HKUST Startup Wins IET Innovation Award 2016 for its Breakthrough Healthcare Technology (English Version Only)
IET Innovation Award 2016 was hosted in the UK and is one of the most honorable awards amongst the engineering society. As a young HKUST startup, Sonikure Technology Limited has gained another global recognition in this fierce competition with other well-established companies.
IET Innovation Award 2016 was hosted in the UK and is one of the most honorable awards amongst the engineering society. As a young HKUST startup, Sonikure Technology Limited has gained another global recognition in this fierce competition with other well-established companies.
Retinal diseases are commonly treated with invasive needle injection in the eyeball which is deemed to be high risk by doctors and high cost by medical institutes. The award-winning low energy ultrasonic technology for non-invasive and needleless ocular drug delivery, a result of more than 8 years of research, offers a revolutionary drug-delivery experience for retinal disease patients worldwide.
The judging panel commented: “This innovation provides relief and a truly revolutionary drug-delivery methodology for millions of retinal disease sufferers world-wide. This product, based around the use of non-invasive ultrasound, combines a neat technological innovation with biomedical engineering expertise.”
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
