Local inventors should be encouraged: President

President Mahinda Rajapaksa last week said that in an era our country is being developed after a 30-year war, we should encourage local inventors. “New inventions and practical researches based on them, which serve the country, are needed today,” Rajapaksa said at the Presidential Awards for top inventors for 2008 to 2010.  The President also said that the local inventions should be presented to the world and thereby help bring revenue to the country.  Best inventions of the fields of public welfare, industries & technology, engineering, medicine, physics and environment were awarded at this ceremony.  Dr. Shantha Jayathilaka Bandara Lenadora won the award for the best inventor of the year 2010 by the President. This award won for inventing a pneumatic self- retaining surgical retractor system. There were no awards for Best Inventor in 2008 and 2009.

Best Inventions from 2008 to 2010

Best Inventions of the field in 2008

Public Welfare

    M.A Prince Chandras-ena

    A refrigerator to store vaccines that maintains the required temperature even during power failures, up to 24 hours.

Industries and Technology

    Garusinghage Janaka Bandara Garusinghe

    A Machine to automate the process of inserting under wire of brassieres.

Engineering

    B.K Maheepala

    Efficient cashew and fruits/ vegetable drier - that uses the energy generated by burning cashew shells.





MERIT AWARDS 2OO8

    Satira Gems (Private) Ltd

    Invention - A device for cutting asymmetric shapes in gems

Medicine

    Dr. Anil Goonetilleke

    Invention - single dose inhaler for use in bronchiole asthma

Engineering

    Mr.Welisarage Jayaweera

    Invention - improved Electrical Coconut Scraper

Public Welfare

    Harold Wijetunge

    Invention - Mobile Cash Transfer Solution





BEST INVENTIONS OF THE FIELD 2OO9

Industries and Technology

    Noel A Thomas

    A cost effective and o well designed unitary ply transport package to contain especially large leafy grades of low grown teas for export.

Physics

    Dinesh Sandaruwan Kalugompala

    An instrument to measure radians of an arc directly.





MERIT AWARDS 2009

Public Welfare

    Semage Donald Edmund Gaminitillake

    2 Byte Character Allo-cation Table for Sinhala and Tamil language

    H.M. Nawarathne

    Invention - Natural Gravity Water Filter

Environment

    Athula Jayamanne

    Anaerobic Filter Techn-ology for the Treatment of Waste Water with Acidic Condition.

Public Welfare

    Ms. Christine Seshika Arnjani Fernando

    Invention - Trusted Cheque Protocol.





BEST INVENTIONS OF THE FIELD 2010

Agriculture

    Eng: Ranjith Rajap-aksha

    Device for converting processed large tea leaves to required particle sizes.

Transport

    R.A.D. Maduranga Karunajeewa

    Automatically Collapsible Motor Bicycle Stand

Industries and Technology

    Ruwanpura Karunasena

    Improved rubber topping knife ensure optimum shoving of the bark during rubber topping without damaging the cambium





BEST INVENTIONS OF THE FIELD 2010

Medicine

    Dr. Shantha Jayathilaka

    During the surgical procedure, as the anesthetic effect fades away with time, the muscle tone of the tissues will increase gradually thereby exerting a gradually increasing force

    on the air column. The compression of the air due to the increased tissue action gives o movement to the retractor bars. This movement provides a voluble indication to the surgical team to enhance the anesthetic dose.

National Security

    G.A Nirash Krishantha

    Improved life saving jacket

Environment

    Asoka Nugawela

    Dilhara Edirisinghe

    Manel Mahanama

    This novel mat is mainly used as a weed control device. The other applications are sheeting for hospital beds, floor mats, port replacement for virgin rubber in dry rubber based product manufacture.





MERIT AWARDS – 2010

Agriculture

    D.M.A.C.P. Dasanayake

    Food items made with water lily seeds

Public Welfare

Jayasekara Hetti-archchige

Srimal Thissera

    Compact Bio Gas plant

Agriculture

    K.G Chamila Chinthana Kumarasinghe

    Automatic pepper

harvester

Environment

    T. Sunil Somasiri Gomes

    Technology of Eco Designed Spherical for Latex Handling

Transport

    Y.A Lional Ruparathana

    Remote Controlled Elec-tronic Mechanical Jack

Industries and Technology

    ATG Gloves Ltd

    Polymeric Garment Material

Public Welfare

    Kaluwadewa Nalaka Chandrawana

    Device to improve air circulation inside mosquito net(s)