International Recognition for a Bioengineering Breakthrough

Dr Ivanov, who heads BelSU's Centre of Advanced Engineering, had also accepted two gold medals on behalf of the team in June at 'Inventika 2018' in Bucharest. The Romanian judges also awarded a diploma from the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, in recognition of their work.

The patent is registered in Russia, with Kazakhstan, Belarus and Israel pending, and Dr Ivanov hopes that the improved biocompatibility will lead to more operations involving endoprostheses for large joints. He explained that the method of forming bioactive coatings using microarc oxidation, greatly reduces incidences of tissue rejection and attendant side-effects, saying,