLRHLvlO_K0:6QZlR-mqnMo:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?d=qj6IDK7rITs (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?a=wLRHLvlO_K0:6QZlR-mqnMo:qj6IDK7rITs) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?i=wLRHLvlO_K0:6QZlR-mqnMo:gIN9vFwOqvQ (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Medgadget?a=wLRHLvlO_K0:6QZlR-mqnMo:gIN9vFwOqvQ)
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