Z-Medica Corporation, its founder and its products are the recipients of a number of prestigious awards. In addition, through its own awards program, the company recognizes military personnel and civilians who have exhibited heroism and made a difference through the use of its life-saving hemostatic products.
Z-Medica Awards Program
In 2004, Z-Medica instituted two annual awards - the Thomas "Doc" Eagles Award and the Francis X. Hursey Award -- to respectively recognize heroic efforts of military personnel and civilian first responders who put themselves on the line to save others. The award presentations are engraved crystal plaques on sculpted wooden bases. Nominations for these awards can be made on line by any party who can substantiate the nominee's actions.
Awards Received
- 2009 - Z-MEDICA QuikClot Combat Gauze Named a Top Ten Greatest Invention by the U.S. Army
- 2005-2006 - Inclusion of QuikClot in the SAFE: Design Takes On Risk Exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
- The Connecticut Technology Council's Most Promising Technology Company of 2003 - Z-Medica Corporation
- Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc.'s Platinum Innovation Award for 2003 - Z-Medica
- 2003 "Scientific American 50" as a Research Leader in Defense - Z-Medica founder Francis X. Hursey
- 2003 - QuikClot included in collections of the National Museum of Health & Medicine, Washington, DC
- 'Best of What's New' from Popular Science magazine - QuikClot brand hemostatic agent - Top ten medical technology breakthroughs of 2002.