Cochlear receives Medical Design Excellence Award</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Cochlear receives Medical Design Excellence Award"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Cochlear,receives,Medical,Design,Excellence,Award"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">14-04-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Cochlear receives Medical Design Excellence Award</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_fr5D6qp8LwVfY1gZM3Jp_0.gif" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Colorado, USA (Business Wire): Cochlear today announced that it is the recipient of a 2006 Medical Design Excellence Award. The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition is the premier awards program for the medical technology community, recognizing the achievements of medical product manufacturers and the many people behind the scenes – engineers, scientists, designers and clinicians – who are responsible for the groundbreaking innovations that are changing the face of healthcare. Cochlear's Nucleus(R) Freedom(TM) Implant System, the newest, most advanced cochlear implant system, is designed to mimic the functions of the human ear. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060413005137&newsLang=en" target="blank">home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060413005137&newsLang=en</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show