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Wideblue and Partners Win SBRI Phase 2 Competition for COPD Medical Device

Wideblue and its development parters have won a SBRI Healthcare development contract to fully develop a new medical device for the management of COPD.

This phase 2 contract follows the successful completion of the phase 1 feasibility contract where the technical, medical and economic benefits of the new device were proven.

Phase 2 of this contract will start in December, lasts 12 months and will see the product move from feasibility through full design, into small-scale manufacturing, technical file preparation and clinical evaluation. Both phase 1 and phase 2 involved scrutiny and interview by a large panel including NHS, business, technical and regulatory experts.

Wideblue Client Peek Vision launch Crowdfunding initiative on Indegogo

Wideblue client Peek Vision have recently launched a Crowdfunding initiative on Indegogo to secure next stage funding for their Peek Retina device.

The device combines both a traditional ophthalmoscope and a retinal camera in a mobile phone. It provides a portable, affordable and easy way to carry out comprehensive examinations in the field.

Peek are delighted to be working with Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness and intend shipping the certified production device in October 2015.

Some recent press coverage: BBC and TED.

Find out more about Peek Vision here: Peek Vision.

Wideblue Starts SBRI Medicines Adherence Project

Wideblue have been chosen as the product development subcontractor in the recent SBRI Healthcare NHS England competition. The contract was awarded in October 2014 and seeks to develop an innovative new medical device aimed at improving medicines adherence.

The project is an SBRI phase 1 project and aims to show the technical feasibility of this innovative concept within six months. The SBRI competition challenge was to develop innovative products to get the right information to the right people at the right time, overcome physical, cultural, language and mental barriers, minimise errors and wastage in prescribing & dispensing, risk stratification in medicines adherence and eliminate risks at system interface.

Wideblue director Grant King presented Product Development workshop at St Andrews University

Wideblue director Grant King presented a workshop on Product Development in the Photonics Industry to the SPIE Student Chapter at St Andrews University.

Part of a two-day event, the workshop was attended by a range of PhD students and focussed on the real-world management challenges of developing imaging products in the digital marketplace.

Other photonics companies running workshops were Glasgow based M2 Lasers and Dunfermline based Optos.

Wideblue Director in Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay

Wideblue director Russell Overend was selected to run a leg of the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay in his home village of Langbank on 17th July. Russell was selected for his good work project managing the creation of a new football field, organising the village gala days, and for his work on the community council.

Russell said “It was a lovely day and we had a great turnout to cheer the baton through the village.”