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The
Medical Design Excellence Awards Criteria and Awards The global awards competition is open to companies or individuals involved in the design, engineering, manufacture, or distribution of finished medical devices or medical packaging. The entries will be evaluated by a panel of impartial third-party jurors convened by Canon. Entries will be evaluated based on: Functional improvement, such as benefits to user and patient (through ease of use, training, comfort, fit, service access, safety, and improvement in healthcare); appropriate aesthetics; and intuitive user interface. Substantial business benefit, such as improving the manufacturer's bottom line, reducing the cost of manufacturing, enhancing a product line, improving manufacture or distribution, opening new market segments, making the device or resulting treatments more accessible to patients, and increasing speed to market. Innovation, such as advancement of the state of the art through design and/or engineering or use of materials or manufacturing processes. Jurors may give awards in two levels: gold and silver. Winners will be notified by mail that they have won by February 14, 2000. Rules All entries must be commercially available for purchase by December 20, 1999. Medical material, component, or service providers may submit finished device entries on behalf of a product manufacturer with the manufacturer's written approval. Entrants may recreate the "Explanation of Entry and How It Meets the Criteria" portion of the form, but cannot exceed a total of three pages for that section. Photos and entry materials should accurately represent the product being sold. If the entry material does not represent the finished product or is found to not meet the eligibility criteria, Canon Communications reserves the right to withhold the award. Canon Communications and the jurors have the right to confirm the information presented and, if they find it to be inaccurate, to withhold an award. No jurors, their companies, or those companies' subsidiaries may enter in the year they act as jurors. Any entry thus disqualified may be entered in a subsequent year. Submission materials become the property of Canon Communications and will not be returned. The decision of the jury shall be final. The jury will give as many or as few awards as it deems merited by the quality and number of the submissions, irrespective of category. No material submitted will be considered confidential. By submitting your entry, you agree that any or all of the material may be published by Canon Communications or any other party authorized by Canon in connection with the awards. Canon Communications reserves the right to modify or amend the rules at any time. Deadline and Entry Fees Entries must be received by December 20, 1999, accompanied by check or credit card payment. The cost per entry is $145. Late entries must be received by January 3, 2000, and must be accompanied by an additional late fee payment of $100 ($245 total) per entry. Make checks payable to Canon Communications LLC. All payments must be made in U.S. funds and drawn on a U.S. bank. Entry fees may also be paid with VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. Entry fees are not refundable under any circumstances whatsoever. Contact Website: http://www.devicelink.com/awards/ You can get your entry form in the mail or via fax by calling Canon Communications at 310/996-9434 or by sending us an e-mail at mdea@cancom.com |
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