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Wideblue complete Solid State Optical Respiration Rate Capnometer (SOSORC) project on time and on budget

Wideblue and partners GSS and CRiL have successfully completed the Innovate UK SOSORC project. This Innovate UK supported project, which started in 2014, aimed to use GSS CO2 sensors in a range of medical devices and prove their effectiveness in a range of clinical applications.

Wideblue, who lead this project, have incorporated updated GSS sensors into standard oxygen masks for measurement of respiration rate and into a new range of small personal battery powered handheld capnometers for a wide variety of possible clinical applications.

The Innovate UK monitoring officer said in the final report: “The project is now complete within the given timeframe. All objectives detailed in the application have been achieved. Additional work has been carried out. The consortium are ready for the clinical trials to commence. They are in a very good position to take the project forward to the next stage. Excellent project, and very well managed technically and administratively”.

Wideblue Customer CRiL Achieve ISO 13485

Congratulations to Wideblue’s customer Cambridge Respiratory Innovations Limited (CRiL), who have recently gained accreditation to ISO9001 and ISO13485.

Wideblue have completed the design, tooling, and DFM of CRiL’s first product, the N Tidal C, in less than 10 months. This is a new, ultra-fast, ultra-sensitive, low cost personal medical device to accurately monitor CO2 in exhaled breath. The production quality devices are currently being built by Wideblue and are due to start clinical trials with patients’ suffering from COPD early next year.

By achieving accreditation to ISO13485, CRiL are one step closer to bringing this groundbreaking product to market.

Wideblue finalists at British Engineering Excellence Awards

Wideblue founders Grant King and Russell Overend attended the British engineering excellence awards (BEEAs) in London where Wideblue were finalists in the Best Small Company of the Year category.

Russell said “It was a great achievement and a huge honour to be nominated and reach the finals of such a prestigious award. The event was attended by the best in British engineering and showcased the strength, depth and breadth of UK engineering talent. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners”.

Wideblue announced as finalists in British Engineering Excellence Awards

Wideblue are proud and delighted to be shortlisted for a British Engineering Excellence Award 2015.

Wideblue are finalists in the “Small Company of the Year” category. The awards event will be held on 29th October at the Hurlington Club in London. The awards are created by the UK’s Eureka and New Electronics magazines.

Phil Mayo, Chairman of the judging panel said “The strength of the shortlisted entries demonstrates all that is great about British design engineering.”

Wideblue achieve accreditation to ISO9001 and ISO13485

Wideblue are delighted to announce our recent accreditation to ISO9001 and ISO13485.

Although we are very familiar with the requirements of the Medical Device Directive (93/42/EEC), FDA requirements, new product CE marking, ISO9001 and ISO13485 and have in fact been designing products to these standards for many years, we can now announce our formal accreditation to the ISO 9001: 2008 and ISO 13485: 2003 quality standards.

After making the decision to implement the standards in January this year, we rewrote our quality system in March, followed up with an LRQA Stage 1 Audit in May and a final audit in June, achieving our full accreditation in August. This accreditation will allow us to more effectively integrate our customers’ new product development activities with our regulatory and CE marking activities.

Our full accreditation is applicable to the contract design and development of technology-based consumer, commercial, medical and scientific applications plus the contract development of technology-based medical devices.