The winning products in this year’s Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, presented by Canon Communications, received their gold or silver recognition at a ceremony held today during the Medical Design & Manufacturing East (MD&M East) 2010 Conference and Exposition at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

2010 MDEA WINNING PRODUCTS (alphabetical by category):

CRITICAL-CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE PRODUCTS

• AccuVein AV300 portable, non-contact vein illumination device (Gold)
• Portex UniPerc percutaneous tracheostomy kits (Gold)
• Hamilton C2 ICU ventilator (Silver)
• LUCAS 2 chest compression system (Silver)

DENTAL INSTRUMENTS, EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES

• PaX-Reve3D panoramic, cephalometric, and computerized tomography system (Gold)
• Vibringe sonic irrigation system (Gold)

FINISHED PACKAGING

• Cimzia Packaging (Gold)
• Orthopaedic Implant Skinpack Package for Femoral Hips (Silver)

GENERAL HOSPITAL DEVICES AND THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS

• Alice PDx recording device (Gold)
• HyGreen intelligent hand hygiene system (Gold)
• Littmann electronic stethoscope Model 3200 with Zargis Cardioscan heart sound analysis software (Gold)
• DivibaX mixing transfer device (Silver)
• FreeVac needlestick prevention syringe (Silver)
• Zio Patch continuous cardiac ECG (electrocardiogram) data recorder (Silver)

IMPLANT AND TISSUE-REPLACEMENT PRODUCTS

• Morphix suture anchor (Gold)
• AngelMed Guardian implantable cardiac monitoring and alerting system (Silver)
• Orbital tissue expander (OTE) (Silver)

IN VITRO DIAGNOSTICS

• PREVI Isola high-throughput specimen and agar plate management system (Gold)
• ABL90 FLEX blood analyzer (Silver)
• Contour USB blood glucose monitor (Silver)
• Oragene•DNA self collection kit (OG-500) (Silver)

OVER-THE-COUNTER AND SELF-CARE PRODUCTS

• Vitala Continence Control Device (CCD) (Gold)
• GlowCap internet-connected pill bottle cap (Silver)
• Oralflo pill swallowing cup (Silver)

RADIOLOGICAL AND ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES

• DynaTRIM trans-rectal interventional MRI with DynaCAD digital imaging workstation for prostate (Gold)
• Vanguard breast imaging and interventional coil for Siemens MAGNETOM ESSENZA MRI scanner (Gold)
• SAVI breast brachytherapy applicator (Silver)
• TNT 12000 x-ray test device (Silver)

REHABILITATION AND ASSISTIVE-TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

• M320 AlterG anti-gravity treadmill (Gold)
• Computerized Prosthesis Alignment System (Compas) (Silver)
• Intel Reader digital reading device (Silver)
• Tibion Bionic Leg wearable rehabilitation device (Silver)

SURGICAL EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS, AND SUPPLIES

• Ajust adjustable single-incision sling (Gold)
• RIO robotic arm interactive orthopedic system (Gold)
• SERENGETI Minimally Invasive Retractor System (Gold)
• Duet TRS Reload Tissue Reinforcement System (Silver)
• FinESS Sinus Treatment (Silver)
• Hydrodebrider endoscopic suction irrigator system (Silver)
• Quill SRS knotless surgical wound closure device (Silver)

Read more about this year's competiton here.