4 Trends Advancing Medtech

For the past 20 years, the Medical Design Excellence Awards have celebrated medical products that improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare. Our finalists this year carry on this tradition, while also keeping in step with today’s high-tech digital and consumer trends. With the help of our esteemed jurors, we have identified four key trends in this year’s group of finalists: risk reduction; faster, more-efficient healthcare delivery; the influence of the Internet of Things; and the consumerization of healthcare. We’ve been tracking a few of these trends in past awards programs, so they’re not necessarily new. In fact, when we launched the program in 1998, we noted a trend in the very first group of MDEA finalists toward “meaningful focus on the patient.” This year’s group of finalists are just as focused and may very well be addressing unmet needs in their respective categories. In this article, we cover a few of the trend-setting finalists; for the complete list, click here. First, Do No Harm Medical devices enable doctors and nurses to save and sustain lives every day, but invasive procedures can present risks of infection and trauma. Many finalists this year aim to minimize those risks. A number of devices intended to ease surgical procedures or reduce their risk competed in this year’s ER and OR Tools, Equipment, and Supplies category. The VersaOne Fascial Closure System, for instance, is designed to deliver consistent port-site closure, added pro...
Source: MDDI - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: MD & M East (New York) Design Source Type: news