2010-03-03

Key note talk given to Gnosjö companies

At the invitation of The Swedish Trade Council , ALMI, Gnosjö Regionen and Enterprise Europe Network, Innovation Team gave a talk to Gnosjö companies in Hillerstorp this week, about the journey to starting our business in Denmark. The Gnosjö region in Sweden is known for its strong entrepreneurial spirit among small companies and their ability to fill niche markets.

2010-02-22

Stockholm Furniture Fair & Design Week

Innovation Team’s designers were at the Stockholm Furniture Fair to view new product launches, trends, materials and attend seminars. Swedish design is recognized worldwide and continues to build a strong reputation in contract furniture and the healthcare sector.

2010-02-12

Øresund diabetes day

Øresund’s Diabetes Day took place in Malmø this week. It was attended by Innovation Team, major Medtech companies and research institutes in the Medicon Valley region. The theme this year was “From Genetics to Cell Biology - a Roadmap to Understanding and Curing Diabetes”.

2010-02-08

INDEX seen by 5 million people

The INDEX Award exhibition returned from the Far East to Hillerød last week. Innovation Team is represented with Redsense Medical AB and the Redsense, a blood loss detection device for hemodialysis patients. The exhibition has been seen by almost 5 million people in Seoul and Singapore.

2010-01-23

Completion of National Instruments LabVIEW certification
There are only fifteen certified LabVIEW engineers in Sweden. One of them we are proud to have working at Innovation Team. Through tight integration of hardware, software, validation, and reporting tools, the National Instruments graphical system design platform provides the best solution for rapidly developing and testing complex devices. NI’s LabVIEW can be applied to Medtech and Advanced Technology industries.
http://www.labview.com

2009-11-19

Medica Compamed trade fair

A team of engineers will be visiting Medica over the next two days. The team will be meeting customers and viewing the latest developments in materials, medical devices and trends.

2009-11-10

Medtech. Requirements management training begins
Training in IBM Rational® DOORS® has begun. This is a family of requirements definition and requirements management solutions, that improves quality by optimizing communication and collaboration and by promoting compliance and verification. Innovation Team views DOORS® as being a valuable tool in for the Medtech industry.

2009-11-04

FDA meeting in Copenhagen

Innovation Team will be meeting face-to-face in a dialogue with top FDA regulators and regulatory executives on how to drive pre- and post-regulatory IVD and Medical Device approval and commercialization strategies. The debate will include latest compliance and submission priorities, expectations and best practices.

2009-10-30

Med-in-Ireland - Enterprise Ireland invites Innovation Team

This high-profile bi-annual event is the national showcase for the entire spectrum of the Irish indigenous Medical Technologies Sector – finished medical devices, medical devices sub-supply, precision engineered components, diagnostics, healthcare I.T etc. Innovation Team attended the event on behalf of our Swedish customers to source new suppliers of medical device component and manufacturing.

2009-10-23

Scanpack shows new advances in Medical packaging
Advances in blister pack, RFID and user friendly design are just some of the areas highlighted in this week’s Scanpack fair in Gothenburg. Innovation Team recognizes well designed packaging as an important aspect of the complete Medical device. Our visit to the fair provided some useful contacts to material suppliers in the Medtech industry.
http://www.scanpack.se

2009-10-21

Seminar – International expansion for Medtech SMEs
The seminar was hosted by Swecare and Hälsoteknikalliansen at Hallands Regional Hospital on Monday. Regional SME’s, Halmstads Technical University and other public organizations came to exchange views and hear key notes from companies that had expanded abroad. Innovation Team gave a key note on the setting up of the Medicon Valley site in Copenhagen.

2009-09-22

European Railway Traffic Management System training starts
ERTMS training has started. The European Railway Traffic Management System(ERTMS) is a major industrial project developed by six UNIFE members. ERTMS aims at replacing the different national train control and command systems in Europe.

2009-09-17

Nuclear team IPMA program kicks-off
This week sees the start of IPMA training and cerfication.

