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MIRDC’s Nickel Titanium Alloy Liposuction Needle Wins the Red Dot Design Award



The winners for the German Red Dot Design Award were announced on the night of April 3rd local time. MIRDC won the Red Dot Design Award 2017 in the product design category with its “nickel titanium alloy liposuction needle.” This product improves on existing stainless steel liposuction needle’s problem with deformity, which causes a high wear rate and increases costs. Nickel titanium alloy replaces stainless steel and solves the deformity problem because nickel titanium’s flexibility. The handle has also been ergonomically designed to prevent slippage, and holding force points were added to save strength during use. This product received the recognition of the international judging panel.

  Today’s cosmetic surgery is highly developed, and the doctors spend long hours conducting liposuction. Existing needles can easily deform, which not only adds to operation difficulty, but the original straight barrel-type handle can also easily cause fatigue. The nickel titanium alloy liposuction needle uses highly flexible nickel titanium alloy with high biocompatibility to replace the original stainless steel material. This new needle do not deform easily, which would match the curvature of the human body to reduce stress and damage to subcutaneous tissue. It helps patients recover faster after the surgery. The new product has great medical application potential, and its ergonomically designed handle can also reduce doctors’ work-related injury. With great potential for commercialization, this new needle can create new application opportunities for the cosmetic surgery industry.
  With an eye on domestic development, and with the support of the Department of Industrial Technology, MOEA, MIRDC is implementing the High Value Metal Material and Manufacturing Technology Development Plan to drive added value and innovation for Taiwan metal materials. MIRDC has won the Red Dot Design Award for two consecutive years. MIRDC won the award with its MEER Thermo Bottle last year, and this year MIRDC won the award with its nickel titanium alloy liposuction needle. Our technology and professional results have showed breakthroughs in technology development and showed integration of technology with aesthetics and design. This allows highly technical products to be shown in a more people-friendly manner. In the future, MIRDC will continue to develop products to meet people’s needs and innovate technology to create new ways of R&D development results.
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