Category — Medical Devices

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 providing surgeons and hospitals with excellence in products and service.

Our range of table mounted surgical Retractors and Instrument Holders are designed to provide optimal surgical exposure and are compatible with most other retraction systems.

In addition, our products are ISO 9001/2000 accredited, FDA approved, TGA approved and have CE certification for distribution throughout Europe.

We are actively seeking to expand our distribution network in the USA, South Africa, Canada, Israel, Greece, South America, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Russia, Singapore/Malaysia (South East Asia), Turkey, Eastern European countries and would welcome enquiries from suitably qualified parties. Email us at gray@graysurgical.com

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 radiology labs throughout the world.

AVD is looking for qualified distribution partners in the following key countries: Denmark, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.

Please contact Matt Semler directly at Advanced Vascular Systems for further inforamtion.

*CompressAR is a Registed Trademark of Advanced Vascular Dynamics.

The Company is based in the heart of the region and is a specialty distributor of value added medical device products.

The owners have blue chip US medical device company backgrounds in cardio vascular, orthopedics and several other specialties.

In order to help fund its expansion into the fast growing Eastern and Central European medical device markets, the company is looking for qualified investors.

This may be of particular interest to medical device companies seeking to expand their presence in the region.

Contact Frank Barlin in confidence at Sibaya Healthcare Consultants.

Excellent position for experienced manager in the hospital sector to lead a team of professionals.

The company is one of the world leaders and is looking for an individual who has an international company background that has the ambition to take this company to the number one position in France.

Interested candidates should contact Frank Barlin at Sibaya Healthcare

World Leader seeks highly qualified candidate for the position of Implant/Audiology Specialist�Italy

Our Client, with World Headquarters located in USA and European offices in France and Belgium, has developed and manufactures a middle ear implant. This device compensates for auditory deficits in individuals with moderately severe to severe hearing impairment via direct mechanical stimulation of the middle ear ossicles. This new technology involves surgical implantation of internal components by an ear surgeon, using audiometric assessment; fitting and follow up performed by an audiologist.

The implant was launched in Europe 5 years ago with a semi-implantable model. Currently clinical trials are underway to support the introduction of a fully implantable model in Europe in 2006.The initial response from the market has been very favorable, and we are now seeking to add a highly qualified candidate for the position of Implant/Audiology Specialist�Italy to the existing team. The individual will initially cover the Italian market and subsequently may assume responsibilities for other local regions. The position will report to the Director of Sales and Marketing, situated in the United States.

The main function of the Implant Specialist�Italy will be to generate the purchase of the implant by hospitals and clinics in the region and to provide technical support when needed. In order to realize this, the candidate will need to combine Surgical and Audiological activities.

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ESA (Executive Search Alliance) is a new retainer based executive search company based in Germany - with worldwide reach. ESA has a particular emphasis on the business side of healthcare - medical devices, pharmaceuticals, homecare and biotechnology.

ESA has an exceptional executive search capability in Germany and maintains associate offices in several other major countries.

The company founder and Managing Director is Erich Messerschmitt who started the company after having worked at another executive search firm. In addition Erich has wide ranging industry experience having held senior executive positions at Millipore, BD (Becton Dickinson) and Vivendi.

Additional information can be found on the company website

An aggressive multilingual healthcare executive with extensive successful experience in cross-cultural communications and managing growth in the Asian, European and US markets

Language Skills: Chinese Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai Dialect and English

Education: Central Missouri State University, MBA, February 1984
Feng Chia University, Taiwan, BS, International Trade, June 1979

Career Objective: An international sales management executive position within a Healthcare Company

Experience and Achievements:

2004 Vice President, Sales & Marketing, International, TheraSense, Inc.
Based in Alameda, California reporting to President and Vice President, Business Development. Responsible for blood glucose monitoring business in Europe, Middle-East, Canada, the U.K, and Japan. Total sales turnover projected to grow by 40% to $45 million.

Departed in October 2004 following Abbott’s acquisition of the company in April 2004.

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