Category 1: Innovative implant design system & the development of innovative medical procedures.

Vos W. – University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium
Combining Mimics and Computational Fluid Dynamics to Assist in and Evaluate the Placement of an Intrabronchial Stent in a Patient with Congenital Kyfoscoliosis

Category 2: Adaptation of medical systems or procedures to the needs of third world countries or the lowering of threshold of medical procedures

Ting J. – Shanghai 9th People’s Hospital, China
Design and Fabrication of Auricular Prostheses by CAD/CAM System

Category 3: Open Category

Helgason T. – Landspitali-University Hospital, Iceland
Using Mimics to Monitor Changes in Bone Mineral Density of Femur during Electrical Stimulation Therapy of Denervated Degenerated Thigh Muscles

Runner up in Category 1:

Arifin D.Y. – Molecular Engineering of Biological and Chemical Systems, Singapore
Patient-specific Chemotherapeutic Drug Delivery to Brain Tumors

These cases will be presented at the International Medical Innovations Conference 2008 in Vienna, Austria. Join us there!

Mimics Innovation Awards
Mimics Innovation Awards reward the most innovative uses of Mimics, Materialise’ 3D Medical Imaging and Editing Software. Submit your research case to mimics@materialise.be and maybe you will be one of next year’s winners. We have widened the categories and prize money has gone up to 17,500 Euros! Check our website for more information. www.materialise.com.

About Materialise:
Materialise, with headquarters in Belgium, started in 1990 in the sector of rapid prototyping. Since that time, the company has experienced an exponential growth. Materialise has become one of the leading companies in the RP&M market, with references in the medical, automotive, aerospace and consumer electronics business. Their close R&D-interaction with companies like DSM Somos allows them to lead the way in state of the art technologies. Materialise aims at staying the largest provider of plastic prototypes and RP&M solutions, offering the widest range of materials and largest capacity to support its customers in their product development process.