Video Ad

Our Sales Manager experimented on Widows Movie and posted on YouTube a video ad for MEDEV. Still rough but a good start...

What's New?

What's new? Well, our website now has a what's new section! So, that's what's new!

With the what's new section, visitors to our website can directly go to information on new products of MEDEV which I am also posting here...

MyLabGold Series.
Last year, ESAOTE has released the MyLabGold Series (which now include MyLab 60, 70XVision and 70XVG). These are ESAOTE's super-premium ultrasound systems intially designed for the general radiology market. It will also be released soon for cardiovascular imaging.
















MyLab40.
The MyLab40 is an update of the MyLab20 to include cardiac imaging. Much like the Caris Plus, but with huge improvements on image quality, ergonomy, archiving, and latest software features, the MyLab40 is a nice high-end edition to our ultrasound line.













CM100.
The CM100 is one of the latest designed single-channel ECG machines in the world. It really has nice features ready to blow away the more established competitive brands.











GT Series.
The GT Series Patient Monitor also has integrated the latest designs available in the patient monitoring market.

Made in China, anyone?

I was surfing the internet one time and looking for possible suppliers of medical equipment when I stumbled upon loads and loads of products coming from China. Amazingly, I found at least 10 Chinese manufacturers of ultrasound and the same for ECG machines and patient monitors. They even produce MRI and CT equipment, yes..., the more expensive type of medical systems out there. There are hosts of medical supplies manufacturers too.

Is China really now invading all even high technology markets such as this medical equipment market? Are they really capable of producing high quality equipment critical to diagnosing diseases and, ultimately, saving lives?

Well, I am not sure... But looking closely, I found some chinese manufacturer websites sporting even the CE and FDA logos. Are they really able to sell their wares in the advanced and stricter markets in the USA and the European Union? If they are, then they must really be on to something. And yes, we can put into the equation that Chinese brands, even in other industries, are selling their wares almost always lower in price than those from other countries.

I wonder how the Philippine market will react to this Chinese invasion... Are Filipino doctors ready to accept the quality presented by Chinese manufacturers?

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Sales Executives

We are looking for the best medical equipment Sales Executive/s. If anyone is interested to apply, please send us an e-mail with resume at:

admin(at)medevmedicaldevices.com

Excitement at Esaote

With the addition of new models every now and then, ESAOTE has just become one of the most exciting manufacturer of medical ultrasound imaging equipment in the planet.

Last February, during one of International Medical conventions, ESAOTE released the MyLab60.. a new ultrasound unit based on the MyLab70 (which was also recently released) but with some features not included. Meanwhile, this month, ESAOTE is due to release the MyLab40 which is based on the MyLab15/20 but with the capabilities of the higher model MyLab25/30CV/50/50CV. Also this month, ESAOTE will release the MyLab70XVG which is also a MyLab70 system but with all the bells and whistles found in true top-of-the-line systems.

With 3 units just released or due for release within a 2-month period, surely ESAOTE is turning anxious stares during conventions from well-entrenched competitors. To think that ESAOTE even released a most advanced dedicated MRI system that is able to tilt for weight-bearing spine/bone imaging, the G-Scan, we are definitely in for a most exciting season. Watch out for ESAOTE, we are coming!

Medtronics Physiocontrol and Philips Defib Quality Problems

This could be good news for us... Medtronics Physiocontrol suspends shipment of its defibrillators since last January 2007 according to this news clip from Reuters:

NEW YORK, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Medtronic Inc.'s unit Physio-Control suspended the U.S. shipment of products manufactured at its Redmond, Washington plant after it identified quality system issues.

The action will delay the spin-off of Physio-Control by Medtronic and is not expected to have a material effect on Medtronic's third quarter, the medical device maker said.

The issues were identified by Physio-Control, Medtronic and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company said....

According to the same news report, similar problems in the past takes "more than 12 months" to resolve. If this is true, then PhysioControl is basically out of the ballgame for at least a year! With virtually all of their products suspended for shipment due to quality problems in their manufacturing process, I wonder how this company could survive?

Meanwhile, Philips also had some quality issues with the US FDA as shown in this news clip (also from Reuters):

WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to Philips Medical Systems about problems with the company's portable devices that shock a patient and restore a normal heart beat, according to a copy made public on Tuesday.

The FDA letter, dated Jan. 29, said the unit of Philips Electronics needed to take additional corrective steps to address intermittent switch failures reported by users in FR2 and FR2+ models of automatic external defibrillators.

Although the company determined the failures were due to a manufacturing problem involving wash water contamination and recalled units from affected lots, the FDA said Philips must make changes to operating procedures that allowed the problem to occur....

I am not sure what is happening with PhysioControl and Philips at this time. Luckily for us though, our defibrillator supplier, Zoll, is not affected in anyway with quality issues with the US FDA! Surely, Zoll will easily dominate the US market for defibrillators this year. Meanwhile, I hope we'll also be able to dominate the defibrillator market in the Philippines this year!