Your Chance for MDEA Gold
Submit your medical device innovations to the 2022 Medical Design Excellence Awards competition by January 21, 2022.
November 9, 2021
The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEAs) has extended the deadline to accept entries through January 21 for the 2022 competition. Full price entries are $199.
Since 1998, the MDEAs have recognized significant achievements in medical product design and engineering that improve the quality of healthcare delivery and accessibility. In the 2021 competition, for instance, Medtronic’s LINQ II Insertable Cardiac Monitoring (ICM) System won Best-in-Show, while its CareLink SmartSync Device Manager earned the MD+DI Readers’ Choice award.
Entries are accepted in 11 product categories:
Cardiovascular Devices—devices and equipment used to diagnose or treat conditions of the heart and circulatory system
Digital Health Products and Mobile Medical Apps—devices or applications that use digital technologies to monitor patients, deliver healthcare, or make medicine more personalized
Drug-Delivery and Combination Products—devices such as pre-filled syringes, misting devices, dry powder inhalers, patches, pouches, or combination implants with biologic agents, etc.
ER and OR Tools, Equipment, and Supplies—devices such as critical care, general surgery, plastic surgery, and anesthesiology products
Gastrointestinal and Genitourinary Devices—products such as gastrological, urological, gynecological, and obstetric devices
Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products—devices such as cochlear, corneal, orthopedic, neurological, and tissue implants and instruments
Nonsurgical Hospital Supplies and Equipment