2011-06-09Vivoline Medical makes national news Innovation Team played an active role in the design and development of Vivoline Medical’s LS1, the first CE-marked system of its kind. Vivoline LS1 is intended for reconditioning, evaluation and cold preservation of lungs ex-vivo, after donation and prior to transplantation, up to 24 hours. Today there are more people in need of a new lung than there are donated lungs available. This depends to a large extent on the fact that only about 20 % of the donated lungs are accepted for transplantation. Click the link below and spool on to 04.40 to view the 3 minute news in Swedish. http://svtplay.se http://www.vivoline.se |
2011-03-02Recruitment drive builds company expertise Since the new year, we have succeeded in attracting highly skilled engineers with strengths in Medical and Advanced Technologies. The recruitment drive continues offering vacancies for positions in Project Management, Regulatory Affairs and Software Development. More information can be found at this link: http://www.innovationteam.se/careers.aspx |
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2010-12-07Ideas from healthcare staff Dr. Anne Blackwood CEO from NHS Health Enterprise East, came to Copenhagen to speak at our MEDTECH MINDS event in Copenhagen. Technology transfer personnel from units around Denmark and from Danderyd, Stockholm, came to hear Anne Blackwood speak on the theme “Ideas for Health”. Many ideas from frontline healthcare staff have been successfully developed into new products and services with the assistance of NHS’s Health Enterprise East, UK. Ingeniøren, the Danish Engineering weekly, interviewed Anne Blackwood. An excerpt can be found on the link below. MEDTECH MINDS are a series of talks aimed at providing Medtech organizations with inspiration. They provide a forum for Medtech professionals to meet and share knowledge on different themes. http://ing.dk |
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2010-12-02Car design inside out Looking to other industries is source of inspiration for our engineers and designers. Kvadrat invited us to The Dwelling Lab VIP reception in Copenhagen to their open innovation project with BMW. Presenting their “out of the car concept” were Anders Byriel CEO at Kvadrat and BMW’s chief designer Anders Warming. Taking the BMW 5 Grand Turismo model, the design team created an interior, emphasizing the potential for increased comfort, travel experience and functionality. http://www.youtube.com |
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2010-12-01Kick off at Medico Innovation The new Medico Innovation initiative kicked off yesterday with a meeting of major Medtech players in Denmark.As a facilitator of knowledge sharing , growth creation and innovation for the Danish Medtech community, Medico Innovation aims to form a cluster composed of users, researchers and industry. This EU funded project with additional support from Danish Medico organizations, will be focused on creating and cultivating a climate for a Medtech innovation cluster in the capital region. Future activities will also network and include other regional players around Denmark. Innovation Team was at the kick off meeting to meet and discuss Medtech innovation. http://www.medico-innovation.dk |
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2010-11-17Innovation Team – Redsense Medical exhibiting in Guangzhou - China INDEX Award finalists, Innovation Team and Redsense Medical AB, are being exhibited in Guangzhou, China, from 27th October.After this the exhibition continues its tour of Asia moving on to Hong Kong 22nd November. http://www.redsensemedical.se |
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2010-04-06Sweden and Denmark rank in world top 5 for innovation INSEAD, the leading international business school, has announced the findings of its 2009-2010 Global Innovation Index (GII). The report places Sweden as second and Denmark as fifth in the world, when ranking innovation capability. 'The Global Innovation Index', featured in the Report, examines how countries benefit from innovation through the use of enablers that stimulate innovation and their ensuing outputs. The report is one of the most comprehensive international assessments of the impact of innovation on competitiveness and growth. http://www.insead.edu |
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2010-03-23Innovation Team at MEDTEC Europe Medtec Europe is Europe's premier exhibition and conference for medical device development and manufacturing. Innovation Team’s engineers will be visiting the exhibition this week on behalf of our customers. As regular visitors to the fair, it informs us of the latest developments in Medtech materials and manufacturing, while making useful contacts. http://www.devicelink.com |
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2010-03-11Reporting on User Driven Innovation in Healthcare Innovation Team will be at the conference “User driven Innovation in the Health Care Sector”, in Copenhagen today. User driven innovation is of key importance when designing new healthcare products and an area the company has experience with. The conference will report on the current state of user driven innovation in the healthcare sector and the use of Crowdsourcing channel ideas. http://www.mva.org |
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2010-01-23Completion 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 |
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2009-10-23Scanpack 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 |
2009-09-17Nuclear team IPMA program kicks-off This week sees the start of IPMA training and cerfication. |
2009-09-03LEAN 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 |
2009-09-02Innovation 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 |
2009-08-28Watch 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 |
2009-08-24INDEX 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 |
2009-06-15New 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 |
2009-06-08A 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 |
2009-05-22INDEX 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 |
2009-03-09Medical 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 |
2009-03-05New 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 |
2009-02-27Design 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 |
2009-01-222009 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 |
2008-12-19Healthcare 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 |
2008-11-13Innovation 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 |
2008-11-10New 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 |
2008-07-02Innovation 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 |
2008-05-09Medicon 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 |
2008-01-23New 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 |
2007-12-19Christmas & New Year Our offices are closed for Christmas from 24th Dec to 27th Dec and for the New Year. |
2007-12-11FDA 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 |
2007-10-15Two 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 |
2007-10-01Outsourcing 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 |
2007-09-26Featured 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 |
2007-07-02UK medical conference Kristian Bluff held meetings and round table discussions with UK medical device companies at the Medical Innovation Forum in London. |
2007-06-152 day workshop in Halmstad Innovation Team hosted a well attended two day workshop on the theme “Testing embedded systems” 11th-12th June. |
2007-04-25Nordic 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 |
2007-04-24New 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 |
2007-03-23Returning to drive software development Returning to Innovation Team, as a project manager, is Anne-Marie Eriksson who has extensive experience in the software industry. |
2007-01-26NHS 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 |
2006-12-20Innovation Team in cooperation with Preventia AB Innovation Team has entered into a cooperation with Preventia, the Regulatory Affairs consultancy. http://www.preventia.se |
2006-08-29New trainee Caroline Ljungar We welcome Caroline who joins us as a trainee. Caroline has studied Biomechanics at Halmstads Technical University. |
2006-06-05A 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 |
2006-05-30The 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 |
2006-02-03Advanced driving All employees were trained in advanced driving under winter conditions. |
2005-11-16Visit 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. |
2005-11-08New order from a large telecom company Innovation Team have recieved an order to develop test functions for future 3G systems. |
2005-10-20New design at SECTECH fair Innovation Team have developed a design for a new surveillance and alarm system for the company http://www.emwitech.se |
2005-10-12Visit 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. |


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