Medical Equipment News

The DRE Millennium 5 is a hospital-ready stretcher that features a fifth wheel for smooth steering and comes standard with two collapsible IV poles.

Louisville, Ky., April 21, 2010 — DRE, Inc., a premier surgical and medical equipment supplier, now offers the DRE Millennium 5, a durable emergency stretcher loaded with features and available for a fraction of the cost of competing stretchers.

““The DRE Millennium 5 is the ultimate stretcher value,” says Justin Jeffries, DRE’s chief operating officer. “It has a fifth wheel for improved maneuvering and can be easily adjusted to raised knee and raised back positions.”

Physicians and nurses can adjust the DRE Millennium 5 to a variety of positions, including Trendelenburg and Reverse Trendelenburg. The DRE Millennium 5 features a long, wide sleeping surface, and provides variable height adjustment.

The DRE Millennium 5 has two collapsible IV poles built in to the bed frame — one at the head and one at the foot.

It's attractive, durable construction also features:

• Steel bed frame with powder coating
• umpers at each corner made of durable ABS plastic
• Base cover made of ABS plastic with tanks for oxygen bottle and emergency devices
• Mattress base made of ABS plastic board
• High density PU foam mattress covered with synthetic leather
• Collapsible side rails

The DRE Millennium 5 features a fifth wheel for improved maneuverability and smooth turning, and conveniently-placed handles that can potentially reduce back strain for medical staff. The DRE Millennium 5 also features brake locks at the head and foot, as well as at each side.

In addition to medical lighting, DRE distributes a variety of new and professionally refurbished medical and surgical equipment such as the Colin BP-S510 Patient Monitor, DRE Integra AV-S Anesthesia Machine, and DRE Maxx Luxx 3 Surgery Lighting System.

The DRE Millennium 5 Patient Stretcher is available now from DRE. Materials managers can learn more about DRE’s complete selection of new and professionally refurbished medical products by visiting http://www.dremed.com/.

DRE releases the OS-200, a superior implantology drill and microsaw system specifically designed for reconstructive and maxillofacial surgery.

Louisville, Ky., April 21, 2010 — DRE, Inc., a premier surgical and medical equipment supplier, recently introduced the DRE OS-200a powerful, user-friendly surgical drill and microsaw system with a brushless electronic motor system that provides maximum microsurgery versatility.

The DRE OS-200 is designed for general oral surgery, implantology and many micro-surgery procedures. It is available with a variety of essential surgical drills, microsaws and contra angles. Optional accessories include a trolley with anti-static wheels, a suitcase for ambulant treatment and a foot pedal for easy operation. With the DRE OS-200, surgeons can use a single contra angle for all working facets in implant surgery. The surgical drill and microsaw system features a torque controller and safety overload protection that are built into the unit’s high torque feature.

The DRE OS-200 also features:

• 10 pre-selected torque levels
• Two motor jacks
• Electronic motors, each with three pre-selectable programs
• Immediate stop function
• RS-232 interface for printer
• Very quiet peristaltic pump
• Adjustable speed control
• Reverse mode with an alarm
• Fixed pre-set speed keys

DRE is a complete surgical equipment resource for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. The Louisville-based company distributes new and professionally refurbished anesthesia equipment, including the DRE Integra SP VSO2, a fully functional anesthesia system weighing only 27 pounds (without the vaporizer). The DRE Integra SP VSO2 is compact enough for the smallest surgery suite and is also fully portable. Oral and maxillofacial surgeons can rely on DRE for a variety of surgical lighting, including the new DRE DRE Maxx Luxx 3, , a surgery lighting system with an extremely cool output. The DRE Maxx Luxx 3 provides increased efficiency over traditional halogen light sources, provides superb color temperatures and features a rated bulb life of more than 10,000 hours. DRE also offers a variety of oral surgery chairs and tables, including the efficient, economically-priced Westar OS VIII oral surgery table. Also available is the Midmark 222, a barrier-free high-low power table that provides a 400-pound weight capacity.