Jungmok Seo, CEO of LynkSolutec (pictured right), poses for a commemorative photo with Ki-yong Song, Managing Director of Moneytoday, after receiving the ‘R&D Innovation Grand Prize’ in the ‘Medical Device Coating Technology’ category at the ‘2024 10th Korea Business Awards’ ceremony hosted by Money Today. The event was held at the Korea Press Center in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of the 20th.

LynkSolutec is a startup that developed ‘Lynk Coating,’ a medical coating technology that addresses complications such as infection, inflammation, and thrombosis during surgery. The company is a spin-off from Yonsei University’s BioLogical Interfaces and Sensor Systems Laboratory. A company representative stated, “We won two Innovation Awards at the 2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES),” adding, “We will present a new paradigm that minimizes side effects of implantable medical devices.”