Awards
By an internationally filled jury of experts the project "Visualisation of textile implants in MRI by inclusion of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles" was chosen and awarded within the innovation contest of medical technology 2007 arranged by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
In co-operation with the University Clinic Aachen and the Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Technology, FEG Textiltechnik mbH in the next three years will develop a mesh implant which will visualise the body reactions to the implant in MRI and thus will contribute to an improved patient surveillance.
Interview with Prof. Klinge & Dr. Obolenski in Aachen Newspaper
«…The Innovations Award Aachen 2003 went to the company FEG Textiltechnik this year. By that an enterprise from the textile line of business was awarded the first time. Most of the enterprises from that line of business had to close their gates during the last fifty years. FEG Textiltechnik however is a proof that know-how from Aachen is still worldclass and that the structural change also in this line of business was carried out by innovations…»
f.l.t.r.: C. Meulenbergh (Head of administration of Aachen region), S. Schneemelcher und Dr. B. Obolenski (both managing directors of FEG Textiltechnik GmbH), Dr. J. Linden (Mayor of the City of Aachen)