2009-09-03

LEAN is of interest to Medtech companies
If the response to our seminar on 4th September, is anything to go by, then LEAN has got the attention of the Medtech community. Fifty delegates from thirty companies in Sweden and Denmark have signed up to attend the seminar, Medtech development goes LEAN. Speakers from the industry will be illustrating how the successful implementation of LEAN can reduce waste during development. Also, attending the seminar are, a select number of exhibitors from Acron-Form AB, Nolato Medical AB, BB Electronics and Etteplan AB.
http://www.innovationteam.se

2009-09-02

Innovation Team visits Etteplan Beijing & Kunshan
Anders Rosengren and Christian Kaestner returned from China this morning. Their trip took them to both Etteplan offices in Beijjng and Kunshan. Etteplan management and key staff met to discuss the growing interest from customers in Scandinavia . Meetings were also held with European medtech companies in the region Etteplan, in The People’s Republic of China, offers industrial equipment design services. The offices employ at total of 150 engineers.
http://www.etteplan.com

2009-08-28

Watch the INDEX AWARD ceremony live 28th August CET 20.00
The INDEX AWARD ceremony is being streamed live from Copenhagen on Friday 28th August at 20.00 CET. Join us at this exciting event to see who wins this most prestigious award. Finalists, which include Innovation Team with the Redsense device in the category BODY, will be present at the ceremony. H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik and H.R.H Crown Princess Mary will be presenting INDEX AWARD winners in each category with their prize. Click the link below to stream. LIVE-STREAM of the THE AWARDS SHOW on the 28th (starting 18:00 GMT).
http://www.DesignToImproveLife.com

2009-08-24

INDEX Award 2009 Exhibition opens in Copenhagen
Innovation Team were present at the official opening of the Index Award 2009 exhibition in Copenhagen. The company is a finalist in the category BODY for the design and development of the Redsense, an alarm device for monitoring vein needle dislodgement during haemodialysis.
http://www.designtoimprovelife.com

2009-06-15

New Mini Innovation Room opens
The company has opened a new Mini Innovation Room facility at our headquarters in Halmstad. Designed for small group ideation sessions, we anticipate a high frequency of use by our customers and project teams. For groups of 4-8 persons this facility is ideal for half day or full day innovation workshops.
http://www.innovationteam.se/innovation.aspx

2009-06-08

A future for healthcare robots
Robots will play an important role in the future of healthcare. Staying informed of new developments Innovation Team will be discussing ideas with researchers and players in this field at Robocluster’s Idea Conference in Denmark on 9th June. The conference aims to identify areas of the healthcare sector where robots can further improve the quality of care for patients and that provided by healthcare workers.
http://www.robocluster.dk/aktiviteter/aktivitet_mappe/20090520_idekonference

2009-05-26

Innovation Team cyclists prepare for Vätternrundan
The Swedish bike ride Vätternrundan is the largest recreational bicycle ride in the world. 18,000 cyclsits will attempt the 300 km course that encircles the beautiful lake Vättern. A team of ten cyclists from Innovation Team and guest customers will be setting off on 12th June on the 300 km route. Innovation Team's Jiri Kubicka has been coaching the the team and is encouraged by their progress. This year's team sponsor is Etteplan. Next year, Kristian Bluff will be joining as head coach.

2009-05-22

INDEX AWARD finalist 2009
Redsense, a product designed and developed by Scandinavian company INNOVATION TEAM has been nominated as a finalist for the INDEX: Award 2009. This is the largest monetary design award in the world, where the finalists’ designs are also characterised by their ability to substantially improve people’s lives. Winning designers in one of the following five categories: Body, Home, Work or Play, will be awarded €100, 000. Innovation Team is a finalist in the category BODY.
http://www.indexaward.dk

2009-03-09

Medical tourism in the dental industry
Patients' growing demand for cheaper dental treatment has been driving medical tourism and is now influencing the development of dental equipment. At the SCANDEFA fair in Copenhagen, there was evidence that new more cost effective equipment is coming onto the market.
http://www.scandefa.dk

2009-03-05

New materials at MEDTEC Stuttgart
Keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in materials and technologies in the medtech industry, Innovation Team engineers will be visiting suppliers at MEDTEC Stuttgart this week. New materials knowledge is essential for our clients' development projects as they can improve functionality and profitability.
http://www.devicelink.com/expo/medtec09/

2009-02-27

Design is a force behind development
Design can be used as a strategic and valuable feature in all products. Well designed products, with the end-user in focus, are important in medical technology. To address the importance of design in the industry and nationally, Innovation Team has joined SVID the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation. Our design team are looking forward to actively participating in regional events and networking.
http://www.svid.se

2009-02-01

Advanced C++ certificate
Our software team have completed the advanced C++ certificate. Newly acquired knowledge and skills can now offer an even faster response to demands for advanced C++ from our customers.

