written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message wi inc. vertically integrated solutions type private company industry medical device development founded 2001 founder david w. wright headquarters englewood co key people david w. wright ceo products diagnostics therapeutics biologics website http www.wiinc.net wi inc. pronounced as an initialism double u i. is an american medical device development corporation incorporated and headquartered in englewood co. wi specializes in in vitro diagnostic microfluidic disposable cartridges and instruments biological assays on and off disposable cartridges and electromechanical devices . in 2004 wi was a gold winner of the medical design excellence awards for the lifeport kidney transporter . 1 contents 1 history 2 facilities 3 products 3.1 biologics 3.2 diagnostics 3.3 therapeutics 4 references 5 external links history edit wi inc. was founded by david w. wright in 2001 in englewood colorado . facilities edit wi inc. was first located in a 2 000 square foot 190 m2 building but in 2005 the company moved . it is now centered in a 10 000 square foot 930 m2 location equipped with a 400 square foot 37 m2 class 10 000 clean room a blood processing lab a device lab and a prototype machine shop . products edit in the areas of biologics diagnostics and therapeutics wi championed many products . biologics edit in the field of biologics wi specializes in assay development including custom elisa flow cytometry and hematology and coagulation and lab capabilities including cell counting spectrophotometry and in house phlebotomy . in microscopy wi utilizes cellular imaging and fluorescence for enhanced evaluations of assays . 2 diagnostics edit wi works with diagnostic processes and services including membrane sealing and laser welding . the majority of wi s products is in the field of diagnostics with many point of care tests and applications such as thermal cycling and air bubble venting . wi has worked on many point of care tests including designing and prototyping a disposable card hardware and mixing on card assay and readying the point of care dna mrsa test for full pc control and lab use . for a cd4 point of care test wi designed and pilot built the card did design assay and integration and worked with the imaging software and hardware interface . therapeutics edit therapeutics make up a large part of wi s work ranging from extracorporeal system design surgical device design and critical component interface . in 2003 wi worked on the lifeport kidney transporter a therapeutic designed to support out of body kidneys for transplants . wi designed and scaled up hardware disposables and did the verification and validation of the product worked for 11 months on the lifeport and had a successful launch . this device was unique in that it perfused a nutrient solution while maintaining thermal control thus extending the viability of the organ for up to 72 hours . the device significantly reduces the risk of delayed graft function even in dcd donation after cardiac death organs . 3 wi along with ideo and zevex received a gold medical device excellence award in 2004 for the product . also a wi therapeutic the lumawave is a therapeutic device built around using ultrasonic waves to soothe pain . wi took the core technology developing the basic product configuration from concept to production in seven months . wi also produced all aspects of the final device including production ultrasonic welding systems proprietary flex circuit over mold ergonomic design and several utility patents . 4 references edit medical design excellence awards 2004 winners . umb canon . retrieved 2011 07 05 . microscopy services . wi inc. retrieved 2011 07 11 . lifeport clinical evidence . organ recovery systems . retrieved 2011 07 11 . case studies lumawave . wi inc. retrieved 2011 07 11 . external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wi inc. & oldid 598424414 categories medical equipmentmedical technologyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from november 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 march 2014 at 17 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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