TechniScan Medical Systems Receives Top Innovation Award
"Initial testing results indicate that breast ultrasound can distinguish cystic masses from solid masses, and suggest that the UltraSound CT(TM) Imaging System might be able to assist the radiologist in accurately identifying tissue for biopsy," said TechniScan CEO David C. Robinson. Currently the only way to rule out cancer is to undergo tissue biopsy, but recent technological advances might offer additional diagnostic information that could enable radiologists to send fewer patients to biopsy. "What makes the UltraSound CT(TM) unique," continued Robinson, "is that it provides a consistent image that is not dependent on the technician's operation of the equipment, and the imaging system does not require breast compression, nor use potentially harmful ionizing radiation."
Six winners -- one from each category of applicants -- were announced at the awards lunch May 19, 2005 in conjunction with the Edison Conference at the University of Utah. TechniScan and the UltraSound CT(TM) topped two other medical devices and the Utah companies that created them for this honor. The statewide program is sponsored by Wasatch Digital iQ magazine, the Utah Engineering Experiment Station, the Utah Information Technology Association and the business law firm Stoel Rives LLP, with support from MountainWest Capital Network and the Utah Life Science Association.