Press Release
Kidney Assist Transporter Preservation and Transport of Organs by Brightbird - Bart Kip and Matthijs Looze Is Granted the Silver A' Design Award in Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design
Brightbird - Bart Kip and Matthijs Looze acknowledged for medical devices and medical equipment design by the international grand jury of the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2021 /DesignNewswire/ Kidney Assist Transporter Preservation and Transport of Organs by Brightbird - Bart Kip and Matthijs Looze, designed for Client: Xvivo - Organ Assist., has been granted the Silver A' Design Award in the Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2020 - 2021 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
More About Kidney Assist Transporter Preservation and Transport of Organs
Kidney Assist Transporter is a medical device for the preservation and transport of donor organs. The system provides oxygenated machine perfusion during preconditioning, preservation and reconditioning. Continuous perfusion flow with 100 percent oxygen supports organ quality. Double ice units with improved insulation give stronger and longer cooling. An LED supported interface makes operation logical and intuitive. All functional parts, including the oxygen gas container, are integrated into one compact and sturdy unit that is safe during transport.
Award Record
Brightbird - Bart Kip and Matthijs Looze is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design Award
The A' Medical Product Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good medical product designs by best brands and manufacturers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to medical product designers, medical equipment manufacturers, biomedical engineers and medical device brands from all countries. Typical entries include stethoscopes, wheelchairs, defibrillators, MRI machines, surgical instruments and prosthetics. The awarded medical product designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/medical-product
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/120987
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/120987
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!120987
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/301664
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://brightbirddesign.com/
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Kidney Assist Transporter Preservation and Transport of Organs
- Function
- Preservation and Transport of Organs
- Category
- Medical Devices and Medical Equipment Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Health
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, White Smoke, Gainsboro, Silver and Light Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Client: Xvivo - Organ Assist.
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Brightbird - Bart Kip and Matthijs Looze
- Country
- Netherlands
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2020 - 2021
- Design ID
- #120987
Credits
- Team
- Brightbird Design Center, Bart Kip, Matthijs Looze, Spiros Pandis, Yagmur Aydogmus, Tim Mulder, Jeroen Grondijs and Reina Kuipers
- Image Credits
- Brightbird Design Center - Tim Mulder
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Main purpose was to develop a product that offers oxygenated machine perfusion at all different timepoints in the pathway of organ donation: during preconditioning, preservation and reconditioning. The design challenge was to make the product suitable for all these different situations. Sturdy and safe during transport. Logical and intuitive to use during installation and surgery. Sterile. Sustainable. With special attention to user experience, in combination with an iconic visual appearance.
- Inspiration
- Extended research has shown that 100% oxygenation during organ perfusion results in substantial improvement of kidney preservation and consequently in survival of patients. A great opportunity to develop a unique product, additionally offering more professional quality than competition regarding technical execution, ease of use and reduction of disposable components. Our focus on finding a compact overall solution led to a completely integrated concept, including even the oxygen gascontainer.
- Research
- Research program was focussed on improving the processes of preconditioning, preservation and reconditioning donor-organs by the use of oxygenation. This resulted in substantial improvement for various organs. Further research was dedicated to meticulously controlling the flow process, and maintaining a stable cooling level for a long period of time.
- Challenge
- Hardest part of the design activity was: how to achieve a compact product by integration of a large number of functional components, in such a way that handling of the product remained easy and logical. On top of this challenge of course, the task to accomplish an attractive design suitable for serial production. To keep a long story short: a complex but fantastic project!
- Realization and Technology
- Polyester technology, polyester/acrylate/aluminium
- Operation and Interaction
- Continuous perfusion flow through the organ, with 100% oxygen, guarantees optimal performance. Double ice-units with improved insulation ensures stronger and longer cooling. LED-supported selective user interface provides logical and intuitive process operation in all circumstances.
- Project Duration and Location
- The design project started in April 2019 with both Xvivo-Organ Assist and Brightbird Design Center in Groningen, the Netherlands. Testing program of prototypes started in September 2020.
- Specifications
- 599 mm x 392 mm x 345 mm
- Keywords
- Brightbird, Xvivo, Kidney, Donor, Transporter
