{"id":55199,"date":"2019-11-26T16:01:54","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T15:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=55199"},"modified":"2019-11-21T14:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:08:36","slug":"mecuris-eit-digital-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/55199\/mecuris-eit-digital-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Mecuris wins EIT Digital Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The medical technology company Mecuris has won the EIT Digital Challenge 2019 in the &quot;Digital Wellbeing&quot; category, endowed with \u20ac100,000. The prize is awarded by the European innovation network of the same name.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Munich-based medical technology startup <a href=\"\/en\/19719\/mecuris-patients-give-us-phenomenal-feedback\/\">Mecuris<\/a> After winning the challenge, the company will receive \u20ac50,000 in cash and an additional \u20ac50,000 in growth support from the EIT Digital Accelerator for one year. The award recognizes the best deep technology startups in Europe. The Mecuris Managing Director <strong>Manuel Opitz<\/strong> says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;We are very honored to have been selected among these strong startup ideas and, above all, to have the support of this large international fundraising community. This encourages us to continue driving digital transformation in the orthopedic and prosthetics industry.&quot;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2016, the spin-off of the Ludwig Maximilian University Hospital offers a &#039;digital workshop&#039;, the so-called &#039;Mecuris Solution Platform&#039;. This connects patients, orthopedic technicians, and 3D printing facilities. The goal of the collaborative work is to produce customized prostheses and orthoses from 3D printers. These are manufactured using additive manufacturing, meaning they are built up layer by layer from powdered plastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EIT Digital Challenge honors five winning startups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The EIT Digital Challenge took place for the sixth time this year. 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