HEAL wins Silver HealthCare Marketing Award

St. Paul, MN…May 12th, 2010 – Ghost Productions INC, An animation studio based out of the Twin Cities and specializing in animation for the orthopedic and medical device industries, has announced that their animated short, HEAL, has won the Gold Aster Award for Medical Device Marketing. The Aster Awards is a medical marketing awards program allowing healthcare organizations and advertising agencies to compete against similarly sized competitors from across the nation and world. Each year the Aster Awards has an annual contest allowing entries designed, printed and/or distributed the previous year to be scored, judged and recognized for excellence in healthcare marketing and advertising. The Aster Awards is hosted by Creative Images, Inc., an internationally recognized firm that has specialized in strategic healthcare marketing for more than 16 years.

HEAL, a major animated short initially produced as an aesthetic exercise and premiered at the 2009 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, quickly won so much praise and acclaim amongst the medical device marketing industry that it was purchased by Johnson & Johnson subsidiaries DePuy Spine, DePuy Orthopedics, and DePuy trauma as vehicle to promote their new orthopedic implants. HEAL was produced over the course of three intense months in the beginning of 2009.

About Ghost Productions
Ghost Productions is a 3D medical animation studio that specializes in promotional marketing, surgical technique, and surgeon and patient education. We realize that new medical breakthroughs and discoveries are made everyday and we want to make sure yours gets the attention it deserves. Using a wide array of expertise and methods, we seek to find the best way to communicate your message to your clients.