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Waldwick, NEW JERSEY—Life Recovery Systems announced today that it has received a 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award for it’s development of the ThermoSuit™.
Life Recovery Systems developed and markets The ThermoSuit™ system. It is the fastest, easy to use, non-invasive approach to reduce the patient’s core body temperature. A thin film of ice water is continuously pumped around the patient’s body until it reaches a pre-set temperature. More information including videos and detailed graphics can be found by visiting: www.Life-
The Medical Design Excellence Awards competition is organized and presented by Canon Communications LLC (Los Angeles) and is the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical products. Entries are evaluated on the basis of their design and engineering features, including innovative use of materials, user-related functions that improve healthcare delivery 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.
A comprehensive review of the entries was performed by an impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial design, medicine, and diagnostics.
“We are honored to be recognized by the MDEA judges,” said Dr. Robert Freedman Jr., M.D., F.A.C.C.,President / Chief Executive Office and Founder of Life Recovery Systems. “Life Recovery Systems is proud to offer The ThermoSuit™ as the Fastest Emergency Cooling in the world of Medicine. It is now being used in several healthcare clinics both nationally and internationally.”
The 2009 Medical Design Excellence Award winners were honored at a ceremony during the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference and Exposition, June 9–11, 2009, at New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Where gold and silver award recipients were announced.
