Health Industry Today articles from June 1994

Health Industry Today archives from June 1994

Sterilization market remains wide open approaching 1995 deadline. (Industry Overview)
June 1, 1994... The 1995 ban on chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) in the United States is certain to create a gap in the health care market for sterilization equipment. In anticipation of this, manufacturers are jockeying for position by modifying their existing systems...

U.S. Surgical changes sales tactics to include hospital management.
June 1, 1994... As providers began to embrace cost-containment strategies, U.S. Surgical Corp. (USSC) started a process of retraining its sales force to address ways hospitals are able to contain costs. The company has broadened its focus on surgeons as buyers,...

Kodak plans to sell two health care products divisions, focus on imaging. (Eastman Kodak Co.)
June 1, 1994... In a sweeping reorganization announced in May, Eastman Kodak Co. will divest pharmaceutical and consumer health products subsidiaries, keep its Health Sciences Division and focus on its digital imaging business. Rochester, N.Y.-based Kodak will...

Distributors work with industrial protection companies to offer required respirators.
June 1, 1994... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave demand for industrial-style respirators a shot in the arm with a January recommendation that health care workers, who potentially could be exposed to tuberculosis, wear sealed face masks,...

Advanced Surgical founder designs endoscopic instruments, hospital-based training center. (David Black)
June 1, 1994... As an endoscopic trainer for U.S. Surgical Corp. (USSC), Stephen Shapiro, M.D., F.A.C.S., was inspired to improve instrument design and teaching methods. Shapiro then developed a company to produce what he considered improved instrumentation, and...

British blade maker plans U.S. expansion by establishing regional distribution channels. (Swann-Morton Ltd.)
June 1, 1994... The thought of health care reform may make foreign companies rethink entering the U.S. market, but a British blade maker is following through on plans to expand its presence here. Swann-Morton Ltd. executives traveled to California in May to...

Company prices cutting tools as commodities. (American Medical Specialties Inc.)
June 1, 1994... Roger Eaglen surveyed the health care industry and saw opportunity. With finance and administrative experience, Eaglen put together some venture capital and launched American Medical Specialties, Inc. The Norcross, Ga., company produces...

Outpatient vies with inpatient surgery.
June 1, 1994... More than half of the 23.7 million surgical procedures performed in U.S. hospitals last year were performed on an outpatient basis, according to SMG Marketing Group, Chicago. The nation's 7,441 hospitals reported a rise in outpatient surgery,...

Abbott Energizer IV system cuts labor, supply costs. (Abbott Laboratories)
June 1, 1994... Abbott Laboratories introduced a new drug delivery system at the Intravenous Nurses Society in Denver in early May. The company's Hospital Products Division developed the Abbott Energizer to cut labor and supply costs associated with intravenous...

Patent dispute forces Luther Medical's choice of material. (Luther Medical Products Inc.)
June 1, 1994... After silicone became the material of choice for those who use and purchase catheters that feature a new needle design, Luther Medical Products, Inc., Tustin, Calif., developed its first silicone catheter with the needle. The company received...

Bard improves ultrasonic bladder scanner technology. (Bard Patient Care)
June 1, 1994... In February, Bard Patient Care, Murray Hill, N.J., received rights to market a portable ultrasound scanner for noninvasive bladder volume measurement. This is the third generation for the Bard [R] BladderScan [TM], which was upgraded and on the...

Maxxim targets custom tray market, acquires three O.R. product companies, looks offshore. (Maxxim Medical Inc.)
June 1, 1994... After making three acquisitions in three years, Maxxim Medical Inc. has launched a stock offering with plans to buy more operating room product manufacturing companies. Ken Davidson is driving Maxxim's move to expand the business. Davidson,...

A campaign with great legs - and results. (advertising campaign)
June 1, 1994... How do you put a price on a priceless idea? For years now, Boehringer Mannheim Corp.'s Laboratory Systems Division and their agency have been running the same ad campaign. You know the one: Striking nature photographs dominate the top half of the...

Study: implant materials may run out soon.
June 1, 1994... Prompted by Du Pont Co.'s withdrawal as a supplier of materials to manufacturers of permanent medical implants, the Health Industry Manufacturers Assn., Washington, D.C., commissioned a study early this year to identify the principal factors in...