Innovative developments from around the world at the Archimedes-2015 Exhibition

In early April, the 18th Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovation Technologies "Archimedes-2015" was held at Sokolniki Exhibition and Convention Centre. The event was attended by representatives of more than 300 organizations from 17 countries.

Special attention among the Salon projects was paid to the developments in field of medicine, biotechnology, law enforcement, telecommunications, aerospace and engineering industries.

Salon is known for the providing researchers with opportunity to understand the intricacies of intellectual property and copyright issues - issues that are often overlooked by Russian scientists. Moreover, not all the scholars are versed in promotion their developments to the market. The exhibition originally collected the projects that have commercial potential. One of the goals of the event is the implementation of programs to promote innovation in the global market. In this regard, scientists have a chance to demonstrate their achievements, find investors to sing contracts and licensing agreements. Parallel to this, the Archimedes coordinators organize collective expositions of Russian inventors at the exhibitions of innovations and inventions in Europe, Asia and North America.

ITMO University has presented the healing drug development "Bioactive hydrogel wound covering". The patent was presented jointly with the S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, which conducted clinical trials of the gel. The composition of the matrix was developed by researchers from the ITMO University: Maya Uspenskaya, the head of the Bioengineering Research Institute, and Julia Ignat'eva, the

Department of Information Technologies of the Fuel and Energy Complex assistant. The gel was designed for local treatment of wounds of various nature, such as burns and gunshots. One of the important properties of the gel is its universality. It can be used not only in hospital, but also at home or in the field.

"The drug is an absorbent matrix. It pulls various body fluids due to the fillers introduced in it such as silver and bentonite clay. Clay has good absorption properties and makes wound heal faster, and silver as an antimicrobial agent kills harmful bacteria on the surface of the wound," Kseniya Volkova talks about the the gel operation principle.

Now the project is at the prototype stage. Developers are looking for investors to set up production and to enter the market.