Astra Tech develops, manufactures and markets dental implants and advanced medical devices within urology, surgery and respiratory care. Our history stretches as far back as 1948 – a journey filled with innovations that enhance the quality of life. Astra Tech touches the lives of many people – from users, patients, caregivers and employees to researchers, journalists and university students. Our work is exciting, of course, but it also comes with great responsibility. And we assume this responsibility by basing our work on a set of well-defined ethical norms and values. Find out more about Astra Tech on our website, and feel free to contact us directly at any time.

ASTRA TECH S.P.A.
VIA CRISTONI 86
40033 CASALECCHIO DI RENO (BO) – ITALY
TEL +39 051 2987511 – FAX  +39 051 2987585
www.astratech.it – surgery.IT@astratech.com

Breas Medical
A GE Healthcare Company

Breas Medical, a member of the GE Healthcare group, designs, produces and markets respiratory products for the Homecare Ventilation and Sleep Therapy markets globally. Our product brands iSleep and Vivo offer advanced respiratory support for sleep-related breathing disorders and respiratory insufficiency.
iSleep and VIVO provide respiratory support from Basic CPAP through BiLevel up to life support ventilation.

www.breas.com

Breas Medical AB
Företagsvagen 1
435 33  Molnlycke
Sweden

T +46 31 86 88 00
F +46 31 86 88 10

COSMED is a Leading manufacturer of cardiopulmonary testing devices offering a wide product range:new Quark PFT modular equipment lab for screening Spirometry,Lung Volumes,DLCO & Gas Exchange analysis; K4b2 & Quark CPET, portable & stationary CPET systems; PONY FX and SPIROPALM, desktop & hand-held spirometers. Introducing Fitmate MED, the first and unique desktop size equipment for Exercise Testing, Nutritional Assessment, Full Spirometry and exercise prescription.

COSMED Srl
Via dei Piani di Monte Savello, 37
Pavona di Albano - Rome - 00041 - ITALY
Phone +39 (06) 931-5492
Fax +39 (06) 931-4580
info@cosmed.it
www.cosmed.com

Covidien, employees are passionate about helping doctors, nurses, pharmacists and other medical professionals be as effective as they can be.
Through ongoing collaboration with medical professionals and organizations, Covidien people identify clinical needs and translate them into proven products and procedures that yield positive results for life. Over the years, Covidien have pioneered a number of medical advances including pulse oximetry, portable ventilation, oxygen therapy and sleep disorders devices. 
Offering an extensive product line that spans medical devices, imaging solutions, pharmaceuticals, and medical supplies, we serve healthcare needs in hospitals, long-term care and alternate care facilities, doctors’ offices and in the home.

Group Product Manager Home Care
Italy, Spain and Portugal
Covidien Italia S.p.A
Via Rivoltana 2/D
20090 Segrate (Milano)
Italy
tel: +39 02 70317.259
mobile: +39 335 7446386
fax: +39 02 70317.266
www.covidien.com

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is the world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of heated humidification devices used in respiratory care and in the treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
The business consists of the three product groups below.
We offer a world leading range of heated humidification systems for use during the treatment of respiratory conditions by ventilation or oxygen therapy. Our Humidification systems are designed to overcome many of the challenges of effectively creating, controlling and delivering gases to a patient’s airway at close to physiologically normal levels of temperature and humidity.
Our solutions for the treatment of OSA include a comprehensive range of CPAP units and humidification technologies in addition to premium interfaces. We combine leading-edge technologies with rigorous     R & D to provide a line-up of high-performance products for sleeping well and living well.
Our "Tools for New Life" have the goal of providing optimum neonatal care, we offer a range of devices in warming, resuscitation and respiratory support which have been designed to facilitate the infant’s transition from the mother’s womb to the outside world. 

For any specific question please contact:

info@fphcare.it
http://www.fphcare.com/

Invacare Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer and distributor in the worldwide market for medical equipment used in the home. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes an extensive line of health care products for the non-acute care environment, including the home health care, retail, and extended care markets.
When the company was acquired in December 1979 by Mal Mixon and a small group of investors and a limited product line of standard wheelchairs and patient aids.
Today, Invacare is the leading company in each of the following major, non-acute, medical equipment categories: power and manual wheelchairs, home care bed systems, and home oxygen systems.
Invacare is the only company in the home medical equipment industry with a full line of products:
   • Custom power and custom manual wheelchairs, seating and positioning, and scooters.
   • Oxygen systems, sleep, and nebulizers.
   • Bath safety, walkers, wheelchairs, beds, and therapeutic support surfaces.
Invacare sells its products to over 25,000 home health care and medical equipment providers, distributors, and government locations in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia. The company has 5,700 associates and markets its products in 80 countries around the world.

Salvatore Dolores
evitella@invacare.com
Marketing Assistant
INVACARE MECC SAN SRL
www.invacare.it

Linde Healthcare develops and manufactures products and services that play significant roles in a variety of different areas of patient care within hospitals and clinics, in homecare and in diagnostic and laboratory applications.

