Design Concepts contributed on two products that have won Silver in the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award. The Corvida Medical® HALO® Closed System Drug-Transfer Device was recognized in the Drug-Delivery and Combination Products category of the 19th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition (MDEA). The Pelvalon Eclipse System was recognized in Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Devices category.
Design Concepts contributed on two products that have won Silver in the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award. The Corvida Medical® HALO® Closed System Drug-Transfer Device was recognized in the Drug-Delivery and Combination Products category of the 19th Annual Medical Design Excellence Awards competition (MDEA). The Pelvalon Eclipse System was recognized in Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Devices category.
Winners were announced at the 2017 MDEA Ceremony held Tuesday, June 13, 2017 in conjunction with the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East event at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York. Here is a list of the 2017 MDEA winners.
Both Corvida Medical and Pelvalon are medical device companies that identified an unmet need in the market and came to Design Concepts with early concepts that needed further development.
Corvida Medical developed a closed system drug-transfer device (CSTD) that is designed to protect healthcare workers from being exposed to hazardous drugs during the preparation and administration of chemotherapy. Design Concepts’ engineers, industrial designers and human factors specialists worked with the Iowa-based startup to create an easy-to-use, airtight and leak-proof, ergonomic system with a visual language that both assists the user and establishes the Corvida brand.
Pelvalon developed a non-surgical treatment for Accidental
Bowel Leakage (ABL) that includes a vaginal insert and handheld pump. The Bay
Area-startup worked on next-generation versions of the Eclipse System insert
and came to Design Concepts with a pump prototype made from off-the-shelf
parts. Pelvalon needed help with usability, industrial design and engineering to
take the concept to manufacture. Read the case study here.
“It
was incredibly gratifying to work with both of these innovative startups to
help them refine and implement their ideas and bring them to market,” said Dave
Franchino, President of Design Concepts. “Both of these products significantly
improve the lives of their users. It’s wonderful to see them recognized.”
The MDEA is
the medtech industry’s premier design competition committed to recognizing
significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve
the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. The awards program
celebrates the accomplishments of the 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.
The MDEA panel is comprised
of medtech experts including a balance of practicing doctors, nurses, and
technicians alongside industrial designers, engineers, manufacturers and human
factors experts. MDEA jurors comprehensively review entries based on the
following criteria: the ability of the product development team to overcome all
challenges so the product meets its clinical objectives; innovative use of
materials, components, and processes; user-related functions improving
healthcare delivery and changing traditional medical attitudes or practices;
features providing enhanced benefits to the patient and end-user in relation to
clinical efficacy; manufacturing cost-effectiveness and profitability; and
healthcare system benefits such as improved accessibility, efficacy or safety,
in addition to providing attention to a critical unmet clinical need.
The 2017 MDEA Juror Panel selected 45 finalists in nine medical technology product categories. Products were judged based on design and engineering innovation; function and user-related innovation; patient benefits; business benefits; and overall benefit to the healthcare system. Gold, Silver and Bronze recognition was awarded in each category.