Alasdair Barnett gets the prestigious Silver A' Design Award

Como, Italy, March 24, 2013 /DESIGNPRWIRE/

A' Design Award and Competition is pleased to share that the project EndoCuff by Alasdair Barnett has been awarded with the famed Silver A' Design Award at Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design Competition Category.

Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design Category Silver A' Design Award Winner

A' Design Award and Competition is proud to see that the project EndoCuff by DesignEdge - Alasdair Barnett, DesignEdge - Bruce Hutchison, Arc Medical Design Ltd and became winner of the famed Silver A' Design Award in Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design Category picked as a winner by the international jurors of the A' Design Awards & Competitions among thousands of nominated works.

About EndoCuff

Alasdair Barnett, the creator of the award winning work EndoCuff says “EndoCuff is an innovative disposable device that slips onto the end of conventional colonoscopes to improve mucosal vision and enhance tip control during a colonoscopy. EndoCuff features soft flexible projections which gently support the tip of the colonoscope in the colonic lumen during extubation so providing greater stability and reducing sudden slip back and juddering. The projections evert large folds and flatten small folds so that significantly more mucosa can be visualised. With sixty million procedures worldwide this will revolutionise detection rates within cancer screening.” Learn more at at: https://competition.adesignaward.com/design.php?ID=28274

Team Members for EndoCuff

EndoCuff was made by DesignEdge - Alasdair Barnett, DesignEdge - Bruce Hutchison, Arc Medical Design Ltd and

The Silver A' Design Award

The Silver A' Design Award is a prestigious award given to top 5% percentile designs that demonstrates an exemplary level of perfection in design. Entries to the A' Medical Product Design Awards are peer reviewed and anonymously judged by a grand jury panel of prominent academics, influential press members and established professionals. Nominated medical product designs are voted on pre-determined evaluation criteria to highlight only the very best medical product design works. In addition to reaching top international media, A' Medical Product Design Award winners are listed at World Design Rankings (worlddesignrankings.com), are highlighted at Design Classification (designclassifications.com) platform and are showcased at DesignMag.org which lists the best designs from all countries in all disciplines.

About A' Medical Product Design Awards

A' Medical Product Design Award aims to highlight the excellent qualifications of best medical product designs and greatest medical product design concepts worldwide. The A' Design Accolades are organized and awarded annually and internationally in multiple categories to reach a wide, design-oriented audience. The ultimate aim of the A' medical product Design Competition is to create a global awareness for good design. To learn more visit: http://www.whatisadesignaward.com

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Released by DESIGNPRWIRE at 2013-03-24 11:43:52

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