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Deutscher Zukunftspreis award
The winners of the 2023 Deutscher Zukunftspreis award with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
The team proposed by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office consisting of Dr Stephan Biber, Dr David M. Grodzki of Siemens Healthineers AG in Erlangen and Prof Michael Uder of Universitätsklinikum Erlangen was presented by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier with the 2023 Deutscher Zukunftspreis award for developing an innovative and cost-effective Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) platform.
The platform enables medical staff to access MRI technology for the examination of patients in emerging and developing countries, but also in rural regions of industrialised countries. This is achieved through a small, lightweight and cost-effective MRI system with a simplified operating concept. The image reconstruction method is supported by new imaging techniques and artificial intelligence. A magnetic field of just 0.55 tesla generates images the diagnostic quality of which is comparable to the ones created with large MRI systems (1.5 tesla to 3 tesla). At the same time, the amount of helium required to cool the superconducting coils can be reduced from several hundred litres to 0.7 litres per system. Moreover, the patient bore has been successfully extended to 80 cm.
Two other innovations were nominated for the 2023 Deutscher Zukunftspreis award: A new system for extracting climate-damaging carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and an innovative recuperative burner which is not dependent on a specific fuel and which has been developed by using a 3D printer.
With the Deutscher Zukunftspreis, the Federal President honours outstanding research and development projects and recognises forward-looking technologies. The protection of these innovations paves the way to successful marketable products. The jury's decision is based essentially on the scientific and technical degree of innovation and the potential to translate this achievement into sustainable jobs. The renowned technology prize is endowed with 250,000 euros and will be presented personally by the Federal President.
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Dr. Stefan Kaiser
Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
D-80297 München
Telephone: +49 (0) 89 2195-4751
E-Mail: Stefan.Kaiser@dpma.de
or
Dr. Andrea Hermann
Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt
D-80297 München
Telephone: +49 (0) 89 2195-3581
E-Mail: Andrea.Hermann@dpma.de
Draw attention to the innovation made by your team of researchers and developers and let us know about your ideas and projects in the fields of engineering and natural sciences. Submissions for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2025 can be filed at any time until early November 2024.
As an institution entitled to submit proposals, we nominate up to three interesting projects to the jury. The President of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office is a member of the Board of Trustees, which determines the direction of the selection decisions.
Please send your documents electronically to Stefan.Kaiser@dpma.de or Andrea.Hermann@dpma.de.
The closing date for submitting your documents is 4 November 2024.
Detailed information is available in the following documents (in German):
Deutscher Zukunftspreis: Hinweise für die AntragstellungInformation about the procedure is also available on the website of
Deutscher Zukunftspreis (EN)
picture: Deutscher Zukunftspreis / Schön
Last updated: 16 July 2024
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