2009-01-26

Öresund Diabetes Academy gets a new member
Innovation Team is now actively involved in the Öresund Diabetes Academy interest group. We will be attending the Öresund Diabetes Day on 26th January at the Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, to meet with researchers and companies looking to improve treatment and delivery for Type 2 Diabetes.

2009-01-23

Two new professionals at Innovation Team
Two new staff join our software and nuclear teams this month. Their arrival further strengthens our offering of development skills available to our clients.

2009-01-22

2009 The European Year of Creativity and Innovation
The European Year of Creativity and Innovation has the objective to raise awareness of importance of creativity and innovation. Innovation Team will be hosting an event later this year in the spirit of this objective.
http://create2009.europa.eu

2008-12-19

Healthcare workers influence equipment design
Design and innovation in healthcare was the theme of the Danish Alucluster conference last week. Innovation Team was there to meet representatives from regional hospitals, design schools, architects, anthropologists, design firms and aluminum suppliers who demonstrated the value of design and innovation to patients and healthcare workers. Patients and healthcare workers are playing a key role in the design of new hospitals and equipment. The needs of healthcare workers are being given more attention with the aim of improving working conditions and preventing skeletal injuries. Innovation Team's September seminar demonstrated how user driven innovation is vital to developing the right product. Healthcare workers provide a necessary link between patients and equipment, making their contribution just as important during development.
http://www.alucluster.com/netvaerk/links.asp

2008-11-13

Innovation Team at MEDICA
Once again, a team of Medtech engineers will be attending the Medica fair in Dusseldorf. The team will be visiting clients, partners and viewing new Medtech applications and equipment. The MEDICA and ComPaMED exhibitions combined, make this fair the largest in the medical sector in the world.
http://www.medica.de

2008-11-10

New service innovation is a priority
The alignment of our services to the needs of our customers is a priority at Innovation Team. The 4th International Conference on Services and Innovation is being held in Malmö on 11th-12th Nov., offering an opportunity for us to take inspiration and innovate. The conference program is dedicated to creation of practical steps to raise the service level by contributing to innovation in companies. Innovation Team will be participating.
http://www.4th-icsi.se

2008-10-16

New respiratory product launch at the ERS congress in Berlin
The European Respiratory Society Congress in Berlin, that presents the latest scientific developments from around the world, saw the launch of a new respiratory product last week, where Innovation Team has played a significant role in development. The ERS congress, the largest ever, was attended by Innovation Teams’ Per Englesson, who was present at the launch.

2008-10-10

70 delegates attended the Medical Goes Consumer seminar
Given the overwhelming interest from our delegates, the theme of the seminar, User Driven Innovation in Medical Technology, was relevant. Our key note speakers gave inspiring presentations to an audience representing six countries and a variety of disciplines from the medical device industry. The seminar coincided with Innovation Team’s launch of a User Observation methodology for Medtech companies. Details of this will shortly be posted on our website.

2008-07-02

Innovation Team enhances its position in the Oresunds region with a new owner
Innovation Team enhances its position in the region by way of Etteplan’s strategic acquisition of a majority shareholding in the company. Etteplan will support Innovation Team’s international expansion with competencies, expertise and resources.

Synergies between Innovation Team and Etteplan’s customers can also be fulfilled. A number of leading medtech companies in Sweden and Denmark have chosen Innovation Team as their development partner. It is the company’s ambition to play a principal role as a contract developer.

"Having Etteplan as an enterprising owner provides us with the competencies needed to for us to grow and be successful”, says Innovation Team’s managing director Anders Rosengren.

Innovation Team is a contract developer supporting companies in the medical technology (CE/FDA), telecoms and nuclear industries. A leading player in the Oresunds region, the company employs forty employees at offices in Halmstad and Copenhagen. The firm forecasts a turnover of approximately 32 MSEK in 2008.

