MDEA in the Press
Press Releases about MDEA finalist and winning products, as well as MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Keep checking back as this section is periodically being updated
- Click here to read MDEA related Editorial Coverage in UBM Canon MedTech Group's publications: MD+DI, MPMN, IVD Technology, PMPN, MX, and EMDT magazines.
- Click here to watch Video Coverage of MDEA finalist and winning products, as well as the MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Los Angeles, CA (June 15, 2012) – Dean Kamen presented Dr. Thomas Fogarty with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award
Philadelphia, PA (May 24, 2012) – 2012 MDEA Winners and Suppliers Announced
Los Angeles, CA (April 11, 2012) – Dean Kamen Announced as of the Presenter of 2012 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award
Los Angeles, CA (April 2, 2012) – MD+DI Announces the 2012 MDEA Finalists and their Suppliers
Los Angeles, CA (March 29, 2012) – Dr. Thomas Fogarty Announced as 2012 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
New York, NY (June 8, 2011) – 2011 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Recognition
Los Angeles, CA (April 29, 2011) – Alfred E. Mann, Chairman and CEO of MannKind Corp., Announced as 2011 MDEA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
Click here to watch the video of Alfred Mann's Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech.
Los Angeles, CA (April 5, 2011) – MD+DI Announces 37 Innovative Products as Winners in the 2011 MDEA Competition
New York, NY (June 9, 2010) – 2010 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Recognition
Los Angeles, CA (April 8, 2010) – MD+DI Announces 39 Innovative Products as Winners in the 2010 MDEA Competition
New York, NY (June 10, 2009) – 2009 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Recognition
Los Angeles, CA (April 6, 2009) – MD+DI Announces 32 Innovative Products as Winners in the 2009 MDEA Competition
New York, NY (June 4, 2008) – 2008 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Recognition
Los Angeles, CA (April 7, 2008) – MD+DI Announces 33 Innovative Products as Winners in the 2008 MDEA Competition
New York, NY (June 14, 2007) – 2007 MDEA Winning Products Receive Gold or Silver Recognition
Los Angeles, CA (April 9, 2007) – MD+DI Announces 37 Innovative Products as Winners in the 2007 MDEA Competition
2012 MDEA Finalist and Winning Product Press Releases
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2011 MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Barcelon, Spain (August 8, 2011) – Cranial LOOP wins Gold Medical Design Excellence Award
Christchurch, New Zealand (July 28, 2011) – Encircle® Compression Therapy Wins Silver Medical Design Excellence Award
Irvine, CA (July 13, 2011) – EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES’ ADVANCED EV1000 CRITICAL CARE PLATFORM Wins Gold Medical Design Excellence Award
Versailles, OH (July 1, 2011) – Midmark 625 Barrier-FreeŽ Examination Table Wins GOLD Medical Design Excellence Award
Santa Barbara, CA (June 17, 2011) – Inogen One Wins GOLD Medical Design Excellence Award
Bedford, MA (June, 16, 2011) – Hologic's Selenia Dimensions Breast Tomosynthesis System Wins GOLD Award in the 2011 Medical Design Excellence Competition
Mahwah, NJ (June 14, 2011) – Mindray Medical Receives a GOLD 2011 Medical Device Excellence Award for its V Series Patient Monitoring System
Sheffield, United Kingdom (June 10, 2011) – DRFP (smartseal) takes top GOLD honour with its ProPoint at the 2011 Medical Design Excellence Awards
Irvine, CA (June 9, 2011) – Masimo Pronto-7 Wins GOLD in the 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award Competition
Zeeland, MI (June 9, 2011) – Herman Miller's Compass Strikes Gold (Again)
Caesarea, Israel (June 9, 2011) – Allium Medical Solutions' TPS (Triangular Prostatic Stent) Wins Silver Medical Design Excellence Award
Datchet, Berkshire, United Kingdom (June 9, 2011) – IDC’s Outstanding Design for "Venner Laryngoscope" Earns Medical Design Excellence Award
Mumbai, India (June 8, 2011) – Radiant Heat Warmer RHW 3000 series Wins Gold Medical Design Excellence Award
San Jose, CA (June 8, 2011) – iO-Flex System Awarded Gold Medical Design Excellence Award
Humlebaek, Denmark (June 8, 2011) – Danish company Coloplast wins two awards in the 2011 MDEAs for their new catheter for men, SpeediCath® Compact Male, and the urine collection bag Conveen® Active
Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand (June 8, 2011) – Blythe Rees-Jones Blog - The Mann; A Living Legend. Alfred Mann is one of the great medical device developers of our time. I had the privilege to attend the Medical Design Excellence Awards in New York...Read more
Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand (June 8, 2011) – Blythe Rees-Jones Blog - Encircled in Silver - Medical Design Excellence in New Zealand. Today was awards day. The Medical Design Excellence awards recognize the achievements of...Read more
