HS Design, Inc.

GE Healthcare announced today the shipment of the Omnyx™ VL4 scanner to beta customers worldwide.  To date, six Omnyx VL4 scanners have been shipped and are in operation for testing purposes. This marks a significant milestone in Omnyx’s efforts to deliver a leading Integrated Digital Pathology solution.  The Omnyx solution will be demonstrated at the upcoming Pathology Visions conference in San Diego.

The scanner is tightly integrated to an enterprise software solution that enables high-speed digital viewing over standard networks and provides a complete digital workflow for research use for both the pathologist and histology personnel.

HSD partnered with Omnyx, assisting in Design Research, Industrial Design, GUI, Engineering and prototyping leading to the successful manufacturing launch of the new VL4 scanner.

BioMarker Strategies was recently awarded an additional NCI SBIR contract to develop companion diagnostic test and raises $2.3M in investments.  HS Design was hired by BioMarker Strategies to work on the development of user research, usability, design and development for both the SnapPath™ Platform  including the instrument, Graphical user interface (GUI) and injection molded disposable cartridge.  The program will see HS Design working with BioMarker Strategies towards the complete development of its benchtop instrument for clinical trials and commercial release. The SnapPath™ biomarker testing system* is an automated live tumor cell processing platform that enables next-generation predictive tests—known as Functional Signaling Profiles (FSPs)—to guide targeted drug therapy selection for individual cancer patients.  http://www.genomeweb.com/dxpgx/biomarker-strategies-wins-nci-grant-biomarker-system

HSD collaborated with Omnyx, a GE healthcare company over the past three years in developing a full line of digital pathology solutions and peripheral devices. The designs of both the manual VL4 and The VL120 were created through careful understanding of the clinical pathologist and histologists needs.

We worked with Omnyx’s highly skilled team through all phases of the products development, including market research, industrial design, engineering, graphic User Interface design (GUI),  FEA simulation, Prototyping, FDA documentation control through manufacturing liaison. The complete solution included close involvement with Pathologist to develop an intuitive, easy to use interface and high quality high speed scanning.  The VL 120 was developed with automated control with no manual intervention needed.

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HS Design will be exhibiting at MD&M East - We will be joining our long time strategic partner Sparton Medical in booth #623.   Come visit us at the show.  If already attending and would like to schedule a meeting with us please click here to send us your request! We look forward to seeing you at the 2011 MD&M East show!

HS Design, Inc. of Gladstone, NJ is proud to have supported the judging of the BMEidea 2010 competition.  This is the third year Tor Alden has participated in the selection of the 2010 competition winners.  Alden said “judging the competition remains exciting as the students apply innovative ideas to real world problems.”  The finalists will be announced at the MD&M tradeshow in NYC at 11am, June 9, 2010.

NCIIA organizes two annual biomedical engineering competitions for university students. The objectives of these competitions are to identify and recognize innovative, commercially promising medical devices and technologies developed by entrepreneurial student teams.

Teams of students working with faculty and industry mentors submit entries that are evaluated by judges drawn from academia and industry. Winning entries must solve a clinical problem; meet technical, economic, legal, and regulatory requirements; feature novel and practical designs; and show potential for commercialization. Submissions are judged on technical feasibility, clinical utility, economic feasibility and market potential, novelty and patentability, potential for commercialization and benefit to quality of life and care.

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HSD credited in 2009 MDEA award for NeuroStar TMS Therapy System.  The NeuroStar TMS Therapy system is an FDA-approved, noninvasive therapeutic device for the treatment of depression. It operates by applying a focused, pulsed magnetic field that inductively stimulates cortical neurons associated with depression.

HS Design and Clinically Fit wins the prestigious Medical Design Excellence Award for the Xtensor therapeutic device.  The Xtensor is a portable therapeutic conditioning device for correcting upper extremity disorders. It fully stimulates the extensor muscles, tendons, and finger joints, improving range of joint motion and reducing hand stiffness due to arthritis.