Didrick Medical, Naples, Florida, has received the 2009 Perfect Pitch Award for its X-Finger® manually powered partial-finger prosthesis system. The award was presented by perfectbusiness.com, which sells business tools to entrepreneurs and offers business networking options. The award was presented at the Perfect Pitch 2009 Entrepreneur & Investor Conference on October 26 in Marina del Rey, California. According to perfectbusiness.com, the competition featured submissions from eight countries and all 50 U.S. states. Judges included entrepreneurs and venture capitalists from across the country, including Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Group, London, England.
“We are thrilled about being recognized with this award-especially from such a prestigious group and among such strong competitors,” said Dan Didrick, CEO of Didrick Medical. “While the art of fabricating realistic finger prostheses has come a long way, major advancements have been primarily cosmetic. Now that the aesthetics are nearly perfect, it is time for integrating function, which is an invaluable benefit to finger prostheses. This award substantiates the need for functional prosthetic finger technology. Both the award and the World Hand Foundation will help us provide practical solutions to those who need such devices.”
Didrick Medical also launched the World Hand Foundation, a non-profit foundation that the company says “seeks to increase access to prosthetic-hand devices in cultures and communities worldwide that would otherwise lack the financial resources to invest in prosthetics.” Didrick Medical will donate a percentage of all X-Finger sales to the foundation.
