Zuko is an entrepreneurial product-design and development firm that creates consumer and professional medtech products from initial idea through launch. Its core team has worked together for more than 20 years, with a collective record of over 250 commercialized patents and $10 billion in retail sales. Zuko is best known for creating the first wearable light-therapy mask and has also developed products acquired by companies including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Johnson & Johnson.
IDE GroupIDE Group is an entrepreneurial medical-technology partner that designs, engineers, manufactures and commercialises healthcare products and ventures. Its cross-disciplinary team works across the full journey from problem discovery to market launch, with particular depth in regulated medtech and more than 20 years of respiratory-device experience. With ISO 13485:2016-certified operations in Australia and the Netherlands, IDE has helped bring products such as Bayer’s MEDRAD Centargo CT Injector and its own OKO ophthalmic auto-injection system toward market.NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA
KEK DesignFounded in Rochester in 1970, KEK Design has grown from a one-person industrial design consultancy into a multidisciplinary firm that develops, engineers and prototypes products for medical and defense technology. Its in-house model and fabrication shop lets the team move quickly from concept to physical prototype, while its work includes products such as Carestream’s mobile X-ray system and L3Harris tactical radios. Now in its third generation of Kober ownership, KEK has completed more than 1,000 projects over five decades.ROCHESTER, NY
Lumitex, LLCBorn from flexible illuminated fabric developed on a repurposed loom in 1985, Lumitex designs, develops and manufactures thin, integrated lighting systems for medical devices and other demanding applications. The Brecksville company works with medical OEMs from early concepts through prototyping, validation and production, with particular depth in surgical retractor lighting and phototherapy. Lumitex operates to U.S. FDA Good Manufacturing Practices and is certified to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001.BRECKSVILLE, OH
KreateKreate is a Findlay-based product development company known for its vertically integrated, end-to-end approach and a team with hundreds of patents and decades of combined industry experience. It helps retail partners turn overlooked product categories into private-label products, including items developed for The Home Depot. Its work spans the path from an initial idea through manufacturing and retail launch.FINDLAY, OH