Medical Futures

Stand number: 57 & 58

Showcase Content:

The NHS is a wealth of Award winning innovations. Each of the Medical Futures winners will be on hand to demonstrate how the numerous barriers to implementation and widespread adoption can be overcome and how ideas from those on the front line, if nurtured appropriately can save the NHS money, improve safety and quality and most importantly change people’s lives.

Innovative products Medical futures will be exhibiting:

A New technology to screen for eye disease in premature babies and diabetics from one of the UK’s leading NHS Eye Institutions.

A University spin-out, remote monitoring medical device that can help patients’ improve their mobility and balance.

A  NHS Surgeon that has developed a handheld device used to examine the front of the eye to detect diseases such as acute glaucoma and cataracts.

A NHS and University collaboration that has developed a device to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

An NHS-industry partnership that has developed a hand-held device to make simple the diagnosis of hearing loss.

A start-up company that has developed a needle free drug delivery system that is currently being trialed on NHS patients.

An NHS & University collaboration to develop a novel nanomaterial for the development of cardiovascular medical devices.

A female-friendly, urine-collection device developed by an NHS GP that improves patient experience and makes diagnosis of urine problems, cheaper and more accurate.

An ingenious device developed by a nurse that helps to restore independence to people with disability.

An NHS & SME collaboration to develop a IT system to improve efficiency and patient safety in the delivery of day care surgery.

A novel device developed by an NHS and University collaboration to enable dentists to produce images of teeth, bones and gums without the use of X-rays.

A device to improve health, learning and wellbeing for those suffering from mental illness – developed by an NHS Occupational Therapist.