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Shedding new light on medical product design GX brings brilliant ideas to life as new commercial realities. Since 2004, the company has been applying new light technologies to create cutting edge medical products. From skin treatments and analysis to hair removal and wound healing, GX has actively sought new applications for light to create innovative products for the medical and cosmetics sector.
GX’s business development manager, Claire Banks, says: “We have a strong track record of developing new medical products using emerging light technology. Our team works closely, allowing our range of specialists to each bring a unique perspective to incorporate cutting edge technology into developing new products. This means we can work through technical constraints and find new approaches that make the best use of innovative research, whilst ensuring our designs are cost effective and easy to manufacture. “Over the 30 years we’ve been in business, we’ve built an experienced team with vast knowledge of different applications for light technology. Because light is inexpensive, there’s a high demand for new and varied ways to use it in medical products. What we learn from one project we take with us to the next, so our expertise in ways to use light in product design is always expanding.”
The multi-disciplinary approach of the team at GX means they are well positioned to develop medical products, marrying technology, software and the application of breakthrough research. Since their software and electronics engineers work closely, they easily keep on top of the growing demand for medical products to communicate with other devices, especially through apps. GX’s range of skills and depth of knowledge enables them to continue making an invaluable contribution to developing new medical products for patients and practitioners across the globe.
www.gxgroup.com
Dopplers win Queen’s Award for Innovation Huntleigh has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Innovation for its new range of Digital Handheld Dopplers. This award identifies where state of the art design combines with the highest levels of quality and performance.
Opportunity through social mobility. The prize is valid for five years and has shown to increase its recipients’ worldwide recognition and commercial value together with other benefits. The Cardiff facility provides a Global Centre of Excellence for a range of Arjo and Huntleigh products. Employing more than 60 engineering staff, the centre provides a stable platform for further innovations in the future.
Designed to perform when you need it most, the new Dopplers offer reliability that clinicians can depend on, making their jobs easier, safer and more efficient. Innovative features in the new products help clinicians to make quicker and more accurate assessments, providing benefits to both user and patient. Peter Cashin, Huntleigh’s Managing Director, spoke about how good design can improve patient care and clinical effectiveness, saying: “Features we have introduced such as the high resolution colour display represent a first for handheld Dopplers. This allows clinicians to clearly see vascular waveforms as well as hear digital audio sounds. In the Fetal Heart Rate (FHR) version, the FHR data is displayed in high visibility large numbers and recorded digitally as a waveform for archiving and review.”
The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise were instituted in 1965 and are today considered one of the most prestigious awards for UK businesses. The awards acknowledge exceptional achievements within the categories of International Trade, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Promoting
“We are both honoured and proud of this recognition. This marks a significant achievement for our team in Cardiff and confirms that we are developing innovative products that offer our customers an excellent experience, through both performance, functional benefits and a desirable design.” Joacim Lindhoff President & CEO, Arjo AB
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