Ahura Scientific - develops rugged, ultra-compact, field-enabled optical systems for the immediate identification and verification of liquid and solid chemicals. The company has achieved significant breakthroughs in high-performance semiconductor lasers, advanced chemometric algorithms and extremely dense precision optical packaging. Wiklund R&D collaborated with Altitude, Inc. to ensure the usability of FirstDefender – a light-weight, rugged instrument for immediate identification of unknown solids and liquids, including narcotics, TICs, TIMs, and explosives.

Aksys - develops and markets innovative dialysis products and service.

Alvamed - is a consulting firm that assists medical device manufacturers with quality and regulatory affairs, device design, project management, intellectual property management, marketing, and business strategy. Wiklund R&D has helped AlvaMed address its clients’ user interface design and evaluation needs, including benchmarking competing medical devices.

Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts - construction trade association representing general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and associate companies. More >

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - is dedicated to increasing the understanding, safety, and efficacy of medical instrumentation. More >

Baxter International - develops, manufactures and markets products that save and sustain the lives of people with hemophilia, immune disorders, infectious diseases, kidney disease, trauma, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.

Bayer Schering Pharma - is among the world’s foremost innovators in the field of pharmaceutical and medical products. This subgroup’s mission is to research, develop, manufacture and market innovative products that improve the health of people and animals throughout the world.

BIO-DETEK - designs and manufactures a wide line of ECG electrodes, pacing pads, defibrillation pads, and multifunction electrodes. The company’s products are marketed under the TraceRite® and Trace-It® brand names to medical distributors domestically and internationally.

Boston Scientific - advances the practice of less-invasive medicine by providing a broad and deep portfolio of innovative products, technologies and services across a wide range of medical specialties

CareFusion - (a spin-off from Cardinal Health) helps its customers measurably improve patient care by focusing on two of the biggest issues affecting healthcare, medication errors and hospital-acquired infections. The company’s family of products and services are used in over 120 countries and include some of the most widely recognized brand names in their categories, including Pyxis® for medication and supply management, Alaris® for infusion, and AVEA® and Pulmonetic Systems™ for ventilation.

Chrysler - manufacturers trucks and automobiles marketed under the brand names Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep. It also operates a large sales and service network. Wiklund R&D collaborates with Brightstar to help Chrysler ensure the usability of software tools used to train auto mechanics as well as to repair cars.

Covidien - manufacturers medical devices, medical supplies, imaging solutions and pharmaceutical products. The companies product brands include Autosuture, Devon, Kendall, Mallinckrodt, Nellcor, Puritan Bennett, Syneture and Valleylab.

Dräger - develops complete anaesthesia workstation systems, ventilators and incubators, as well as system solutions and services for in-hospital Critical Care and HomeCare.

Emerson Hospital - is a full-service, non-profit community hospital located in Concord, MA , that is affiliated with the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA). More >

Ethicon Endo-Surgery - develops and markets a broad portfolio of advanced surgical instruments and medical devices for minimally invasive and traditional surgery. More >

Fluidnet - is developing a simplified solution for the delivery of infusion therapy in a wide range of clinical settings. The system core is a compact device – a pump – that offers significant improvements in dose accuracy, size, weight, reliability, energy consumption, data connectivity, and user interface all at significantly lower product and operational cost.

Gambro - provides products, therapies and services for In-Center Care dialysis, Home Care dialysis and blood purification in Intensive Care units, including dialysis machines and disposables.

GE Healthcare - has a range of products and services that include medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.

Gillette - is a globally focused consumer products marketer that seeks competitive advantage in quality, value-added personal care and personal use products.

Hill Rom - works to help healthcare professionals safely deliver effective and efficient care to their patients in acute care, long-term care and home care environments. The company's extensive product and service offering includes: patient care beds, stretchers, therapeutic surfaces and devices, patient flow systems, nurse communication systems, headwalls and facility assessments. Wiklund R&D helped Hill-Rom develop the side rail controls for the TotalCare® Connect hospital bed, which is being promoted as “simplifying the way care is provided.”

Hologic - holds the number one position in nine technology areas serving women's health, including breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, cervical cancer screening, prenatal testing, and osteoporosis detection.

International Design Magazine - is America's leading critical magazine covering the art, business and culture of design.

Ikaria - uses its scientific expertise to develop biotherapeutic solutions for the critical care market. INOMAX® (nitric oxide) for inhalation is the company’s first commercialized product and demonstrates our ability to develop unique therapies that meet the significant unmet needs of these patients.

Med-E.R.R.S. - is a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) that seeks to reduce the risk of errors related to medications before they reach the market. Wiklund R&D has worked with Med-ERRS to evaluate the legibility, readability, and discriminability of drug package labels.

Minnetronix - a Minnesota-based company, develops custom embedded electronic and software solutions in partnership with medical device companies, specializing in the rapid design, commercialization, and manufacture of highly integrated and miniaturized systems.

MooBella - has created a multi-patented, fully automated ice cream process. The company¹s refrigerator-sized appliance produces fresh ice cream with mix-ins, on the spot, made to order.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - has one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art. The MFA welcomes more than one million visitors each year to experience art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary, special exhibitions, and innovative educational programs.

OptiScan - is developing a novel continuous glucose monitor that provides an automated, frequent and highly accurate glucose measurement at the bedside in the intensive care unit. Wiklund WR&D has helped Optiscan design a user friendly software user interface to the touchscreen monitor through an interative process of user interface research and design, prototyping, and usability testing.

Philips - simplifies healthcare by focusing on the people in the care cycle—patients and care providers. The company is committed to developing tools that deliver value throughout the complete cycle of care—from disease prevention to screening & diagnosis, to treatment, health management & monitoring—in key areas including cardiology, oncology, critical care and women’s health.

Roche - is a leading healthcare company with a broad spectrum of innovative medical solution. Wiklund R&D has worked with Roche’s Diagnostics Division to help ensure the usability of glucose meters, insulin pumps, and associated diabetes management software applications.

St. Jude Medical - develops medical technology and services that focus on putting more control into the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain patients worldwide. The company is dedicated to advancing the practice of medicine by reducing risk wherever possible and contributing to successful outcomes for every patient. St. Jude Medical’s four major focus areas are cardiac rhythm management, atrial fibrillation, cardiovascular and neuromodulation.

Smiths Medical - is a leading global provider of medical devices for the hospital, emergency, home and specialist environments. The company’s products are used during critical and intensive care, surgery, post-operative care during recovery, and in a series of high-end home infusion therapies. The company’s brands include Medex™, Deltec™, Level1™, Cozmore™, Pneupac™, Wallace™, CADD™, BCI™, Jelco™, Medfusion™ and Surgivet™.

TransMedics Inc. - develops products that sustain human organs in a physiological functioning state in preparation for transplantation.

United Therapeutics - is a biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of unique products to address the unmet medical needs of patients with chronic and life-threatening cardiovascular and infectious diseases and cancer.

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Center for Devices and Radiological Health - is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices. More >

Vaisala - manufactures electronic measurement systems and equipment for meteorology and the environmental sciences.

Vitra - designs and manufactures furniture found in countless successful companies and organizations, as well as in the homes of many private individuals with a feel for design. Active internationally, Vitra works together with the major designers of the day and has been manufacturing the furniture created by the famous US designers, Charles and Ray Eames.

Zeo - recently introduced Zeo™, the Personal Sleep Coach. Developed with leading sleep scientists, Zeo is a new kind of educational tool and motivational program that helps users understand how they are sleeping, reveals habits and behaviors that may be helping or hindering their sleep, and teaches new ways that may help them get a better night's rest.