Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards 2006

Date published: 22 May 2007

Owen Mumford recognised for innovation at Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards 2006 for its advanced lancing device.

The advanced home-use lancing device, Autolet Impression, manufactured at Owen Mumford’s facility in Chipping Norton and designed at the companies head office in Woodstock, reached the final of the Innovation category at the coveted Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards 2006, held at Wentworth Golf Club, and attended by chief guest George Osborne  - Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Autolet Impression’s innovative features, which impressed judges, are designed to greatly increase comfort and control for people with diabetes. Innovative features include the patented comfort zone feature, a series of 8 raised dots that mask the sensation of pain and also a force adjustment feature that allows the user to change the force of lancet penetration to suit different skin thickness.
The lancing device is used by people with diabetes who need to obtain a small blood sample to use with a blood glucose monitoring meter. The lancet is inserted into the device and the device is then used to prick the side of a finger, with the resulting drop of blood used on a testing strip with a meter to read the blood glucose level automatically.
The results from a recent survey of users of Autolet Impression found that 79% found the device very comfortable or comfortable. When asked to compare Autolet Impression with their previous finger pricker, 57% of respondents stated that Autolet Impression was much better.
Over 20 companies entered the Innovation category, with Owen Mumford awarded 2nd place by the sponsors of the innovation award – Slough Trading Estate. The winner of the Innovation Award was Re-New Surface Systems (Slough) that claims to be saving the construction industry, retailers and cruise ship owners thousands of pounds with its technology that removes all types of glass surface damage, including scratches, graffiti, corrosion, pollution, weld and grinder splatter.

For more information about Autolet Impression - click here