ACT Medical featured twice in its first year - the first time for winning the UK James Dyson Award and the second for being accepted for the 1851 Enterprise Fellowship at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Joseph described the origins of ACT Medical before posing three questions for those in the audience wanting to start up their own businesses.

Founder Joseph Bentley is an 1851 Enterprise Fellow at the Royal Academy of Engineering for his work with ACT Medical.

ACT Medical won University Student Innovation of the Year in LeicestershireLive Innovation Awards 2022!

Joseph was accepted as a Fellow of the RSA in January 2022. As a Fellow, he benefits from access to a wide range of resources and opportunities to support the further development of ACT Medical.

In November 2021 ACT Medical won the International Medical James Dyson Award.

ACT Medical joined LUinc. - Loughborough University’s business incubator - in 2021.

Joseph was introduced to Crimewatch viewers as the inventor of an award-winning life-saving device created to treat victims of knife crime.

Joseph appeared on the BBC Breakfast sofa alongside Dan Walker and Sally Nugent on August 25th 2021.

ACT Medical founder Joseph Bentley was 22 years old when his REACT medical device won the James Dyson Award in August 2021.