ANGLETON, Texas, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Benchmark
Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:
BHE), a leading integrated contract manufacturing provider,
announced today that a product it helped commercialize and
currently manufactures has won the 2011 Medical Design Excellence
Award and 2011 Edison Award for best new science and medical
diagnostic product.
The 3M™ Integrated Cycler, which has won a 2011 Medical
Design Excellence Award in the In Vitro Diagnostics category, is
designed to run real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for
qualitative detection and multi-analyte detection. It is used in
conjunction with Focus Diagnostics Simplexa™ molecular
chemistries. Benchmark Electronics’ Minnesota division provided
comprehensive design for manufacturing and manufacturing services
from initial development through volume manufacturing in support of
3M.
“Benchmark Electronics played an important role in assisting 3M
to meet the critical market need for the 3M Integrated Cycler. The
Benchmark team was committed to developing and manufacturing this
reliable product that will benefit the laboratory,” said Thomas
Cole, Global Business Director, 3M Infection Prevention
Division.
The Medical Design Excellence Awards competition (www.MDEAwards.com) is the only
awards program that exclusively recognizes contributions and
advances in the design of medical products. Entries are evaluated
on the basis of their design and engineering features, including
innovative use of materials, user-related functions that improve
healthcare delivery and change traditional medical attitudes or
practices, features that provide enhanced benefits to the patient,
and the ability of the product development team to overcome design
and engineering challenges so that the product meets its clinical
objectives.
The 2011 Medical Design Excellence Award win
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