With entries open for the Med-Tech Innovation Awards, we asked our judges: what makes an award winning innovation?

Entries are now open for the Med-Tech Innovation Awards 2022, returning after COVID-enforced hiatus at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham on 8^th June, supporting the Medilink UK Healthcare Business Awards.

Across six categories, 3D printing, Connected Health, Design, Engineering, Materials Innovation, and the all-new Sustainability category.

If you’re in two minds about whether you think you’ve got what it takes to win one of the prestigious prizes on offer, here’s a snippet of what our judges had to say. 

Alba Gonzalez, senior clinical engineer and MarieCurie Conex+ postdoctoral researcher, puts it simply, saying: “A good innovation is a better way of solving problem.”

Andrew Davies, digital health lead at Association of British HealthTech Industries, said: “A good innovation is one that solves a problem in an elegant, original, cost effective and practical manner. It helps improve people’s lives, making things easier and more efficient.”

Darren Clark, chief executive of Medilink Midlands, who will be keeping a watchful eye on the Medilink UK awards, says: “A good innovation is the successful application of a new idea that improves current processes.”

Ashton Harper, head of medical affairs UK & Ireland, Roche Diagnostics, summaries his thoughts, saying: “Innovation is not simply invention. The ultimate goal of a novel medical technology should be to improve the lives of as many patients as possible. To achieve this the technology (invention) must be thoroughly researched (e.g. proof of effectiveness and safety), be widely adopted and eventually prove its advantages beyond standard care - this is good healthcare innovation.”

Do you think your innovation matches one or more of our judges definitions? Visit med-techawards.com to enter. Applications close on 9^th March!