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Will The New Pihsiang – Foshan Joint Venture Lead To Improved Scooters and Power Wheelchairs

by Frank Barlin on August 22, 2010 in China Manufacturing, Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare

Foshan – a major Chinese lighting company and Pihsiang (manufacturers of electric vehicles, including the Shoprider range of Scooter and Powered Wheelchairs) have agreed to form a joint venture making and using Lithium technology. The JV will be worth more than 30 million USD. As anybody in the Scooter and Wheelchair business knows, battery or [...]

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Search For Electric 3 and 4 Wheel Scooters For The Mobility Challenged

by admin on August 17, 2010 in Healthcare Marketing, Home Healthcare

This blog has had thousands of hits from people looking for information about mobility scooters (mainly pihsiang) which cater for disabled people. In particular, “where can I find battery or spare part – code xyz”. Two (one USA and one UK) custom search engines for mobility scooters have been created which hopefully will help find [...]

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MIT Diabetes Device Monitors Glucose With Light

by Frank Barlin on August 10, 2010 in Drug Delivery, Home Healthcare, Lifescience, Medical Devices

At Sibaya we are strong supporters of diabetes research -especially Type 1 (scroll all the way down bottom right). MIT has done some great work in this area and has now come up with a device that can monitor glucose with light, potentially avoiding the several times a day that diabetics need to draw blood. [...]

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Homecare Sales Mid 2010 Reflect Renewed Growth – From Wheelchairs To Sleep Apnea Products

by Frank Barlin on August 6, 2010 in Editorial, Home Healthcare, Investors

With ongoing discussion about the tough economic times, Medicare cuts through it’s controversial National Competitive Bidding program, it is good to see that the homecare industry is showing renewed growth in several areas. Here is a brief look at the latest results from sleep product manufacturer Resmed, homecare manufacturer Invacare and Lincare – a homecare [...]

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GE And Intel Form New Home Healthcare Company

by Frank Barlin on August 4, 2010 in Editorial, Home Healthcare

Is this the real future of home health care which will also lift the margins of traditional manufacturers out of the 20% range… because they add more than 20% in value? The as yet unnamed new company, which will focus on telehealth and independent living, will be made up of GE Healthcare’s Home Health division [...]

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