Etteplan Oyj is an industrial technology design and technical information service provider. Etteplan’s customers are global leaders in their own fields. In 2007, Etteplan had a turnover of 125.2 million Euros, and presently the company employs more than 2,200 employees.

Innovation Team has grown steadily over the past years (Gazell winners etc) and it is now ready to advance. This is taking place by way of Etteplan’s acquisition of a 70% majority stake and voting rights in the company. Etteplan is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Innovation Team’s managing director Anders Rosengren and director Christian Kaestner will continue to hold a minority shareholding and they will remain responsible for the development of the company. The company has gone from strength to strength in recent years. The plan is that this should continue.
http://www.etteplan.com

2008-05-09

Medicon Valley Alliance invites us to join the Medtech workgroup
In a bid to strengthen regional focus on medical technology, the Medicon Valley Alliance has invited Innovation Team to sit on its Medtech workgroup. Together with companies, universities and research organizations in the Öresund region, the group aims to strengthen the region’s profile and take initiatives to encourage cooperation between the regions’ Medtech players. Kristian Bluff, from our Copenhagen office, is partaking in the workgroup.
http://www.mva.org

2008-05-06

NHS Awards– Ideas inspired by NHS staff
Innovation Team attended the NHS Innovations Awards hosted by Health Enterprise East at the Duxford Air Museum near Cambridge. The innovations coming from NHS staff at all levels is really inspiring. Their ideas are motivated from front-line experience, in other words, real user driven innovations. This entertaining evening provided a good opportunity to meet friends and make new acquaintances from the East of England.

2008-02-25

Steady team expansion
We welcome two new team members to the company. They will be joining our Mechanical Engineering group and Hardware/Software developers respectively. Bringing with them their extensive experience in medical technology, they will further strengthen our support for our Medtech customers.

2008-01-23

New monitoring system for Redsense Medical AB completed
Innovation Team completes development of new monitoring system for Redsense Medical AB. The medtech development partner Innovation Team, has completed delivery of Redsense, the first clinically tested monitoring system for venous needle dislodgement during hemodialysis. From the earliest stages of development through to CE marking and recent FDA clearance, Innovation Team has supported with their medtech design and engineering team.

Europe – The Redsense device is an alarm system for monitoring the vein needle during hemodialysis in the clinical setting, for home hemodialysis and nocturnal hemodialysis.

US – The Redsense device is intended to monitor for potential blood loss from the hemodialysis access site in hemodialysis patients undergoing continuous hemodialysis treatment up to 5 hours in the clinical setting. The device includes a blood sensor incorporated into an adhesive sensor patch. The sensor monitors potential blood leakage from the venous needle puncture site via an infrared light and will alarm if blood leakage is detected via absorption onto the device's sensor patch.
http://www.innovationteam.se/cases.aspx?id=2

2007-12-19

Christmas & New Year
Our offices are closed for Christmas from 24th Dec to 27th Dec and for the New Year.

2007-12-12

Up to speed on IEC 60601-1 - Electro medical equipment
Keeping abreast of the latest developments in electro medical equipment standards, Innovation Team personnel attended the course on 3rd edition standard IEC 60601-1 in Stockholm last week. The two day course at Söder Hospital also provided deeper knowledge on the significant risk management process associated with electro medical equipment.

2007-12-11

FDA 510(K) clearance given
We welcome the news from Daniel Engvall, Chief Technical Officer, at Redsense Medical AB, that the Redsense alarm has been granted 510(K) clearance by the FDA (Food & Drug Administration, USA). Innovation Team’s assignment to Redsense Medical AB, has been to support throughout all phases of product development. The Redsense alarm monitors the venous needle during hemodialysis, an MDD class IIa device in the USA.
http://www.redsensemedical.com

2007-10-15

Two nominations for the national SKAPA Inventor Awards
The Swedish Inventors Association has announced that Redsense Medical AB and Nordic Medcom AB, Innovation Team client companies, have been nominated for this year’s SKAPA Innovation Grant.

