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Welcome to MDEA 2010

Honor and well-deserved recognition await the winners of the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, the premier awards program for the medical technology community.

Now in its thirteenth year, the MDEA competition is a prestigious, publicity-charged program that provides companies with year-round opportunities to increase the distinction of their MDEA-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.

The MDEA competition is open worldwide to companies and individuals involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging. Industry professionals are encouraged to review the information provided on this Web site and become involved in building recognition for medical product excellence, both in their own companies and industrywide.

If you don't find the information you are looking for on this Web site, please contact a member of the MDEA team at 310/445-4200 or via e-mail at mdea@cancom.com.

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Download the 2010 MDEA Entry Questionnaire

Medical Design Excellence Awards Calls for Entries

Innovative products invited to participate in thirteenth annual competition

Los Angeles, CA (October 14, 2009) - The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program is accepting entries for its 2010 competition from companies and individuals worldwide involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or packaging products. Now in its thirteenth year, MDEA has awarded more than 350 groundbreaking products, including the Aquilion One dynamic volume computed tomography system; Bactec FX microbial detection system; INRatio2 blood coagulation monitor; Lifepak 15 monitor-defibrillator; LiquiBand Optima wound-closure adhesive; Lyric hearing aid; NuStep T5XR recumbent cross trainer; PolarWand endoscopic cryotherapy system; Rad-87 pulse CO-oximeter; Spectra MRSA chromogenic plated medium; Styla MicroLaser advanced dental laser system; TearLab osmolarity system; and TRUE2go portable glucose monitor.

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. (More...)

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