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Challenge Seeks Sensor to Monitor Ligament, Tendon Repair

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A new challenge from InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts offers a $30,000 prize for a design of an implanted micro-sensor that reports displacement and mechanical load on healing ligament or tendon tissues. The deadline for submissions is 22 September 2011.

InnoCentive conducts open-innovation challenge competitions for company or organization sponsors. The sponsor of this challenge is the Cleveland Clinic.

Injuries causing damage to ligaments or tendons often require surgery. However, there are not any accepted methods to monitor the displacement and mechanical load between the healing ligament or tendon and the attached bone, which are indicators of the healing process.

Cleveland Clinic seeks a clinically feasible micro-sensor device that can be implanted during the repair surgery to monitor displacement and mechanical load in the healing soft tissue. Entrants will need to provide a design of the micro-sensor in the form of a written proposal, which will be reviewed by the sponsor.

The winning entry will receive a prize of $30,000. Awarding of the prize, however, is contingent on transferring exclusive intellectual property rights to the sponsor.

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