Originally Published MDDI June 2002

MEDICAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2002

The 28 winners in the 2002 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program represent a broad range of achievements—from advances in manufacturing processes to technical innovations that would seem to be possible only in motion pictures.

The products highlighted on the following pages each received a gold award in this year's competition.

The 2002 MDEA program was sponsored by Battelle (Columbus, OH), DuPont Tyvek (Wilmington, DE), Avail (Fort Worth, TX) Chevron Phillips/K-Resin (Houston), The MedTech Group International (Plainfield, NJ), TriVirix (Chapel Hill, NC), and Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry. The program has also been endorsed by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

• Diagnostic Imaging System with M2A Capsule Endoscope
• Thermal Cautery Unit, Model 150
• StealthStation Treon Treatment Guidance System (Treon)
• Ancure Endograft System
• SimpleJect Auto-Injector System
• SleepStrip Disposable Sleep Apnea Screener
• Dermagraft
• OxiFirst Fetal Pulse Oximetry System
• Accu-Chek Compact Blood Glucose Meter
• Invisalign
• Duplex Drug Delivery System
• Assura EasiClose Colostomy/Ileostomy Pouch
• 2002 Award Winners
• Introducing the 2002 MDEA Panel of Jurors

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