Founded in memory of Alfred Nobel, this is Sweden’s most prestigious inventor award. Innovation Team is proud to have supported both companies with the development of their nominated devices.

www.uppfinnare.se
www.redsense.se
www.nordicmedcom.se

2007-10-09

Outsourcing for Medical Device Companies 16th Oct
Innovation Teams’ Jörgen Sjöholm will be delivering a keynote at the "Outsourcing for Medical Device Companies" conference. The venue is at the SAS Radisson Hotel in Copenhagen on 16th October. We look forward to meeting partners and visitors on our exhibition stand at the conference.

2007-10-03

Rehacare 07 Düsseldorf
Innovation Team will be visiting the Rehacare trade fair today. This is the largest trade for rehabilitation equipment in Europe. An opportunity to view new products and trends.

2007-10-01

Outsourcing for Medical Device Companies – 16th Oct. Copenhagen
Jörgen Sjöholm will be delivering a keynote speech on medical device development at the SAS Radisson venue in Copenhagen. The conference is organized by Synergus. Innovation Team will have an exhibition stand and looks forward to meeting delegates.
http://www.synergus.se

2007-09-26

Featured in the European Medical Device Manufacturer Magazine
September’s issue features an article on Medtech in the Oresund region. The article carries a brief interview with Anders Rosengren.
http://www.devicelink.com/emdm/archive/07/09/018.html

2007-07-02

UK medical conference
Kristian Bluff held meetings and round table discussions with UK medical device companies at the Medical Innovation Forum in London.

2007-06-28

New staff to join us in August
We welcome four new employees to join the company in August. They will be supporting our clients in the fields of electronic, mechanical and medical technology.

2007-06-15

2 day workshop in Halmstad
Innovation Team hosted a well attended two day workshop on the theme “Testing embedded systems” 11th-12th June.

2007-04-25

Nordic Medical Advisors visit Innovation Team
We are delighted to provide the venue for the next Nordic Medical Advisors network meeting on 26th April. Details about the network are available at the link below.
http://www.nordicmedicaladvisor.se

2007-04-24

New advisory role – The Safe Homes initiative
Innovation Team’s Christian Kaestner joins the advisory board for The Sheltered Homes regional initiative. The Sheltered Homes initiative promotes the development of products that facilitate the safeguard of the sick and elderly.
http://www.trygghemma.com

2007-04-18

Innovation Team invited to Medinireland 2007
Innovation Team’s Pontus Gedda has been invited by Enterprise Ireland to attend Medinireland 2007 in Dublin. The international conference showcases the Irish medical supply offering.

2007-03-23

Returning to drive software development
Returning to Innovation Team, as a project manager, is Anne-Marie Eriksson who has extensive experience in the software industry.

2007-03-21

New project manager strengthens the nuclear energy team
We extend a warm welcome to Daniel Lundquist. Daniel joins the team as project manager bringing on board his skills and expertise from the nuclear industry.

2007-01-26

NHS Innovations East (UK) commissions Innovation Team
Health Enterprise East, the NHS Innovation Hub for Healthcare in the East of England, has commissioned Innovation Team to carry out preliminary development work on an exciting new medical device for the treatment of prominent ears. Health Enterprise East is part of a network of government funded NHS Innovation Hubs. HEE provides professional IP management and development services to the NHS Trusts across England. HEE assist NHS staff working for Trusts in the East of England to turn their ideas into new products and or services which will benefit patients and improve healthcare. Norbert Kang and David Gavin are the inventors of the new medical device, working title – the ear scaffold, were awarded 1st prize in the medical device category of Health Enterprise East’s Innovation Competition last year. "We are very excited to be working with the NHS Health Enterprise East", says Kristian Bluff, director of the Innovation Team Medicon Valley Division, Copenhagen.
http://www.hee.org.uk

2006-12-20

Innovation Team in cooperation with Preventia AB
Innovation Team has entered into a cooperation with Preventia, the Regulatory Affairs consultancy.
http://www.preventia.se

2006-12-05

International project manager joins our team
We welcome Johan Hamann who joins Innovation Team as of 1st December. Johan brings with him extensive international project management and industry experience.

2006-12-05

Medical Innovation Forum UK
Innovation Team met the UK Medical Device industry and other European players at Olympia in London. The forum provided a rich source of information and proved to be an excellent opportunity to meet innovative UK medical device companies.

