27 Innovative Medtech Products Recognized as Winners at the 2016 Medical Design Excellence Awards

The MDEAs also awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award to Manny Villafaña for his contributions to the medical technology Industry. Villafaña is known for founding seven public companies, including St. Jude Medical, and for inventing impactful technology including the first lithium-powered pacemaker.

"MD+DI and MD&M East are excited to honor the MDEA winners for excellence in medical product design and engineering," said Jamie Hartford, editor-in-chief of MD+DI and director of medical content for the Advanced Manufacturing Group of UBM Americas. "These products will improve the lives of patients and individuals, and we can't wait to witness their full potential."

The 2016 MDEA Winners are as follows:

Critical-Care and Emergency Medicine Products
Gold: iTraumaCare iTClamp—Innovative Trauma Care
Silver: Dolores One Speech Enhancement—Dolores Speech Products LLC
Bronze: Lifeline ARM—Defibtech, LLC
Bronze: Prevalon AirTap Patient Repositioning System—Sage Products LLC

Drug-Delivery Devices and Combination Products
Gold: Velox Electronic Nebulizer—PARI GmbH
Silver: BD Intelliport Medication Manager—Becton, Dickinson and Co.
Bronze: ClearGuard HD—Pursuit Vascular Inc.

General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products
Gold: Equashield—Equashield Medical Ltd.
Silver: Outset Tablo—Outset Medical
Bronze: CoSense—Capnia

Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products
Gold: Luna Interbody Implant—Benvenue Medical
Silver: Watchman Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device—Boston Scientific Corp.
Bronze: StimRouter Neuromodulation System—Bioness Inc.

Diagnostics Products and Systems
Gold: Accelerate ID/AST System—Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.
Silver: SureTouch—Medical Tactile Inc.
Bronze: Smart One—M.I.R Medical International Research Spirometry

Over-the-Counter and Self-Care Products
Gold: Relizorb—Alcresta Pharmaceuticals
Bronze: Necksaviour—Epiphany Innovation

Radiological and Electromechanical Devices
Gold: Analogic Sonic Window—BK Ultrasound
Silver: SpyGlass DS Direct Visualization System—Boston Scientific Corp.
Bronze: Dynamic Neuroscreening Device—Prosenex

Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology Products
Gold: Indego—Parker Hannifin Corp.
Silver: Dolores One Speech Enhancement—Dolores Speech Products LLC
Bronze: The Access Strength—IncludeFitness

Surgical Equipment, Instruments and Supplies
Gold: Flex Robotic System—Medrobotics Corp.
Silver: AccuCirc—Clinical Innovations
Bronze: Gastrisail—Medtronic plc

Readers' Choice
Dolores One Speech Enhancement—Dolores Speech Products LLC

Best-in-Show
Flex Robotic System—Medrobotics Corp.

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For more information about the Medical Design Excellence Awards—including additional details about the manufacturers and suppliers that created the winning 2016 MDEA products—visit the MDEA website at mdeawards.mddionline.com

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