Design & Health International Academy Awards 2009: Product Design for Healthcare Application
Sponsored by Arup
Lead judge
Colum Lowe, managing director, Caulder Moore
Criteria
Award for a manufactured product or item of equipment which is integrally installed in a healthcare environment and not only advances levels of technical performance within its specific field, but integrates satisfactorily with the setting designed to accommodate it.
Winner
The Safevent Window
Developed by Britplas
The judges said: The ‘Safevent Window’ allows patients and staff to fully open a window in complete safety with no restrictions, permitting maximum natural ventilation. Due to its unique design, it has no locks or hinges and has self-cleaning glass. Its installation in over one hundred acute locations is testimony to its operational success.
The finalists
Norbury Ward Lounge Chair, Nightingale Associates
Operating Room of the Future, Olympus
Hand Washing Unit, Farrow Partnership Architects
Philips Ambient Experience, Philips Healthcare
Jaotech Smart Terminals, Jaotech
The Safevent Window, Britplas
Community Hospital Water Feature, Kloppenberg
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