Veterinary Equipment

A number of worldwide societal factors, including a greater number of single-person households, dropping birth rates and the animal rights movement, have resulted in a trend to humanize companion animals. This trend has resulted in an increase in veterinary treatments using costly technologies and medications, and has had significant impact on the of veterinary equipment field.

Buying and Selling Used Medical Equipment on the Web

In recent years, selling used and refurbished medical equipment online has become a growth industry. Previously, used equipment was either simply discarded or purchased by major equipment manufacturers as a service to customers, or to encourage them to upgrade or switch

Infant Warmers

Many infants struggle to maintain body heat, even when ambient temperatures are high. Core and skin temperature can decrease by as much as 0.1˚ to 0.3˚ per minute following delivery as the infant moves from the warm, moist uterine environment to a cool, dry delivery room and amniotic fluid evaporates from the skin.

Prolonged hypothermia, defined as core body temperature of under 36˚, can result in hypoxia and hypoglycemia and cause

Johnson & Johnson Medical Equipment

Johnson & Johnson is extremely active in the field of medical equipment, devices and diagnostics. The company markets equipment and medical devices through subsidiaries that operate under a variety of names including DePuy, BioSense, Codman & Shurtleff, Veridex, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics and Advanced Sterilization Products. Through these divisions, Johnson & Johnson focuses on equipment for orthopedics, neurovascular surgery, infection prevention, diagnostics, cardiovascular disease and sports medicine, as well as for transfusion medicine and clinical laboratories. Johnson & Johnson also provides solutions for decontamination and infection prevention.

Blood Pressure Monitors

Traditionally, blood pressure was measured by an aneroid sphygmomanometer, comprised of a cuff that can be inflated with a rubber bulb, and a mechanical meter for measuring pressure. The cuff is inflated until arterial blood flow is cut off entirely. A stethoscope is placed on the patient’s brachial artery at the elbow; the practitioner slowly releases the pressure in the cuff. Upon hearing a whooshing or pounding sound, indicating the point at which blood begins to flow in the artery, the practitioner records the pressure indicated by the meter. This measurement reflects the systolic pressure. The pressure at

GE Healthcare Medical Equipment

GE Healthcare produces equipment for a diverse range of clinical specialties and healthcare delivery environments. The company is particularly active in the areas of medical imaging, information technologies, diagnostics, and patient monitoring systems, and focuses on detection, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, heart disease

Hospital Liquidations

Over the past few years, a number of factors have combined to reduce the financial viability of hospitals throughout the country. Hospitals in depressed areas have been particularly hard hit: Many patients have lost health care insurance along with their jobs, and with patients less able to afford routine and preventative care—and even medication—they are sicker than ever before upon admission. At the same time, it has become harder to attract medical staff to depressed areas and hospitals have had to raise salaries to entice doctors and nurses to sign on. These factors, combined with pressures to contain