The HME Business New Product of the Year Awards weren’t the only trophies being handed out in Atlanta at the recent 2018 edition of Medtrade, which ran Oct. 15-17. Medtrade also recognized various products with its New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards and Innovative HME Retail Product Awards.
The NPP Providers’ Choice Award Winners were:
- Gold award — The FreeStyle Comfort portable oxygen concentrator from CAIRE. (This also won HMEB’s 2018 NPOY for the Respiratory – Portable Equipment category.)
- Silver award — The Abelift portable electric recliner from ABELY LLC.
- Bronze award — 3B Medical Inc. for the Lumin Bullet CPAP hose cleaner.
The winners of the Innovative HME Retail Product Awards were:
- The Flyp Nebulizer from Convexity Scientific. (This also won HMEB’s 2018 NPOY for the Respiratory – In-Home Equipment category.)
- The DFree incontinence solution from Triple W.
- The Jazzy Air 2 power chair from Pride Mobility.