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Visiofocus Vet Non Contact Thermometer by Tecnimed Srl Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
Tecnimed Srl of Tecnimed honored for pet care, toys, supplies and products for animals design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Visiofocus Vet Non Contact Thermometer by Tecnimed Srl of Tecnimed, designed for TECNIMED s.r.l., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design category. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Visiofocus Vet Non Contact Thermometer
Visiofocus Vet is an infrared thermometer intended to measure body temperature of animals (pets, farm animals and more) at distance from the eye (recommended measurement area in most of animals) without even touching them. Its measurements are non-invasive, comfortable for both the animal and the veterinarian, instantaneous, hygienic and accurate. Its aiming system, which is absolutely safe (no laser), indicates the correct reading distance and the area whose temperature is taken. Thanks to an app it is possible to align the measurement to any type, breed and size of animals.
About Tecnimed Srl
Born in 1976, Tecnimed is the company that, in 2000, invented the body temperature measurement on the forehead and the remote measurement with Thermofocus, developing and patenting a technology hitherto unseen in the clinical field. Since then, the company’s R&D department welcomes, as a challenge, the design and production of truly innovative products. This strategy led Tecnimed to the realization of a number of projects whose patents, filed in Italy, have been extended at an international level.
About Tecnimed
Tecnimed srl is an Italian company specialized in the development and manufacture of electronic and medical devices, with a special attention for healthcare protection.
Award Record
With this recognition, Tecnimed Srl of Tecnimed is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards span the editions from 2015 - 2016 to 2024 - 2025 of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design Award
The A' Pet Care Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good pet supplies, toys and product designs by designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to pet care designers, animal toy designers, pet supply manufacturers and pet care brands from all countries. Entries typically include pet food, pet apparel, pet beds, feeding bowls, litter boxes and pet carriers. Awarded pet supply designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/pet-care
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/165773
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/165773
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!165773
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/161982
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.tecnimed.it/en/prodotto/distance-thermometer-for
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Visiofocus Vet Non Contact Thermometer
- Function
- Non Contact Thermometer
- Category
- Pet Care, Toys, Supplies and Products for Animals Design
- Discipline
- Product Design
- Industry
- Packaging & Retail and Furniture & Home
- Colors
- Black, Saddle Brown, Dark Turquoise, Lavender and Maroon
- Images
- 5
- Client
- TECNIMED s.r.l.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tecnimed Srl
- Country
- Italy
- Brand
- Tecnimed
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #165773
Credits
- Team
- Francesco Bellifemine; R&D Manager: Vincenzo Rudi; Product manager: Iolanda Scibelli; Quality/Regulatory: Cinzia Bellifemine
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Infrared medical thermometer intended to measure body temperature of animals without even touching them, for instantaneous, hygienic and accurate measurements. The aiming system, which is absolutely safe (no laser), indicates the correct reading distance and the area whose temperature is taken. The recommended measurement area in most of animals is the eye. Thanks to an app it is possible to align the measurement to any type of animals (each type, breed and size has its own temperature range).
- Inspiration
- VisioFocus Vet is the natural evolution of VisioFocus, the non-contact projection thermometer intended for human use, and of Thermofocus Animal, the first non-conctact thermometer for animals and belonging to the same family of Thermofocus, the first non-contact thermometer in the world. After revolutionising and simplifying the way human beings’ temperature is taken, Tecnimed has thought of pets and animals as well: there is no more reason to take the animal's temperature using a rectal thermometer.
- Research
- We activated a clinical research with the department of Veterinary Sciences of the University of Parma with two purposes: 1) to align non-contact eye measurements with internal temperatures taken with traditional rectal thermometers. The reason is that the surface external temperature is lower than the internal one due to the dissipation of heating. This is due to the second law of thermodynamics (if a body - the eye in this case -, is immersed in a fluid - the surrounding air -, the body should reach the same temperature of the fluid). This heat loss is partially compensated by the body (in a live subject) and the equilibrium that is reached depends on the ambient temperature.
- Challenge
- The first challenge of this design was to identify the best area from which to take a temperature to an animal, without touching it. Criteria for the best area are that it should be without hair and well vascularised. Test demonstrated that eye is a very good place and animals well tolerate this reading. In case eye was not accessible, non-contact measurement in the rectal area have been demonstrated to be enough accurate and comfortable.
- Realization and Technology
- Technology includes: 1) a patented aiming system, made of a LED system projecting two pair of arches, which clearly indicates the correct distance and the correct point for an accurate measurement to be taken; 2) two exclusive stabilisation systems (Automatic and Manual Quick Calibration Systems) to stabilise the thermometer to the ambient conditions; 3) an alignment system to calibrate the temperature reading to any type, breed and size of animals (through an App).
- Operation and Interaction
- To measure body temperature: 1) press the measuring button associated with the animal; 2) approach the thermometer perpendicular to the eye, until the projected arcs form a circle on the hair around the eye (if the thermometer is too close or too far away, the arcs do not form a circle); 3) when a complete circle formed by the 4 arcs is projected, the thermometer is at the right distance and the reading is accurate. You can also take skin temperature to monitor inflammations or other local problems.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2019 and finished in January 2021 (with a pause due to Covid-emergency) in Vedano Olona (Italy).
- Specifications
- Dimensions: 144 x 43.5 x 21.5 mm including cap; weight: 98 gr (with batteries)
- Keywords
- Non-contact thermometer, no touch thermometer, animal thermometer, medical device, animal health, animal health care
