- You're at
- Home
2012 MDEA Competition Timeline
Innovative products enter annual competition. Honor and well-deserved recognition await the finalists and winners.
The following is a list of upcoming key events and communications dates for the 2012 MDEA competition.(Click here to view a complete detailed timeline of events).
- The 2012 MDEA Juror Panel will convene in Los Angeles over Presidents Day weekend, February 18-20, to judge this year's entries.
- 'Finalist' and 'Supplier to a Finalist' companies will be notified of their finalist status by February 28th.
- Finalists in each of the ten categories will be publicly announced in the April issue of MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry) magazine.
- Winners will then be announced on May 23 during a cocktail reception starting at 4:30 pm at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Philadelphia. The ceremony is held in conjunction with the MD&M East event (www.MDMEast.com) at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, May 22-24.
- MDEA-winning products will be honored at the ceremony with Bronze, Silver, or Gold-level awards in each category. One Gold-winning product will be awarded “Best-in-Show”.
- Also at the ceremony, the MDEA will honor an individual with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions over a long career that have a demonstrable impact on technological, business, and cultural advancements in medical devices.
MDEA (1998-2012)
Transforming Healthcare – One Innovation at a Time
The Medical Design Excellence Awards is the industry's premier design awards competition for the medical technology community. The MDEA program accepts entries from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging products. (Click here for complete eligibility requirements). Accepted in ten medical product categories, entries are evaluated by a multidisciplinary panel of jurors with expertise in engineering, medicine, human factors, industrial design, manufacturing, and other design and healthcare-related fields.
The MDEA competition is a prestigious, publicity-charged program that provides companies with year-round opportunities to increase the distinction of their MDEA-finalist and winning products. The program recognizes the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes—engineers, scientists, designers, and clinicians—who are responsible for the groundbreaking innovations that are changing the face of healthcare.
Industry professionals are encouraged to review the information provided on this website and become involved in building recognition for medical product excellence, both in their own companies and industrywide. If you have any questions, or if you don't find the information you are looking for on this website, please contact a member of the MDEA team via e-mail at mdea@ubm.com.
For complete program information, please review the links below:
Download the 2012 MDEA Entry Questionnaire
Entry Materials Checklist - Use this when compiling entry materials.
Deadlines and Entry Fees
Eligibility Requirements
Entry Instructions
Official Rules
Supplier Program
2011 MDEA Winners in the Press
New York, NY (June 8, 2011) – 2011 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Awards at the Fourteenth Annual MDEA Winners Ceremony
Click here to see pictures of the 2011 MDEA Winning Products.
Los Angeles, CA (April 29, 2011) – UBM Canon Announces that Alfred E. Mann, Chairman and CEO of MannKind Corp., is the Winner of the 2011 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award
Click here to watch the video of Alfred Mann's Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech.
Los Angeles, CA (April 5, 2011) – MD+DI Magazine - the MDEA Sponsoring Publication - Announces 37 Innovative Products as Winners of the Fourteenth Annual MDEA Competition
MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Check here for a complete list of 2011 winning product press releases, plus an archive of past press releases. Keep checking back as this page is constantly being updated. (See all...)
2011 MDEA Winners in the News
Editorial Coverage of the 2011 MDEA Winning Products.
Click here to read editorial coverage of all past MDEA Winning products
The Gold Standard: 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award Winners, the editors, MPMN (June/July 2011). Flip through this photo gallery to see which 18 of this year’s 37 MDEA-winning products earned gold distinctions
Flexible Surgical System Achieves Spinal Decompression While Preserving Tissue, Shana Leonard, MPMN (June/July 2011).
2011 MDEA Gold Winner: iO-Flex surgical system
Suture Anchor System Flings Soft-Tissue Injuries Under the JuggerKnot, Bob Michaels, MPMN (June/July 2011).
2011 MDEA Gold Winner: JuggerKnot Soft Suture Anchor
Active Chest Tube Drainage System Clears the Way for Better Patient Care, Shana Leonard, MPMN (June/July 2011).
2011 MDEA Gold Winner: PleuraFlow active tube clearance system
First 3-D Breast Tomosynthesis System Combines Technology with Comfort, Kate Dixon, MPMN (June/July 2011).
2011 MDEA Gold Winner: Selenia Dimensions tomosynthesis (3D) system
Recognized Supplier Continuum Proves Good Things Come in Threes, the editors, MPMN (June/July 2011). Continuum Advanced Systems named as supplier on three separate MDEA gold-winning Products: the Mindray V-Series patient-monitoring system, the Compass interchangeable modular system, and the Vedera KXS vision-correction device.
2011 MDEA Winners in the IVD Category, Christe Bruderlin-Nelson, IVD Technology (May 2011). Industry leaders share what made their IVD products winning entries in this year’s MDEA competition.
Products: the cobas b 123 point-of-care blood gas analyzer system; the Integrated Cycler real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) thermocycler; the Leica BOND-III immunohistochemistry (IHC) and in-situ hybridization (ISH) staining system; and the MAGPIX versatile multiplexing bioassay platform.
Alfred E. Mann Wins MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award, Brian Buntz, MD+DI (May 2011). Interview with the Chairman and CEO of MannKind Corporation. Click here to watch the video of Alfred Mann's Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech.
Medical Device Excellence: The Divine Detail, Heather Thompson, MD+DI (April 2011). When it comes to innovation, attention to detail may be the most important part of the design.
Products: the Orascoptic Freedom cordless LED headlamp for dentists and hygienists; the Compass interchangeable modular system; the JuggerKnot Soft Suture Anchor; the SpeediCath Compact Male intermittent catheter; and the PleuraFlow active tube clearance system.
Medical Device Design at a Crossroads, Brian Buntz, MD+DI (April 2011). The 2011 MDEA contest saw a strong showing from international entrants. Manufacturers in China and India, in particular, are finding novel ways to cut costs w/o affecting quality.
Products: the Mindray V Series Patient Monitoring System; the Radiant Heat Warmer (RHW) 3000 series; the Cranial Loop nonmetallic, cranial fixation device for postcraniotomy bone flap fixation; the Avedro Vedera KXS Vision Correction Device; and the Venner A.P. Advance Video Laryngoscope.