2006-10-06

The Scandinavian Technical Fair Stockholm - Innovation Team sponsors Halmstad University student stand
You can meet students of the Business and Engineering programme from Halmstad University on stand A05:49 at The Scandinavian Technical Fair Stockholm 3-6 October. Here, students will be demonstrating their work and the results of a close collaboration with Innovation Team. Also, the Swedish financial newspaper, Dagens Industri, brings a special report on the students’ work, mentioning the importance Innovation Team puts on the external relationship we have with university students.

2006-09-25

Meeting at the Bio Tech Forum + Scanlab in Copenhagen
Innovation Team will be attending the international conference taking place this week in the Bella Center, Copenhagen. Kristian Bluff will be available for partner meetings and will be participating on the roundtable hosted by Europe Innova on Thursday 28th Sept.

2006-08-29

New trainee Caroline Ljungar
We welcome Caroline who joins us as a trainee. Caroline has studied Biomechanics at Halmstads Technical University.

2006-08-24

Certificate awarded by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation USA
Jan-Olof Djerf has passed AAMI’s exam in Quality System Requirements and Industry Practice. Jan-Olof has acquired the expert knowledge and skills needed to develop a quality system program that conforms with the FDA's Quality System regulation.

2006-06-05

A new board member joins the Initiative for Creativity and Innovation
Kristian Bluff, at our Medicon Valley Division, has been voted onto IKI's board (Initiativ for Kreativitet og Innovation). IKI is an association providing member companies and individuals with a framework within which they can develop and innovate. The association is driven by its members who actively stimulate creativity and support an innovative dialogue. In addition to the Life Science industry, which is well represented at IKI, engineers, artists, designers, consultants and human resource professionals provide sparks of inspiration at workshops and other events throughout the year. "I'm looking forward to playing an active part in IKI's development for the future", says Kristian Bluff. IKI will be co-hosting the ECCI X, The Tenth European Conference on Creativity and Innovation, in Copenhagen in October of next year. More information about IKI is found at:
http://www.iki.dk

2006-05-30

The Medicon Valley Academy signs up a new member
Innovation Team is now a member of the Medicon Valley Academy based in Ørestad City. The Medicon Valley Academy works to improve the conditions for science and knowledge production, technology transfer, innovation and for the preconditions for enterprises to exploit this knowledge. In addition, the Academy works to visualize the potential of activities in both Sweden and Denmark as well as internationally. The Medicon Valley Academy represents a dynamic organization. "Our membership provides access to a major regional Life Sciences network, where opportunities to share knowledge and partner member companies on innovation are exceptional" says Anders Rosengren. More information about the Medicon Valley Academy is found at:
http://www.mva.org

2006-05-01

New offices - Innovation Team Denmark - Medicon Valley
Today, we have established an office in Copenhagen to support the Medicon Valley region. The Englishman, Kristian Bluff, joins us and is responsible for the new office. Kristian has an extensive background in new product development and brand communication with international companies.

2006-03-17

Seminar on sterilisation techniques with leading speakers for Innovation Team customers, partners and employees.
Innovation Team recently held a full day seminar on sterilization techniques with a number of renowned expert speakers. During the day four techniques were discussed: EO, gas, steam and E-beam sterilization.

2006-02-03

Advanced driving
All employees were trained in advanced driving under winter conditions.

2006-01-01

New industrial designer, New quality engineer with focus on medical devices
Mattias Carlsson, industrial designer, joins us.Jan-Olof Djärf, with an extensive background in quality assurance and certification of medical devices and companies, joins us.

2005-11-16

Visit to Medica in Düsseldorf
Innovation Team accompanied one of our customers to the medical device fair Medica in Düsseldorf, to take part in the presentation of new products.

2005-11-08

New order from a large telecom company
Innovation Team have recieved an order to develop test functions for future 3G systems.

2005-10-20

New design at SECTECH fair
Innovation Team have developed a design for a new surveillance and alarm system for the company
http://www.emwitech.se

2005-10-12

Visit to Rehacare in Düsseldorf
Innovation Team accompanied one of our customers to the medical device fair Rehacare in Düsseldorf, to take part in the presentation of new products.