Recycling medical devices raises concerns The debate concerning reusing “disposables” continues – as it should.
Archive | July, 2006
Invacare 2Q 2006 earnings
Invacare – a world leader in home healthcare, rehabilitation and mobility products – has just released their earnings for Q2 2006. The pressure of Medicare reimbursement on the earnings is no big surprise – especially to readers of this blog.
Gray Surgical Seeks International Distributors
Gray Surgical is a West Australian based company and is 100% Australian owned. We have been in operation since 1996 as a designer and manufacturer of premium quality surgical retractors. Surgical retractors are instruments that are used during extended surgical operations in order to provide maximum exposure for the surgeon. GRAY SURGICAL is committed to [...]
Advanced Vascular Dynamics
Advanced Vascular Dynamics (AVD) is the world leader in post – catheterization femoral hemostasis. AVD’s lead product line, the CompressAR* System, has been used for over 30 years to successfully achieve hemostasis on millions of patients. The CompressAR* system provides benefits to clinicians and patients and is used in cath labs, nursing units and interventional [...]
Johnson and Johnson IBOT Medicare And The Power Mobility Industry
Here is the latest (from Bloomberg) in the power wheelchair struggle; seeking to gain consensus between the CMS Medicare, manufacturers and consumers. Bloomberg.com: Politics July 18 (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson, the world’s biggest maker of medical equipment, and about 70 nonprofit groups are fighting the U.S. Medicare program over a proposed coverage limit for [...]
Spinal Cord Injury Clinical Trial Advance
Brain implant succesfully (Brain Gate Trial) helps tetraplegic achieve additional mobility. Full text in Nature
Wimbledon Wheelchair Doubles
Wimbledon Wheelchair Doubles – its that time of the year again!
The Respiratory Homecare Industry- before its too late
Perhaps learning from recent experience in the homecare mobility (and oxygen) business the Sleep Manufacturers Alliance has been formed. More details at RTmagazine When arch rivals such as Embla, Fisher & Paykel, Invacare, Pro-Tech, Puritan Bennett, ResMed, Respironics, Sunrise Medical, and VIASYS get together you have to believe that there are huge industry challenges on [...]
Follow @sibaya_com on Twitter
