TONO-PEN AVIA® Awards

Reichert’s TONO-PEN AVIA® Applanation Tonometer Receives Medical Design Excellence Award.
April 7, 2008

The TONO-PEN AVIA® Applanation Tonometer by Reichert, Inc. has been selected as a 2008 Medical Design Excellence Award winner. The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the only awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and advances in the design of medical products.

Presentation of the award for the TONO-PEN AVIA will take place Wednesday, June 4, 2008 in a ceremony at the Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) East 2008 Conference and Exposition in New York City.

The TONO-PEN AVIA is a versatile and intelligent applanation tonometer that is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket yet filled with advanced technology that enables fast and accurate intraocular pressure (IOP) readings.

TONO-PEN AVIA features an ergonomic design, four times longer lasting battery and two large LCD screens. The innovative features of the TONO-PEN AVIA allow operators to take IOP measurements confidently anytime, anywhere, and in any position.

“Receiving a Medical Design Excellence Award for the TONO-PEN AVIA is a payoff for the work we have put into our commitment to delivering a full line of instruments for the eye care market,” said Product Manager Hunter Towns.

Tono-Pen AVIA® Tonometer Recognized by appliance DESIGN’s 21st Annual Excellence in Design Competition.
April 4, 2008

The Tono-Pen AVIA® hand-held applanation tonometer, made by Reichert, Inc., was awarded a Gold EID in the (Product category) in appliance DESIGN magazine’s 21st Annual Excellence in Design Competition.

TONO-PEN AVIA has a lightweight, ergonomic design and advanced electronic measurement technology that enables operators to take fast and accurate intraocular pressure measurements with minimal training, without the need for daily calibration.

“The purpose of appliance DESIGN’s annual design competition is to honor those designers who have excelled in meeting the modern challenge of harmoniously melding technology and industrial design,” said Richard Babyak, editor.

An independent panel of three industrial design experts performed judging of the entries. Evaluation of the entries was based on four criteria: appearance, human factors, innovation and technical merits.

The judges noted that the companies behind the honored entries demonstrated that they are serious about industrial design and showed that seriousness by attention to details and innovative approaches that sharply differentiated winning products from their competitors. Another common element found among the recognized products was the ability to make technology moreaccessible to the user.

Photos and descriptions of winners will appear in the June 2008 issue of appliance DESIGN magazine, in both the print, digital and online versions at www.appliancedesign.com. Appliance DESIGN is a publication of BNP Media, Troy, Michigan.