Morrisville NC (May 31, 2011) – TEARSCIENCE’S LIPIVIEW® MEDICAL DEVICE WINS MEDICAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
Warsaw, IN (May 4, 2011) – BIOMET SPORTS MEDICINE’S JUGGERKNOT SOFT ANCHOR RECEIVES GOLD 2011 MEDICAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARD
Guilford, CT (May 1, 2011) – Defibtech Lifeline View AED Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Melbourne, Australia (April 19, 2011) – Leica BOND-III Tissue Staining Instrument Wins 2011 Silver Medical Design Excellence Award
Memphis, TN (April 14, 2011) – VEINVIEWER VASCULAR IMAGING DEVICE CREDITED WITH RENOWNED MEDICAL DESIGN AWARD
Zeeland, MI (April 11, 2011) – Herman Miller Inc. Receives Ongoing Industry Recognition for its Compass™ System
Tucson, AZ (April 11, 2011) – Xeridiem Medical Devices PleuraFlow receives Gold in MD+DI’s 2011 Medical Design Excellence Awards
Mt. Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand (April 11, 2011) – Encircle® Compression Therapy announced as a Winner in the 2011 Medical Design Excellence Awards
Austin, TX (April 8, 2011) – Stryker Instruments and M3 Design Receive 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award for "The Mill"
San Jose, CA (April 8, 2011) – iO-Flex System Awarded Medical Design Excellence Award
Thornton-Cleveleys, United Kingdom (April 8, 2011)) – Invibio® Biomaterial Solutions honored by Medical Design Excellence Awards as a Supplier to a 2011 Award Winner, the Cranial LOOP
Great Neck, NY (April 6, 2011) – Integrated Design Systems Inc. (IDS) honored as a Supplier to a 2011 MDEA winning product, the VeinViewer Vision
Mentor, OH (April 6, 2011) – US Endoscopy's Talon™ grasping device named a Winner in the 2011 Medical Design Excellence Awards
Middleton, WI (April 6, 2011) – Orascoptic’s Freedom LED Headlight Wins Prestigious Medical Design Award
2010 MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Monroeville, PA (June 23, 2010) – Philips Receives Gold Design Award for Alice PDx home sleep testing system
Atlanta, GA (June 14, 2010) – MedShape Solutions, Inc. Receives Industry Honors and Awards for their MORPHIX™ Suture Anchor
Lund, Sweden (June 11, 2010) – LUCAS™2 Chest Compression System received Silver Award in New York
Oklahoma City, OK (June 11, 2010) – Orthocare Innovations Compas Recognized at Medical Design Excellence Awards
New York, NY (June 10, 2010) – AccuVein Awarded Top Prize in Prestigious Medical Product Design Competition
Vancouver, BC, Canada (June 10, 2010) – Angiotech Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award for Quill™ SRS
Minneapolis, MN (June 10, 2010) – Nonin Medical Recognized as a Supplier to the Award-Winning Philips Respironics Alice© PDx™ System
Melbourne, Australia (June 10, 2010) – PREVI Isola Wins Prestigious 2010 Gold Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) - developed and manufactured by Invetech
Skillman, NJ (June 10, 2010) – Vitala™ Continence Control Device Receives Gold Award for Medical Design Excellence
Stamford, CT (June 10, 2010) – Zargis Medical Receives Top Honors at Medical Design Excellence Awards
Hollis, NH (June 9, 2010) – New England-Based Farm Design, Inc. Wins Gold Medical Design Excellence Award for Their Contribution in the Development of MAKO Surgical’s RIO® Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System
New York, NY (June 9, 2010) – Smart Design announces 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award win for Cimzia Packaging project
St. Paul, MN, and Stamford, CT (April 20, 2010) – 3M™ Littmann® Model 3200/Zargis Cardioscan™ Honored for Stethoscope/Software Design Innovation
Brønshøj, Denmark (April 19, 2010) – ABL90 FLEX Receives Prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award
Orangeburg, SC (April 13, 2010) – Zeus Honored as a Supplier to Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) winning SAVI® breast brachytherapy applicator
Raritan, NJ (April 12, 2010) – Oralflo Pill Swallowing Cup Wins Medical Design Excellence Award, Helps Autism Spectrum Kids and Dysphagia Sufferers Take Medications with No Problem
Houston, TX (April 9, 2010) – Globe Medical Tech’s FreeVac Auto Retractable Safety Syringe Wins 2010 Medical Device Excellence Award
Thousand Oaks, CA (April 9, 2010) – HAMILTON-C2 ICU Ventilator wins Medical Design Excellence Award
South Australia, Australia (April 9, 2010) – LBT Innovations Wins Prestigious International Medical Award
Lund, Sweden (April 9, 2010) – LUCAS™2 Wins the US Medical Design Excellence Award
Hollis, NH (April 9, 2010) – Rio™ Robotic Arm Interactive Orthopedic System Wins Medical Design Excellence Award Farm Design, Inc cited for its role as a supplier
Fremont, CA (April 8, 2010) – AlterG Anti–Gravity Treadmill Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Marcy l’Etoile, France (April 8, 2010) – bioMérieux’s PREVI™ Isola Wins the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Award
Ottawa, ON, Canada (April 8, 2010) – DNA Genotek’s Oragene®•DNA Product Wins Prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award
