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Thursday, 13 April 2006 | Levent OZLER
OmniPod Insulin Management System Wins Medical Design Excellence Award
Insulet Corporation today announced that its OmniPod Insulin Management System has received a 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award. The OmniPod Insulin Management System is an innovative new product for the treatment of diabetes that brings together safe, reliable, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion and blood glucose monitoring in an easy-to-use, two-part system.
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, and features that provide enhanced benefits to the patient. The award also recognizes the ability of the product development team to overcome design and engineering challenges so the product meets its clinical objectives.
Designers of the OmniPod System used innovative design and materials and overcame a number of technological challenges to create a system that has all the functionality of a conventional insulin pump with no tubing. Conventional insulin pumps are complex electromechanical devices that have hundreds of components and are connected to the body via an infusion set with up to 42 inches of tubing. With the OmniPod Insulin Management System, Insulet's design team was able to separate the controls and user interface from the insulin delivery mechanism, eliminating the need for tubing. The System consists of the handheld, wireless Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) which programs the OmniPod with insulin delivery instructions and monitors its operation, and the compact, lightweight OmniPod, which is worn discreetly beneath clothing and delivers insulin based on instructions from the PDM. The PDM contains a fully integrated blood glucose meter and is very similar in materials, construction and appearance to a personal digital assistant. The OmniPod features an automated cannula insertion system designed to minimize the physical discomfort of insertion.
A comprehensive review of the MDEA entries was performed by an impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with expertise in biomedical engineering, human factors, industrial design, medicine, and diagnostics. The OmniPod Insulin Management System was named a winner in the General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products category.
"Our goal in developing the OmniPod System was to enable people with diabetes to take advantage of intensive insulin therapy without the hassles of multiple daily injections or conventional insulin pumps," said Duane DeSisto, Insulet Corporation's President and CEO. "We're thrilled to have the hard work of our design team recognized through this award."
The 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award winners will be honored at a ceremony during the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East Conference and Exposition, June 6-8, 2006, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Gold and silver award recipients will be announced at that time.
About Insulet Corporation
Insulet Corporation, located in Bedford, Massachusetts, is an innovative, privately held, diabetes management company dedicated to providing superior treatment options and lifelong health benefits to people with diabetes. Insulet Corporation employees have extensive experience in the diabetes and medical device industries. Founded in 2000, the company seeks to improve the lives of people with diabetes -- and to break down the barriers to Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) therapy -- through innovative design and technology, and through feedback from people with diabetes, physicians, and diabetes educators.
http://www.insulet.com
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