Health Industry Today articles from May 1996

Health Industry Today archives from May 1996

Sterilizer segment posts gains amid demands for safety and speed.
May 1, 1996... Driven by the triple needs to shorten turnaround time for sterilizing costly surgical instruments, replace toxic ethylene oxide (EtO) and gluteraldehyde sterilization processes and protect worker safety, annual U.S. sales of sterilization...

Premier's exciting prospects matched by uncertainty among suppliers. (Premier, Inc.)
May 1, 1996... Last year it was Columbia/HCA. This time it's Premier, Inc. Unquestionably, finding ways to deal with the newly named group purchasing leader was highest on the minds of medical device manufacturers, March 27-29, at the 1996 Conference and...

Kendall wins $1.3 million out-of-court judgment in "phantom rebate" case. (The Kendall Co.)
May 1, 1996... In an out-of-court settlement of a case that was closely watched by many in the medical-surgical distribution industry, The Kendall Co., Mansfield, Mass., came away with a $1.3 million judgment against a small Louisiana distributor charged with...

Spectrum feels time has come to resurrect copper vapor laser.
May 1, 1996... By virtue of its acquisition of a technology originally introduced in the late 1980s, Spectrum Medical Technologies, Inc. is "reintroducing" a copper vapor laser known as the Spectrum CVL[TM]. The Natick, Mass.-based laser manufacturer, a...

Bard's TransAct system its first effort with St. Jude Cardiac Assist acquisitions. (Bard Vascular Systems Division; TransAct Cardiac Assist System)
May 1, 1996... The Bard[R] Vascular Systems Division (BSVD) hopes to capitalize on its broad corporate product lines, its established sales contacts in the nation's cath labs and the vertically integrated nature of its TransAct[R] Cardiac Assist System to...

Owens & Minor, in strategic shift, distances itself from stockless distribution programs.
May 1, 1996... A significant change in its attitude toward stockless distribution programs by the number-two player in national medical-surgical supply distribution could signal the beginning of a trend that has hospitals taking on a larger share of the...