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Dr Ray Avery, has been named New Zealander of the Year.

Avery, 62, whose low cost, sustainable medical devices, invented in the garage of his Auckland home, are making a difference to millions of the world's most vulnerable. His creations include intraocular lenses to combat cataract blindness, and the laboratories and technology needed to make them; an intravenous flow controller to prevent fatal drug administration errors, and a high tech low cost, low maintenance incubator that will save lives of premature babies in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa.

Accepting his award, Avery said, "This award celebrates the Kiwi can do, number eight wire clever thinking which allows us to develop world changing medical products and save lives".

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