Top Medtech Products Honored at the 2015 Medical Design Excellence Awards

NEW YORK, June 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold, silver, and bronze medal winning products in 10 categories were announced at the 18th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards ceremony held Tuesday, June 9, 2015, in conjunction with the MD&M East (MDMeast.com) event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

Highlights of the ceremony included:

• MDEA Finalists: honored across 10 categories for their innovative contributions to the medtech industry
• Best in Show: Krabat Sheriff S2, submitted by Krabat AS (Norway)
• Lifetime Achievement Award: John Abele, founder of Boston Scientific Corp., was presented with the prestigious award for his individual contributions as an innovator, educator, and philanthropist in the medical devices industry.

The MDEA program is the medtech industry's premier design competition committed to searching worldwide for the highest caliber finished medical devices, products, systems, and packaging available on the market. The awards program celebrates the achievements of medical device manufacturers, their suppliers, and the many people behind the scenes—engineers, scientists, designers, and clinicians—who are responsible for the cutting-edge products that are saving lives, improving patient healthcare, and transforming medtech—one innovation at a time.

2015 MDEA Winning Products, Manufacturers, and Suppliers:

Critical Care

• Gold: SERVO-U & SERVO-n, ICU Ventilators | Maquet Critical Care (Sweden)
• Silver: wound hub ii | Wondermed (Ptt) Lt (South Africa)

Diagnostic Products and Systems

• Gold: Cologuard | Exact Sciences Corp (U.S.A.)
• Silver: Bacterioscan Laser Microbial Growth Monitor | BacterioScan Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: EPIQ | Philips North America (U.S.A.)

Drug – Delivery Devices and Combination Products

• Gold: EVARREST Fibrin Sealant Patch | Ethicon (U.S.A.)
• Silver: DuoResp Spiromax | Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe (U.K.)
• Bronze: Evzio Naloxone Auto-Injector | Kaleo Pharma Inc. (U.S.A.)

General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products

• Gold: Root | Masimo (U.S.A.)
• Silver: Progressa Bed System | Hill-Rom, Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: Valedo | Hocoma (Switzerland)

Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products

• Gold: Kiva Verterbal Compression Fracture Treatment System | Benvenue Medical (U.S.A.)
• Silver: StabiLink – Spinal Fixation System | Southern Spine LLC (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: (TIE) Corin OPS | Optimized Ortho (Australia) & BINARY Anterior Cervical Plate with Helios Technology | Genesys Spine (U.S.A.)

Medical Product Packaging, Graphic Instructions, and Labeling Systems

• Gold: AccuVax-Vaccine Management System | TruMed Systems Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Silver: Evo | SAVSU Technologies (U.S.A.)

Over-the-Counter and Self-Care Products

• Gold: SpeediCath Compact Eve | Coloplast A/S (Denmark)
• Silver: Renew Insert | Renew Medical Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: Woman's Condom | Shanghai Dahua Medical Apparatus Co., Ltd. (China)

Radiological and Electromechanical Devices

• Gold: Corindus CorPath 200 | Corindus Vascular Robotics (U.S.A.)
• Silver: Oraya iRay Radiotherapy System | Oraya Therapeutics Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: Sonata System | Gynesonics (U.S.A.)

Rehabilitation and Assistive-Technology Products

• Gold:  Krabat Sheriff S2 | Krabat AS (Norway) *Also awarded Best In Show
• Silver: ReSound LiNX | GN ReSound (Denmark)
• Bronze:  Sam-Ultrasonic | ZetrOZ Inc. (U.S.A.)

Surgical Equipment, Instruments, and Supplies

• Gold: NeuroBlate System | Monteris Medical Corp. (U.S.A.)
• Silver: HARMONIC FOCUS + Shears with Adaptive Tissue Technology | Ethicon (U.S.A.)
• Bronze: Stryker PROFESS Navigation System | Stryker Leibinger GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

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About the Medical Design Excellence Awards
The MDEA program is presented by UBM Canon, the global advanced manufacturing and medtech authority, and by Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI), the industry's central source for news, information, and business intelligence. For more information about the Medical Design Excellence Awards—including additional details about the manufacturers and suppliers that created the 2015 MDEA-winning products—visit the MDEA website at www.MDEAwards.com or e-mail: [email protected].

About UBM Canon
UBM Canon is the leading B-to-B event producer, publisher, and digital media company for the world's $3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry. Our print and electronic products deliver trusted information to the advanced manufacturing market and leverage our proprietary 1.3 million name database to connect suppliers with buyers and purchase influencers. We produce more than 50 events and conferences in a dozen countries, connecting manufacturing professionals from around the globe.  UBM Canon is part of UBM plc (UBM.L) a global provider of media and information services for professional B-to-B communities and markets.

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