Product design, development and manufacturing consultancy Wideblue is showcasing medical device innovations at this week’s Med-Tech Innovation Expo.
Wideblue managing director, Russell Overend stated prior to attending the Med-Tech Innovation Expo: “We have been working on various cutting-edge medical products which we are delighted to showcase at Med-Tech 2019. Most of the projects we work on are one of a kind often using ground-breaking technologies especially in the field of opto-electronics. We are pleased to be working in partnership with some of the world’s leading medical device companies on designing and developing products which will make a real difference to patient health.”
The company has been working in medical device design and development since 2006, and are showcasing a number of products at this week's Expo. Some of these products are listed in more detail below.
CRiL N-Tidal C
A device designed to assess the health of a patient’s lungs by measuring CO2 output. This function is usually carried out in hospitals using a large capnometer machine. Wideblue were commissioned by Cambridge Respiratory Innovations Limited (CRiL) to develop a hand-held personal capnometer which could be used by patients in their own home and also for clinical research. It has designed and developed a prototype which uses infrared optical technology to measure CO2levels. The device is easy to use, highly accurate and able to transmit patient data that is gathered wirelessly to a remote server. The device is currently undergoing clinical trials and design for manufacture.
Softcell Medical
In partnership with Softcell Medical, Wideblue has designed a product which measures and displays a patients pH levels during surgery highlighting potential restriction of blood flow to vital organs. As of now the first 15 prototypes have been manufactured and the device is about to start clinical trials. The pH system is intended for the assessment of patients who have sustained injuries or have developed disease processes that make them susceptible to ischaemia or localised tissue death that in its severe form can result in the development of compartment syndrome or generalised tissue death.
Calcivis
This is a new dental luminescence imaging camera which is currently in production. The Calcivis imaging device is designed to provide a detailed image of the tooth after delivering an application of Calcivis photoprotein. The hand-held medical device is initiated via a “one touch” computer controlled process and a specialised sensor integrated into the device immediately detects the resulting luminescence (light flash). In less than one second bespoke software presents a chair side demineralisation “hot-spot” image map to clinicians, enabling more informed and efficient dialogue with patients. After designing and manufacturing a number of advanced prototypes of the device for clinical trials, Wideblue has worked with Calcivis to develop a full commercial product which is currently in production in the UK.
Cranofacio Drill Drivers
This battery powered device is used within the surgical suite and is used for neurosurgical procedures involving drilling and driving titanium and bioresorbable screws. It is currently in production at Pivot International (in Philippines).
Peek Retina
Peek were keen to produce a low-cost ophthalmoscope and make it available to a wide range of clinicians throughout the world. Peek asked Wideblue to improve a prototype mobile phone-based ophthalmoscope and get the product ready for sale. Wideblue initially carried out optical design of the product using Zemax software to optimise the product’s optical performance. Early stage hand built models were made to validate the results. Wideblue carried out design for manufacture, injection mould tooling and supported start-up manufacturing in the UK.