The highly-anticipated 2023 Edison Awards winners were revealed in Fort Myers, Florida, and ITRI is proud to be among them. The ITRI team attended the award ceremony on April 21 and received recognition for three exceptional technological innovations: the Intelligent Radio Frequency Ablation (iRFA), Coordinated Supramolecular Complex (CSC), and Athena Orchestrator - O-RAN SMO & RIC. Out of 400 nominees, ITRI has emerged with an impressive haul of one gold in the innovative service & software solutions category and a silver and a bronze award in the health, medicine, and biotech category. This marks the seventh consecutive year that ITRI has won Edison Awards, achieving its highest number of wins in history.

More about ITRI's winning innovations:

Intelligent Radio Frequency Ablation (iRFA) is an advanced image-guided system for treating tumors with pinpoint accuracy. The guidance system helps surgeons locate lesions precisely, which minimizes the wound size and halves the recovery time for patients. iRFA also features a surgical needle electrode that can be adjusted to treat tumors of varying shapes and sizes, making it a versatile tool for cancer treatment.

Coordinated Supramolecular Complex (CSC) is a revolutionary eye drop formulation for treating wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). With its therapeutic results that rival traditional intravitreal injections, CSC enables patients to conveniently self-administer the drug at home, eliminating the need for direct injections to the eyeballs and the associated fear and discomfort. This solution also minimizes side effects such as bleeding, inflammation, retinal detachment, and elevates intraocular pressure that is commonly associated with injection-based therapies.

Athena Orchestrator - O-RAN SMO & RIC is an AI-powered energy-saving management platform for 5G-ORAN private networks. It supports various private networks and brands of base stations, and can be applied to a wide range of fields such as hospitals, entertainment, and warehousing. The platform helps plan a private network in a single click, resulting in an 80% reduction in capital expenses and 50% less deployment and configuration time. Its AI system monitors network traffic and allows idle base stations to hibernate, saving 20% of power consumption.


Source: Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)