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Planmed Verity has a CE
mark and is available for
sale in the EU and many
other countries where the
CE certificate permits sales.
FDA approval is pending.
Planmed Verity® wins the jackpot
at the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards
The Planmed Verity® Extremity Scanner
won the sought-after title: the 2012 Medical
Design Excellence Award (MDEA) Gold
Winner, and was also nominated “Best
in Show”. MDEA is the premier awards
competition for the medical technology
community.
The judging of the MDEA competition
is conducted by an impartial, independent
multidisciplinary panel of jurors who
evaluated a total of 41 finalist products in
10 categories.
Entries are evaluated on the basis of their modern and elegant design into a state-of-the
design and engineering features, including
innovative use of materials, user-related
functions that improve healthcare delivery
“red dot award: product design 2012” design prize for
Planmed Verity
Earlier this year, Planmed Verity convinced
the 30-member international expert jury of
the “red dot award: product design 2012”.
Manufacturers from all over the world
submitted a total of 4,515 designs to
the renowned product competition. Planmed
Verity received the globally sought-after red
dot in the product category of Life Science
and Medicine.
“Design of this device is both welcoming
and gentle with a strong personality. The look the laureates not only demonstrated
is enhanced with a tear-drop shaped imaging
bore and “The Bite” in the outer rim that
helps patient positioning”, states Mr Tapio
Laukkanen, Industrial and UI Design
and change traditional medical attitudes or
practices, features that provide enhanced
benefits to the patient, and the ability of the
product development team to overcome
design and engineering challenges so that
the product meets its clinical objectives.
“We are particularly proud of this award.
MDEA is highly recognised and appreciated
within the medical device and imaging
industry”, states Mr Vesa Mattila, Vice
President with Planmed Oy. “The compact,
ergonomic and mobile Planmed Verity
Extremity Scanner gorgeously combines
art functional medical imaging system.”
Manager with Planmed Oy.
Professor Dr. Peter Zec, initiator and
CEO of the red dot design award, pointed
to the high quality level of the competition:
“The most distinguished products of
the respective branch of industry faced up
not only to the tough competition this year
again, but also to the critical eye of the jury. The red dot design award
The experts thoroughly examined, tested and
evaluated each individual entry, applying the
highest standards. With their performances,
an extraordinary design quality but they
also showed that design is an integral part of
innovative product solutions.”
Honorary Mention
in Finnish design
competition Fennia Prize
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Planmed also received an Honorary Mention
for its Planmed Verity® Extremity Scanner,
in the Finnish design competition Fennia
Prize 2012.
The objective of this international design
competition for firms and companies is to
support the production of high-standard
products and services and to promote
the competitiveness and internationalisation
of industry. Alongside high standard
design, evaluation criteria include usability,
environmental and social responsibility and
impact on business.
Medical Design Excellence Awards
Established in 1998, the Medical Design Excellence Awards
(MDEA) is the medical device industry’s premier design
awards competition and the only awards program that
exclusively recognises contributions and advances in the
design of medical products. The MDEA competition is open
worldwide to companies and individuals involved in the
design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished
medical devices or medical packaging.
www.MDEAwards.com
The red dot design award, whose origins reach back to the
1950s, is carried out in three disciplines: the “red dot award:
product design”, the “red dot award: communication design”
and the “red dot award: design concept”. The award – the
red dot – has established itself internationally as one of the
most appreciated quality seals for outstanding designs.
www.red-dot.de/press
Video: Meet the Industrial
Designers of Planmeca and
Planmed.