Smith+Nephew (LSE: SN, NYSE: SNN), the global medical technology company, is proud to announce that its RENASYS EDGE Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System has won the Red Dot Award for Design Concept 2024 in the Medical Devices and Technology Category, recognizing its intuitive pairing of NPWT housed in a patient-friendly design.
The Red Dot Awards celebrate new innovations and groundbreaking designs, with recipients ranging from concepts and prototypes to full Ready For Market products.
Launched in 2024, the RENASYS EDGE NPWT System is a patient-centric option for treating chronic wounds. The system is lightweight and compact allowing it to be easily carried or worn,1 it features a discreet canister, and operates quietly so as not to draw attention or disturb the patients’ daily activities.1
It is estimated that the annual financial burden of chronic wounds in the US is $33 billion,2 and affecting some 8.2 million people.*3 The RENASYS EDGE System is designed for patients suffering from these wounds and living at home. Chronic wounds, including ulcers, have a huge impact on a patient’s life beyond just the pain and discomfort, with 68% often becoming self-conscious of their wound and many becoming isolated.4 The need to carry a bulky, noisy medical device that draws attention to their condition only increases this discomfort.
Smith+Nephew’s PICO◊ 14 NPWT System also won a Red Dot Award for Design Concept in 2021 for its lightweight, discreet and portable design which provides patients with high mobility.5-7
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* based on Medicare beneficiaries
References
- Smith+Nephew 2022. Internal Report. EO.AWM.PCS270.003.v1.
- Rice JB, Desai U, Cummings AK, Birnbaum HG, Skornicki M, Parsons NB. Burden of diabetic foot ulcers for Medicare and private insurers. Diabetes Care. 2014 Mar;37(3):651-8. Numbers are rounded where appropriate.
- Sen CK. Human wounds and its burden: An updated compendium of estimates. Advances in Wound Care, 2019; 8(2):39-48
- Phillips T, StantonB, Provan A, Lew R. A study of the impact of leg ulcers on quality of life: financial, social, and psychologic implications. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1994;31(1):49–53
- Gilchrist B, et al. Paper presented at: SAWC; 2020; Virtual.
- Smith+Nephew 2020. Internal Report. 2001002.
- Smith+Nephew 2018. Internal Report. DS.18.066.R.
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About Smith+Nephew
Smith+Nephew is a portfolio medical technology business focused on the repair, regeneration and replacement of soft and hard tissue. We exist to restore people's bodies and their self-belief by using technology to take the limits off living. We call this purpose 'Life Unlimited'. Our 18,000 employees deliver this mission every day, making a difference to patients' lives through the excellence of our product portfolio, and the invention and application of new technologies across our three global business units of Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT and Advanced Wound Management.
Founded in Hull, UK, in 1856, we now operate in more than 100 countries, and generated annual sales of $5.5 billion in 2023. Smith+Nephew is a constituent of the FTSE100 (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN). The terms 'Group' and 'Smith+Nephew' are used to refer to Smith & Nephew plc and its consolidated subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise.