W. L. Gore & Associates announced that the Gore Hybrid Vascular Graft was awarded Gold Winner in the Implant and Tissue-Replacement Products category of the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition.
The Gore Device is an ePTFE) vascular prosthesis that provides a solution for dialysis access, aortic debranching and arterial bypass procedures.
The MDEA winners were selected through a comprehensive review by an impartial, multidisciplinary panel of third-party jurors with expertise in biomedical engineering, clinical practice, diagnostics, human factors, industrial design, manufacturing, and medicine.
The Gore Medical Products Division been in operation for more than 35 years. The business is based in Flagstaff, Ariz. Gore is headquartered in Newark, Del. It has a large cluster of operations near the headquarters , primarily in Cecil County, Md.