Ilaria Tidore
Segreteria Direzione Generale ed Immagine Aziendale

Linde Medicale Srl
Via Pio Semeghini, 38
00155 Roma - Italy
Telefono:+39 06 22896255     
Telefacs:+39 06 22896260

Email:ilaria.tidore@it.linde-gas.com
Web:http://www.lindemedicale.it/

MAQUET Group is one of the world’s leading suppliers of medical technology for use in operating rooms and intensive care units.
Maquet Group manufacture and sell: ventilators, monitoring systems, anesthesia wok stations, operating tables, OR lights, pendants, heart-lung machines, oxygenators, OR projects.
New medical solutions are the result of consistent investment into research and development. In this way, practical, pioneering products developed by MAQUET make a major contribution to optimum patient care.

MAQUET Italia S.p.A.
Via Gozzano 14
20092 Cinisello B. - Milano
Italy
 
Tel: +39 02 611135 202, +39 335 1440554
Fax: +39 02 611135 263
Email: francesca.schenoni@maquet.it
Internet: www.maquet.com

MedicAir has been working on the Home Care market for more than 20 years.
The Head Office is in Pogliano Milanese (Milano, Italy), with 25 subsidiaries covering the whole territory.
Recently, some new branches have been opened in Europe.
MedicAir is a “family” company with subsidiaries on the territory, which are directly in contact with patients, hospitals, health administration, purchasing offices and chemists.
MedicAir complies to the ISO 9000 international standards.

The core businesses are mechanical ventilation, oxygen therapy, therapeutic aids and, more recently,

- Enteral feeding
- Telemedicine: Respicard
- Home care assistance for diabetic and stomy patients
- Therapeutic aids maintenance
- Polysomnography

Our claim is: “At your service, always and everywhere” 
www.medicair.it
info@medicair.it

Nonin Medical, Inc.: Empowering Patients Through Innovation
In the ever-evolving landscape of physiological monitoring, Nonin Medical is continually leading the advance and implementation of new technologies designed to improve patient care. Our vision for the future of healthcare is the advancement of interoperable solutions that empower patients and increase efficiency for providers. With the introduction of our revolutionary, interoperable Bluetooth®-enabled wireless devices, we are leading the industry in the effort to simplify the exchange of information that will ultimately result in lower healthcare costs and increased patient independence.

Nonin Medical, Inc.
13700 1st Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55441-5443
USA

Web: www.nonin.com

Medical Products Research S.r.l. specialized in the projecting and production of medical devices for hospitals and home care patients, started in 2005 with products for diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases.
MPR was licensed in the use of International Patents (PCT) with successful results after years of studies and researches. We have developed new technologies which help the rehabilitation and treatment of patients.
MPR was appointed and licensed by Pisa University, to develop other International Patents, as well as a new special aerosol chamber for Nuclear Medicine, aerosol device and home care NIMV.

Medical Products Research S.r.l.
Via Lega, 48 20025 Legnano (MI) - ITALY
Tel: +39 0331 597 992 Fax: +39 0331 485 089
Web: www.mpr-italy.it E-mail: info@mpr-italy.it

In 2001 Purling was founded in order to offer products of high quality and innovation in the field of Otorhinolaryngology.
Our company develops, produces and commercializes some new and patented products in various countries of the world.

PRODUCTS ON TRADE:
LAVONASE®
sterile, single use medical device for irrigation and/or washing of the nasal cavities and the rhinopharynx with sterile physiological solution
RIVOLUS®
sterile, single use medical device for irrigation and/or washing of the nasal cavities and the rhinopharynx with sterile physiological solution.
AURICOLAV®
sterile, single use medical device for cleansing the external auditory canal and the tympanic membrane with sterile physiological solution.
AELAV®
sterile, single use medical device for cleansing the vaginal cavity as well as the urethral orifice with sterile, physiological solution.
ANIUS®
sterile, single use medical device for irrigation and/or washing the rectum with sterile, physiological solution
Other devices, already patented, are in the phase of development and soon will be on the market. Others are still in an advanced research phase. Please visit our website: www.purling.tv.

ResMed is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of medical equipment for screening, treatment and management of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and other respiratory conditions.

ResMed is committed to education and awareness by supporting leading physicians and researchers exploring the link between SDB and life-threatening diseases.

ResMed operates in over 68 countries via 20 direct offices and a network of distributors with extensive knowledge and experience of local markets.

The result is an ongoing journey of growth, leadership and excellence.

Contact details:

ResMed Europe
c/o ResMed Switzerland Ltd.
Viaduktstrasse 40
4051 Basel
SWITZERLAND
Phone: +41 – 61 – 564 70 00
Fax: +41 – 61 – 564 70 80
reception@resmed.ch
www.resmed.com

Philips Respironics, a global leader in the sleep and respiratory markets, is passionate about improving the quality of people’s lives with solutions that are designed around the needs of our customers and their patients. For Philips Respironics, innovation is driven by gaining insight into the needs of the people who use our products in the areas of sleep management, oxygen therapy, noninvasive ventilation and respiratory drug delivery. This tradition of innovation combined with our ability to anticipate market needs has made Philips Respironics a name acknowledged worldwide as a pace-setter in the markets we serve.