Minneapolis, MN (April 8, 2010) – FinESS™ Sinus Treatment Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Miami, FL (April 8, 2010) – Innovia's Orbital Tissue Expander has Won a 2010 Medical Design Excellence Awards
Leesburg, VA (April 8, 2010) – K2M Wins Medical Design Excellence Award for SERENGETI Minimally Invasive Retractor System
Aliso Viejo, CA (April 8, 2010) – SAVI® breast brachytherapy applicator Wins Award for Medical Design Excellence
2009 MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Batesville, IN (June 11, 2009) – Hill-Rom Innovative Envision® E700 Wound Surface Receives Gold Medical Device Excellence Award
Strongville, OH (June 1, 2009) – Sparton Corporation's Medical Subsidiary Recognized as Supplier Partner for Award-Winning NeuroStar® TMS Therapy System
Pasadena, CA (May 14, 2009) – Osmetech’s eSensor XT-8 platform wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Waltham, MA (April 24, 2009) – Remel Spectra MRSA Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Malvern, PA (April 20, 2009) – NeuroStar TMS Therapy Recipient of Medical Design Excellence Award
San Francisco, CA (April 20, 2009) – LUNAR Leads Groundbreaking Design of PROVENT Therapy for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Charlotte, NC (April 11, 2009) – Polar Wand, Designed by BOLT Group, Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
London, United Kingdom (April 11, 2009) – Medlogic's LiquiBand Optima Skin Adhesive Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Philadelphia, PA (April 11, 2009) – BD BACTEC FX Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Providence, RI (April 10, 2009) – Ximedica Recognized with 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award
San Diego, CA (April 8, 2009) – TearLab Osmolarity System Wins Medical Design Excellence Awards
Pleasant Hill, CA (April 7, 2009) – Zap Laser’s Styla MicroLaser Wins 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award
St. Paul, MN (April 7, 2009) – St. Jude Medical’s Merlin.net Patient Care Network Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Ann Arbor, MI (April 6, 2009) – NuStep T5XR Recumbent Cross Trainer Wins 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award
Burlington, MA (April 6, 2009) – iUni and iDuo knee-resurfacing implants from ConforMIS Win Medical Design Excellence Award
Coeur d’Alene, ID (April 6, 2009) – Medigenic Medical Keyboard Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Devens, MA (April 6, 2009) – Bionostics's UniDose Wins 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award
Minneapolis, MN (April 6, 2009) – Vertebral Technologies Receives Award for InterFuse Interbody Fusion System
Roswell, GA (April 6, 2009) – Kimberly-Clark Health Care MIC, MIC-KEY Introducer Kit wins Medical Design Excellence Awards
Tustin, CA (April 6, 2009) – Toshiba’s Aquilion ONE honored with Medical Design Excellence Award
2008 MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Cupertino, CA (June 23,2008) – Globe Medical Tech Wins 2008 MDEA Award for POWR Syringe
Elgin, IL (June 21, 2008) – TRICOR Systems Inc. Designer of the STA System Wins 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award
Malvern, Pa., June 20, 2008 – ACUSON P10 Honored with MDEA Gold Award
Laurel, MD (June 13, 2008) – GE Healthcare "Panda" And "Giraffe" Infant Warmers Win Medical Design Excellence Award
Cupertino, CA (June 11, 2008) – Novare Surgical Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Batesville, IN (June 5, 2008) – Hill-Rom Innovative Totalcare® Bariatric Plus Therapy System Receives Gold Medical Device Excellence Award
Warrendale, PA (May 22, 2008) – MEDRAD® XDSTM Extravasation Detector Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Brookfield, WI (April 7, 2008) – Honeywell HomMed Wins 2008 Medical Design Excellence AwardGenesis DM Wins 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award for Genesis DM Remote Care Device
Tempe, AZ (April 7, 2008) – Kinetic Muscles Inc. Wins Medical Design Excellence Award for the Hand Mentor Pro
Denmark (April 7, 2008) – Novo Nordisk wins design award for NovoFine Autocover
2007 MDEA Winning Product Press Releases
Bethlehem, PA (April 9, 2007) – B. Braun Compounding System that Improves Patient Safety, Product Delivery Honored with Prestigious National Design Award
Union City, CA (April 9, 2007) – Abaxis Receives 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award for Piccolo xpress
Minneapolis, MN (April 12, 2007) – Medtronic Wins Medical Design Excellence Awards for Products Related to Activa® Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy and Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery
San Jose, CA (April 10, 2007) – Natus Medical Receives Medical Design Excellence Award for the Olympic Cool-Cap
Langhorne, PA (April 10, 2007) – Definitive Design Wins 2007 Medical Design Excellence Award
Madison, WI (April 9, 2007) – Hospira Symbiq™ Wins Medical Design Excellence Award