Quality Electrodynamics (QED) is a global developer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced medical equipment electronics. Current products comprise cutting edge Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) radiofrequency (RF) detectors/coils for diagnostic imaging at the full range of magnetic strengths. A majority of these coils are FDA Class II noninvasive devices used for obtaining diagnostic images for various human anatomies. Several additional technologies serving the medical equipment sector such as a transplant organ viability imaging system are in development.

QED was created in 2006 to revolutionize medical imaging through advanced technical innovation in clinical diagnosis equipment. QED was founded by Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita to design and manufacture new MRI RF coils, which form an essential part of MRI scanners, translating signals received from patient anatomies into images used for diagnostic purposes. In February 2009, less than three years after inception, QED expanded from its original 300 square foot room on the campus of Case Western Reserve University (“CWRU”) to a state-of-the-art 27,000 square-foot R&D and manufacturing complex in Mayfield Village, Ohio. The company has continued to grow rapidly, and boasts an impressive team of qualified and experienced professionals, as well as expansive R&D and production facilities. The company is currently housed in a 32,262 square foot state-of-the-art research facility and employs over a 100 individuals. QED has a solid in-house manufacturing facility and contains eight direct-digital-manufacturing or DDM machines, seven in production and one in engineering. QED’s strides in manufacturing were recognized by the Ernst & Young award in the Industrial Manufacturing category.

This impressive growth reflected major technical achievements and the creation of significant partnerships with international corporation giants such as Toshiba Medical Systems and Siemens Healthcare. These major companies have come to rely on QED for its cutting edge technology, which is described in a later section of this nomination.

Quality Electrodynamics, as its name suggests, was founded on the principle of maximizing quality assurance. QED is an ISO-13485 certified company, as of July 2007, and received its first 510(k) clearance from the FDA on a wrist array coil product for Toshiba in November 2007. The company has progressed to obtain ten 510(k) clearances to date. Furthermore, QED registered with the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in December 2007 as a foreign medical device manufacturer permitted to sell its products in Japan.

QED is founded and run with an unwavering commitment to developing and commercializing high quality, advanced technologies that impact the quality of human life throughout the globe. The company has grown with and will continue to build a dedicated team that is based on the quality standards championed by its founder. As a brief biographical sketch, Dr. Fujita received his Ph.D. in imaging physics from CWRU and honed his technical and management skills at two major corporations. He was an imaging scientist at what is now Philips Medical Systems and managed and directed R&D for what is now GE Healthcare.