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WINNERS OF WHICH MEDICAL DEVICE OF THE YEAR 2011

Los Angeles, CA (January 16, 2012) - Which Medical Device, in partnership with SAGE, are delighted to announce the winners of the Device of the Year Award 2011 in the three Which Medical Device categories.

The expert panel of judges reviewed nominations for the most significant, innovative and invaluable devices and the winners and runners up from each of the three Which Medical Device categories, Cardiology, Orthopaedics and Interventional Radiology are:

Cardiology

Winner
The winner of the Cardiology category is the CrossBoss CTO Catheter manufactured by BridgePoint Medical.
Which Medical Device Senior Editor for Cardiology Dr Azfar Zaman commends this novel piece of technology with a good success rate in opening chronic occlusions: "it is a quantum leap in the world of CTOs".

Runner-up
The judges chose both the SAPIEN Transcatheter Heart Valve from Edwards Life Sciences and Medtronic's Corevalve. The panel commented that, "Both these devices have stood the test of time and the medium term (five years) performance of both valves is sufficiently robust to hope that TAVI may well become the first preferred option in patients with aortic stenosis."

Orthopaedics

Winner
The winner in the Orthopaedics category is the Customised ALM Pelvic Replacement from Stanmore Implants.
The panel said, "Additive layer manufacturing is likely to make a significant impact on the orthopaedic device industry in the next few years, and the convergence of digital technologies in imaging, surgical navigation and implant manufacture offers the promise of new, innovative solutions for patients."

Runner-up
The runner-up is Smith & Nephew's GENESIS II Total Knee System, in recognition of the high-flexion variation which may be of benefit for patients, particularly those who need to kneel. "Although there is some debate about this, the Genesis II total knee system is the runner up because of the proven impact it has had on the lives of many patients, with over 5,000 implantations in the England and Wales National Joint Registry in 2011." said the expert panel.

Interventional Radiology

Winner
The winner in the Interventional Radiology category is the Amplatzer Vascular Plug II manufactured by St Jude Medical. The judges agreed this device provides "Easy, fast vessel occlusion replacing the use of multiple coils, and it is an invaluable device in emergency situations."

Runner-up
The runner-up is the Acculis Microwave Tissue Ablation (MTA) System from Microsulis, a device which provides rapid tumour ablation with predictable zones and anecdotally less pain than radiofrequency ablation.

Launched in 2010, Which Medical Device (www.whichmedicaldevice.com) is the only online review site to provide independent, expert opinion and reviews of medical devices. It was created by clinicians for clinicians and enables medical professionals to search, locate, review and compare medical devices fortheir specialities. The site also provides extensive video footage of devices in use. This dynamic site enables members to exchange opinions and insights that will help them to select devices to optimize patient outcomes.

To view the winners and runners up and add your opinions please visit:
http://www.whichmedicaldevice.com/device-of-the-year-2011/

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For more information, please contact:
Jayne Fairley
jayne.fairley@sagepub.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7324 8719