ISRAELI INGENUITY

Israeli Companies Win Top Technology Innovation Awards (Israel 21C)
Two Israeli companies have won top Wall Street Journal 2004 Technology Innovation Awards, taking second and third place out of 120 semifinalists. Given Imaging received the silver medal overall - and first place in the medical technology category - for its patient-friendly, naturally ingested PillCam video capsule used for visualizing the gastrointestinal tract. InSightec received the bronze medal for ExAblate 2000, which combines MRI with focused ultrasound for non-invasive surgery.