Medical Equipment News

On November 12, 2007, Midmark Corporation formally announced the acquisition of European Design, Inc., a premier manufacturer of medical furniture and medical cabinets specifically designed for dentists and oral surgery professionals.  European Design is located in Glasgow, Kentucky, and was rated the 12^th fastest growing company in the wood industry by Wood & Wood Products magazine.

Midmark, which purchased the Ritter line of medical equipment in 1986, is a leading manufacturer high quality surgical tables, manual examination tables, surgical chairs and surgical lights. They currently market products under the brands of Midmark, Ritter and Midmark Ritter medical equipment.  The company’s line of medical furniture already includes a selection of dental casework, which it will continue to manufacture and market.  The European Design cabinets will be added to the existing product line to expand its offering of dental equipment. This acquisition positions Midmark as the company with the most complete offering of cabinets available to the dental professional.

European Design, which employs approximately 50 people, will remain in Glasgow at this time.  Midmark Corporation is headquartered in Versailles, Ohio, with subsidiaries in Torrance, California; Orchard Park, New York; and Ernee, France.

ZOLL Medical Corporation, a major manufacturer of proprietary noninvasive cardiac defibrillators, disposable electrodes, mobile ECG systems, and EMS data management solutions, announced that Richard A Packer, its CEO, will speak at the Piper Jaffray 19^th Annual Health Care Conference being held this year at The Pierre New York.  He will discuss ZOLL’s business highlights as well as previously disclosed public information.

ZOLL Medical Corporation is committed to developing technologies that help advance the practice of resuscitation.  These products are essential in the emergency treatment of cardiac arrest victims both inside and outside the hospital.

DRE carries both new and professionally refurbished Zoll Defibrillators in our Louisville, Kentucky warehouse, including the new and refurbished Zoll M-Series Defibrillators and the popular refurbished Zoll PD-2000 Defibrillator and AED. Contact DRE, Inc. for more info at: 1-800-462-8195.

Defibtech, LLC, a leading designer and manufacturer of AEDs such as the Defibtech LifeLine AED, has been ranked first in the medical equipment industry and seventh in North America in Deloitte & Touche’s Technology Fast 500 Program.

Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation. Health experts estimate that sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 400,000 people each year in the United States alone – more deaths than are caused by gun violence, traffic accidents, AIDS, and breast and prostate cancer combined.

Defibtech President Gintaras Vaisnys states that the company’s decision to market the company’s products only through distribution partners has helped the company to achieve profitability quickly and compete for business around the world.  “We don’t compete with our own distributors by selling our product directly to end-users,” Vaisnys said. Today, Defibtech AEDs are used throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, China, India, Australia, South America, Africa, the Middle East and other parts of Asia.

The Defibtech AED has earned several major awards, including the Best Bang for the Buck Award, from Frost & Sullivan, an AED industry analyst. The AED’s outstanding design was recognized by The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), which selected the Lifeline to be in its “SAFE: Design Takes On Risk” exhibit. The Defibtech AED also received the Medical Design Excellence Award, presented by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine, and the Industrial Design Excellence Award, presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine.