Award Sub-Category: Medical Implants

Roughly 90% of all admitted hospital patients receive a venous access device, 30% of those will experience complications (including clots & infection). AVI’s groundbreaking hydrophilic catheters mimic the body’s chemistry to evade its natural defenses and nearly eliminate these common & costly complications for better medical and economic outcomes.

BioMS-Ti is a hybrid bionic skeleton structure that allows integration of hard and soft tissue. The bio-active cannulated implant has a controllable porous structure design and can be combined with bio-ceramic or osteogenic materials, improving bone regeneration and tissue integration for personalized medical implants.

Urine calcium and magnesium salt deposits are contributing factors to stent complications such as encrustation. In vitro BEST method studies of the Tria™ stent demonstrate a reduction in the combined urine calcium and magnesium salt deposits, both in the presence and absence of bacteria.