Most Promising New Product Award
2023 WINNER: GammaTile Therapy by GT Medtech
2022 Relievant: The Intracept® System
2019 Inari Medical: FlowTriever
2018 Willow: The Willow Pump
2017 Cartiva: Synthetic Cartilage Implant
2016 NeoTract: UroLift System
2015 Neuropace: RNS Neurostimulator
2014 St. Jude Medical: Nanostim
2013 No awards – celebrated 20th anniversary
2012 Neuronetics: NeuroStar TMS Therapy System
2011 CardioMEMS: Wireless Heart Failure Management System
2010 Asthmatx Inc.: Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty System
2009 Novasys Medical: Renessa
2008 Acclarent: Balloon Sinuplasty Technology
Emerging Growth Company Award
2023 WINNER: Procept Biorobotics
2022 ShockWave Medical Inc.
2019 Silk Road Medical
2018 NeoTract
2017 Zeltiq Aesthetics
2016 Glaukos
2015 Intersect ENT
2014 AccessClosure
2013 No awards – celebrated 20th anniversary
2012 Volcano Corporation
2011 Ardian
2010 Acclarent
2009 CoreValve
2008 SurgRx
Executive of the Year Award
2014 Tim Ring, CEO, C.R. Bard
Innovator Award
2023 WINNER: Inceptus Medical’s Bob Rosenbluth & Brian Cox
2022 Mir Imran
2019 Csaba Truckai
2018 Stan Rowe and Stan Rabinovich
2017 Forsight Labs’ Angela Macfarlane and Gene de Juan
2016 Fred Khosravi
2015 The Foundry – Mark Deem & Hanson Gifford
2014 No award given in this category
2013 No awards – celebrated 20th anniversary
2012 David C. Auth, Ph.D.
2011 Robert Fischell
2010 Stuart Edwards
2009 Jack Lloyd and William New, Jr., Ph.D.
2008 Albert Starr, M.D.
Lifetime Achievement Award
2023 WINNER: Casey McGlynn
2022 Paul Yock
2019 Tom Prescott
2018 Intuitive Surgical’s Lonnie Smith and Gary Guthart
2017 Keith Grossman
2016 William Link, Ph.D.
2015 Mike Mussallem
2014 No award given in this category
2013 No awards – celebrated 20th anniversary
2012 Norman R. Weldon, Ph.D.
2011 Richard Meelia
2010 Bob Anderson
2009 Dane Miller
2008 Kyphon Team: Richard Mott, Dr. Mark Riley, Arie
Scholten, & Dr. Karen Talmadge