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AWARD HOLDERS 2014-2017
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Mediplus Ltd
MEDIPLUS is delighted to announce that it has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most prestigious business accolade, for its pioneering catheter insertion kit dubbed “a GPS for the bladder.” The High Wycombe healthcare manufacturer was presented with the award, under the Innovation category for its S-Cath™ System; a breakthrough technology that prevents injuries from occurring. The S-Cath™ System uses the Seldinger technique to facilitate a one tract entry into the bladder enabling clinicians to perform a safer introduction of a suprapubic catheter. The innovative device, which was designed hand in hand with clinicians, o ers a more controlled, accurate and precise placement into the bladder. Currently, a suprapubic catheterisation is performed in an operating theatre under general anaesthetic with clinicians using a “blind” percutaneous trocar puncture to gain entry into the bladder. Instead the S-Cath™ System locates the bladder with a patented safety guide wire, improving placement and guarantees insertion of the trocar along the anesthetised track. This technique also o ers a wide range of patient bene ts such as minimal trauma and tissue damage as less pressure is needed to insert the dilator. It
Speaking about the award Emma Gray, Managing Director, said: “We are delighted to win such a prestigious award for our contribution to urology. The S Cath™ System is a breakthrough solution that reduces the risk of harm to patients, while simultaneously raising the standard of patient care and safety. “Many clinicians say it o ers them greater con dence in inserting the trocar into the bladder describing it as a GPS for the bladder. It also o ers UK hospitals huge savings in terms of money, time and resources.” The S-Cath™ System has been
Mediplus Board of Directors receive their Queen’s Award for Innovation from the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
Mediplus S-Cath™ System for suprapubic catheterisation.
used in the UK for six years. During this time, the UK National Institute
for Clinical Excellence and The British Association of Urological Surgeons have both published guidelines encouraging the adoption of S-Cath™ System into routine care.
is also more comfortable and less stressful for the clinician to perform, as it provides themwith a higher degree of control and accurate placement. For patients, it means they only need to attend a 30-minute appointment slot in clinic, reducing treatment time from 2.3 days to 22 minutes. It also decreases the risks associated with standard “blind” entry methods which have 19%* risk of complications and 1.9% risk of mortality in the UK alone.
MEDIPLUS LTD The Gateway Centre, Coronation Road, HighWycombe, Bucks HP12 3SU Tel: +44 (0)1494 551200 • Fax: +44 (0)1494 536333 help@mediplus.co.uk • www.medipus.co.uk @MediplusUrology Mediplus Ltd
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Minesoft Ltd
Winner of the prestigious Queen’s Award for International Trade for the second time in 2015. MINESOFT has fast become an established leader in the eld of patent information, working with many Fortune 500/FTSE 100 companies, industrial corporations, patent attorney rms, universities and patent authorities around the world. Founded in 1996, Minesoft develops specialist software solutions
PatBase Analytics. Most recently, Minesoft launched PatBase Analytics V2.0, the ground-breaking, powerful analysis platform. Analytics V2.0 makes it easy to visualise the landscape in technology areas of interest. Users can gain actionable competitive intelligence,
in the Intellectual Property (IP) eld, providing international patent databases, competitive intelligence, analytics and knowledge management systems. Minesoft’s solutions, developed and maintained in-house, are designed to help companies protect their innovations and to exploit the value of Intellectual Property and scienti c information throughout the innovation process. In May 2003, Minesoft and RWS Group announced their agreement to develop PatBase, a new searchable database of patent documents designed by experts in the complex art of patent information research. Since the rst critically acclaimed public demonstrations in 2003, PatBase has gone on to attract over 50,000 users worldwide from the best-known names in industry as well as leading patent-litigating law rms. Minesoft has expanded its portfolio of patent information products to include PatBase Express, PatentOrder, PatentTracker, Legal StatusTracker, CiteTracker, Chemical Explorer, Pat-KM and
Minesoft celebrate at the Richmond Business Awards
pinpoint licensing opportunities and discover the white spaces in areas of interest. Headquartered in Richmond-Upon-Thames, London; Minesoft has o ces and representation globally including Germany, USA, Japan, China, Israel and India. Minesoft has a reputation for combining well-designed user interfaces and cutting-edge technology with responsive service. Our goal is to remain one step ahead. MINESOFT LTD Boston House, Little Green, Richmond-Up- on-Thames, Surrey, TW9 1QE • Tel: +44 (0) 208 404 0651 • Fax: +44 (0) 208 404 0681 • info@minesoft.com • www.minesoft.com Z @Minesoftnews F Minesoft Ltd
Minesoft is headquartered in Richmond-Upon- Thames, London, with o ces and representation globally.
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