The Alice PDx Portable Sleep System is a winner in the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition
Murrysville, Pa., USA ─ April 8, 2010 ─ Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that the Alice PDx Portable Sleep System is a winner in the 2010 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, in the category of general hospital devices and therapeutic products.
The Alice PDx is a diagnostic recording device with advanced features intended for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis and follow-up, and the diagnostic assessment of cardio-respiratory sleep disorders. It can be used in a patient’s home, an alternative care site, or a sleep facility.
According to Canon Communications, organizers of the awards competition, “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 their patients, and the ability of the product development team to overcome design and engineering challenges so that the product meets its clinical objectives.”
The Alice PDx is user-friendly, easy for patients to set up and accommodates side sleepers. The wires have been specifically designed to minimize excess length to make it easier for patients to manage them. Color-coded labels located around the perimeter of the device indicate which sensors to connect and where to connect the sensor leads. A step-by-step diagram walks the patient through the application process.
According to Tim Murphy, vice president and general manager of the Diagnostics and Clinical Software Applications group, “We are honored to receive this award as acknowledgement of the efforts of our marketing, product development, and industrial design teams. We created the Alice PDx considering many global clinical use cases and the interaction of the clinical, operational, and patient care cycle constituents.”
Representatives of Philips Respironics will be attending the award ceremony occurring, Wednesday, June 9th, at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East 2010 Conference and Exposition, in New York City.
For further information, please contact:
Steve Kelly
Philips Healthcare
Tel: +1 (425) 487-7479
E-mail: steve.kelly@philips.com
Ian Race
Philips Healthcare
Tel: +1 (978) 659-4624
E-mail: ian.race@philips.com
About Royal Philips Electronics
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