2016 Medical Design Excellence Awards Winners: Diagnostic Products and Systems

Accelerate ID/AST System

The Accelerate ID/AST System is a multiplexed in vitro diagnostic instrument that can simultaneously detect and identify multiple microbial targets and then perform susceptibility testing of detected bacterial organisms.

Manufacturer: Accelerate Diagnostics Inc.

Supply/Design:Bridge Design

SureTouch System

The cloud-based SureTouch System uses a wireless sensor, touchscreen display, SureTouch network, and proprietary tactile sensor technology to provide painless, radiation-free clinical breast examinations with immediate digital results.

Manufacturer: Medical Tactile Inc.

Supply/Design:Pressure Profile Systems Inc., Artann Laboratories Inc., Qualcomm

Smart One

The Bluetooth-enabled Smart One spirometer for the consumer market measures peak flow and FEV1 in conjunction with an app to monitor ashtma, COPD, and other lung diseases.

Manufacturer: M.I.R. Medical International Research Spirometry

Supply/Design: Creanova SRL