Scottish Health Innovations Ltd

SHIL & NHS Innovation in Scotland

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Regulatory Consultancy for Industry

SHIL offers consultancy to industry specialising in regulatory compliance for product development and quality management systems. The service is aimed at supporting medical device and pharmaceutical comapnies to develop, manufacture and market their products in accordance with regulatory requiremnts.

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LATEST NEWS

Vital Signs for SHIL Projects

airtrapThe Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) have recognised the innovative work carried out by two of their members involved in SHIL projects. A new prize for Innovation in Anaesthesia and Critical Care will be presented to joint winners Dr James Limb from Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow and Dr Graeme McLeod from Institute of Academic Anaesthesia, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School in Dundee.

The award is given by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) at their Winter Scientific Meeting held in London. Applications for the award were open to all anaesthetists and intensivists with the emphasis on new ideas contributing to patient safety, high quality clinical care and improvements in the working environment.

For further information regarding collaboration and license opportunities for these innovative products contact Edward Staunton.
 

SHIL Award Nominees 2012

For the 7th consecutive year, projects from the NHS Scotland have been shortlisted for a prestigious Scottish Health Innovations Ltd Award for best innovation originating from NHS Scotland.

The winner will be announced at the Scottish Enterprise Life Sciences Annual Dinner at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on the 9th of February.

The Nominees are;
Novel device for Monitoring of Ischaemia - Professor Alan Johnstone, NHS Grampian.

This is a novel technique for identifying the earliest signs of tissue damage. The innovative product will alert the surgeon during an operation that there is a lack of oxygen getting to the tissue, thus preventing further tissue damage which can lead to amputation and even death.

 

Air Trap Device - Dr Graham Bell from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

 

Known as Air Free, this device will prevent air entrainment or embolisms occurring in intravenous drips. This increases patient safety by reducing interruptions to infusions, disconnections of IV lines, and the potential for air embolism.

 

Prosthetic Disc Nucleus - Professor Douglas Wardlaw from NHS Grampian.


This innovation for the treatment of back pain will be performed by minimally invasive surgery. This will enable the patient to leave the hospital the day after surgery, rather than the current five day stay. The product returns a normal pain free range of movement to the patient..

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