The Medical Design Excellence Awards, which acknowledge the technological achievements of medical device manufacturers, announced the 2016 winners at a ceremony on June 14 in New York City.
Here is the complete list of the 2016 MDEA winners:
Critical-Care and Emergency Medicine Products
Gold: iTraumaCare iTClamp — Innovative Trauma Care (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Silver: Dolores One Speech Enhancement — Dolores Speech Products (Wellesley, Mass.)
Bronze: Lifeline ARM — Defibtech (Guilford, Conn.)
Bronze: Prevalon AirTap Patient Repositioning System — Sage Products (Cary, Ill.)
Drug-Delivery Devices and Combination Products
Gold: Velox Electronic Nebulizer — PARI GmbH (Stamberg, Germany)
Silver: BD Intelliport Medication Manage r— Becton, Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.)
Bronze: ClearGuard HD — Pursuit Vascular (Maple Grove, Minn.)
General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products
Gold: Equashield — Equashield Medical (Port Washington, N.Y.)
Silver: Outset Tablo — Outset Medical (San Jose, Calif.)
Bronze: CoSense — Capnia (Redwood City, Calif.)
Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products
Gold: Luna Interbody Implant — Benvenue Medical (Santa Clara, Calif.)
Silver: Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device — Boston Scientific (Rolling Meadows, Ill.)
Bronze: StimRouter Neuromodulation System — Bioness (Valencia, Calif.)
Diagnostics Products and Systems
Gold: Accelerate ID/AST System — Accelerate Diagnostics (Tucson, Ariz.)
Silver: SureTouch — Medical Tactile (Los Angeles)
Bronze: Smart One — M.I.R Medical International Research Spirometry (Waukesha, Wis.)
Over-the-Counter and Self-Care Products
Gold: Relizorb — Alcresta Pharmaceuticals (Newton, Mass.)
Silver: Necksaviour — Epiphany Innovation (Broxbourne, England)
Radiological and Electromechanical Devices
Gold: Analogic Sonic Window — BK Ultrasound (Peabody, Mass.)
Silver: SpyGlass DS Direct Visualization System — Boston Scientific (Rolling Meadows, Ill.)
Bronze: Dynamic Neuroscreening Device — Prosenex (Hudson, N.H.)
Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology Products
Gold: Indego — Parker Hannifin (Cleveland)
Silver: Dolores One Speech Enhancement — Dolores Speech Products (Wellesley, Mass.)
Bronze: The Access Strength — IncludeFitness (Cincinnati)
Surgical Equipment, Instruments and Supplies
Gold: Flex Robotic System — Medrobotics (Raynham, Mass.)
Silver: AccuCirc — Clinical Innovations (Salt Lake City)
Bronze: Gastrisail — Medtronic (Minneapolis)
Readers' Choice
Dolores One Speech Enhancement — Dolores Speech Products (Wellesley, Mass.)
Best-in-Show
Flex Robotic System — Medrobotics (Raynham, Mass.)
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