The Institute of Technical Acoustics offers consumers the technology for manufacturing bimetallic Cu-Ag wire for biomedical applications under a commercial agreement with technical assistance, as well as the production and supply of products under a manufacturing agreement.

Field of application: medicine (gynecology).

The developed technology relates to the processing of metals by pressure, in particular composite materials, and can be used in the production of bimetallic - steel-copper, steel-aluminum and other wires for technical purposes. On the basis of the institute, it was manufactured for the production of intrauterine contraceptives by order of CJSC Simurg Medical Enterprise, the only enterprise in the CIS that produces these products.

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Album of promising developments of organizations of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the real sector of the economy (in Russian).

The use of copper-silver bimetal provides high contraceptive efficiency (up to 98%) in combination with pronounced antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Method for manufacturing bimetallic silver-copper wire: Pat. 16798 Rep. Belarus / V.V. Rubanik, A.V. Mosin, V.Yu. Novikov; date of publication: 02/28/2013 (in Russian).

The Institute of Technical Acoustics is a leading organization in the field of new directions in the physics and technology of ultrasound and the scientific foundations of the use of high-power ultrasound in technological processes of materials processing.

At the present stage, the activities of the Institute correspond to the priority areas of scientific, technical and socioeconomic development of the country and the Vitebsk region. The Institute conducts fundamental and applied research, and also carries out scientific and technical developments within the framework of state scientific research programs (GPNI), regional scientific and technical program (RSTP), republican and international projects of the Belarusian Foundation for Basic Research (BRFFR), individual projects and grants in fields of semiconductor physics, magnetoelectric phenomena, ultrasonic vibrations, thermoelastic phase transformations, etc.

Scientific areas of activity of the Institute:
* study of the impact of concentrated energy flows on condensed media and physical processes;
* development of methods and technologies for obtaining materials for functional and special purposes.

A branch of the Republican Center for Technology Transfer has been created at the State Scientific Institution "Institute of Technical Acoustics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus", the main activities of which are:
* support for innovation and technology transfer in the field of using concentrated energy flows (ultrasound, laser radiation, high-frequency electromagnetic fields, ion-plasma flows, high-temperature synthesis) on the structure and properties of condensed matter; synthesis of new composite, structural and ceramic materials with specified physical and mechanical properties in an ultrasonic field; processing of metals using thermal methods, pressure and powerful ultrasound; development of new instruments and equipment, creation of new information technologies;
* promoting the development of innovative entrepreneurship and the expansion of international partnerships in the field of innovation and scientific developments;
* providing assistance in the implementation of state policy in the field of small and medium-sized innovative businesses in the creation of new technologies, the development of new devices and equipment.

The Republican Center for Ultrasound Technologies, which is an interdisciplinary scientific and technical center (cluster) for advanced scientific research, has been created at the State Scientific Institution "Institute of Technical Acoustics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus". The center was created with the aim of developing new highly efficient processes and devices for processing materials, creating new functional materials to improve the quality of products, reduce costs and increase the level of safety of production using high-power ultrasound. The expected scientific results of the center’s work are aimed at obtaining new scientific knowledge about the influence of acoustic influences on:
* structure formation and properties of materials;
* technological processes;
* thermoelastic phase transformations in materials with shape memory.

The expected practical results are aimed at mastering new technologies and developing unique equipment with high export potential.

Consumers interested in purchasing technology for the production of bimetallic Cu-Ag wire for biomedical applications under a commercial agreement with technical assistance, as well as in purchasing products under a manufacturing agreement.