International Group
Philips Home Healthcare Solutions
20, rue Jacques Daguerre
92565 Rueil Malmaison Cedex
Tel:  +33 (0)1 47 52 30 00
www.philips.com/respironics

Coming from the longstanding tradition of business excellence of SAPIO Industries, SAPIO Life was founded in 1989 to develop and market a full range of services and technologies for health, safety and quality of life based on medicinal gases. As the market leader integrating both Hospital and Home Care Services within a unique brand, SAPIO Life is a major partner of the National Health Service to ensure continuity of care.

With a network of 180 employees and over 50 branches, agencies and subsidiaries, also relying on the SAPIO Group logistics, SAPIO Life operates nationwide to offer its services to more than 20.000 patients.

Our portfolio includes:

Oxygen therapy
Ventilation therapy
Aerosol therapy
Sleep lab technologies
Medical aids and equipments
Nutrition therapy
Home care nursing
Hospital plants
Criobiology
Hyperbaric chambers

We are available 24 hours a day to provide any help to our customers, patients and caregivers.

Sapio Life S.r.l
Via Silvio Pellico,48
20052 Monza
Tel. 039/8398.777
Fax. 039/8398.760

SIARE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL GROUP s.r.l.
Via Giulio Pastore, 18
40056 Crespellano (Bologna) - ITALY
Phone +39.051.969802
Fax: +39.051.969366
Web site: www.siare.it  
E-mail: mail@siare.it
 
 
Products/Services/Field of application
 
SIARE ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL GROUP s.r.l. was established in 1974 with the main purpose of becoming a leading manufacturer of Anaesthesia, Resuscitation, Intensive Care, Surgery and Emergency equipment, Critical care ventilators with turbine, Monitoring systems and Technical units for ICU-CCU-OR. Focusing on continuous scientific research and production of high quality products, SIARE markets its equipment at a world-wide level with success.
 
 
Main markets
EUROPE – AFRICA – MIDDLE EAST – SOUTH-EAST ASIA – SOUTH AMERICA

Taema is part of the medical equipment activity of Air Liquide group’s Healthcare division. Taema designs, manufactures and sells a complete range of ventilators that are used in hospital  for emergency, transport, intensive care units, anaesthesia as well as at home. Taema is known for its long history and proven expertise in the development of ventilators. Through a close cooperation with leading respiratory care medical teams in France, Europe and worldwide, Taema provides innovative ventilators that meet their ever increasing  and demanding  requirements in terms of patient safety, performing ventilation modes, ease of use, accurate and optimal patient monitoring. www.taema.com

Sequal Technologies Europe is focused on providing the most versatile oxygen therapy solutions to COPD patients. The Eclipse 2™ Personal Ambulatory Oxygen System™ provides unprecedented clinical performance to improve pulmonary rehab by allowing patients to live more active lives. Our unique AutoSAT™ technology automatically adjusts to your patient’s varying oxygen demands and the Eclipse 2™is the only oxygen concentrator on the market that provides 3 lpm continuous flow, or true pulse dose, in a 24-hour/7-days-per-week portable device, thereby meeting all your patient’s ambulatory and stationary needs, while guaranteeing delivery of your prescription. The Integra™ is world’s best performing 10 LPM concentrator. Both products come with an industry leading 3 years warranty and excellent clinical and technical support programs.
 
Sequal Technologies Europe Ltd.
Qualtech House
Parkmore Business Park West
Galway, Ireland
 
Tel: +353 91 660 310
Fax: +353 1 684 9936
Email: sales@aotinc.net
www.aotinc.net

VIVISOL is one of the leading suppliers of home care services with over 20 years experience. We are specialized in oxygen therapy, mechanical ventilation, diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, aerosol therapy, enteral nutrition, diagnostics, telemedicine and home aid. Vivisol’s experience highlights a constant evolution of its medical and home care services and a highly effective specialist support  system for both physicians and patients. Established in 1986, Vivisol has a European network of 40 branches in 10 countries and daily provides home care services to over 45.000 patients. For further information visit our website: www.vivisol.com or contact us: info@vivisol.it

Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbH + Co. KG concentrates on its product lines Homecare, Emergency and Diagnostics. In these areas the Hamburg-based family business offers diagnostic, therapeutic and also life-saving devices and system solutions of the highest quality. Today it is in the hands of the Griefahn and Feldhahn families and its headquarters have been located in Hamburg-Stellingen since 1977.

Today the company has about 500 employees. With more than 100 patent families and 90 trademarks, Weinmann is among the leading providers of medical devices for home care, diagnostics and emergency medicine in Germany. Sales in 2007 were 65.5 million Euros. Weinmann does business in more than 50 countries and operates branch offices in France, Switzerland, Thailand, China, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.

Weinmann
Geräte f. Medizin GmbH + Co. KG
Kronsaalsweg 40
22525 Hamburg
Germany

T: +49-(0)40-547 02 0
F: +49-(0)40-547 02 461
E: info@weinmann.de
www.weinmann.de