Industry Partners and Profiles A - K

The Intensive Care Society is extremely grateful to the following Industry Partners for their continued support:

Platinum Partner - B. Braun Medical

B.Braun Medical Ltd is a member of the B.Braun Group, one of the world's leading healthcare companies. We offer an outstanding range of healthcare products, matched by comprehensive, high quality services. Our success reflects our ability to develop products, services and systems, in partnership with hospitals, universities and other specialists.

Industry Partners

Ambu develops, manufactures and markets diagnostic and life-supporting equipment and solutions for hospitals and rescue services. Our largest business areas are Respiratory Care, Cardiology and Neurology whilst our latest innovation the single – use flexible intubation scope – the aScope 2 has just been introduced to the market. We also produce ventilation products for artificial respiration and single-use electrodes for ECG tests and neurophysiological mappings.

Our goal is to help clinicians, nurses and paramedics save lives and improve patient care.
Please contact us on 01480 498403, uksales@ambu.com or visit our web site www.ambu.co.uk for further information.

Profile to follow shortly.

Astellas is a global pharmaceutical company dedicated to improving the health of people around the world. Committed to research in anti-infective care, Astellas is focusing on saving the lives of critically ill patients with systemic fungal infections, Clostridium difficile infection and community or hospital acquired pneumonia.

Astellas key contact
Ed Jenkins – Brand Manager, Anti-Infectives
Email: ed.jenkins@gb.astellas.com
Astellas Pharma Ltd – 3rd Floor Future House, The Glanty, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9 AH

Baxter manufactures products that save and sustain the lives of people with a wide range of chronic and acute medical conditions. As a global, diversified healthcare company, Baxter applies a unique combination of expertise in medical devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology to create products that advance patient care worldwide.

BIOPATCH® sits within the ETHICON franchise, a division of JOHNSON & JOHNSON MEDICAL LIMITED. BIOPATCH® is a leader in infection prevention, focused specifically on CRBSIs (Catheter related blood stream infections). Its clinical evidence and dedication to this field has seen it become one of the most recognisable and well-respected brand names in this area. BIOPATCH® has a dedicated team, with 18 years international clinical experience in preventing CRBSIs across the heath care setting.

Cardiac Services is at the forefront of supplying and supporting diagnostic and measurement equipment throughout the UK & Ireland since 1969.

We specialise in the supply of:

• Defibrillators (AED & manual) with EtCO2
• ECG Machines
• Capnography hardware devices & sample lines.
• Emergency and ITU surface & endovascular patient cooling.
• Non-invasive, beat to beat cardiac output monitoring.

Cardiac Services
The Acumen Centre
First Avenue
Poynton
Stockport
Cheshire
SK12 1FJ.

T: 01625 878 999
F: 01625 878 880
E: orders-uk@cardiac-services.com
W: www.cardiac-services.com

CareFusion is committed to delivering complete systems to fit into your Critical Care environment. This means offering a wide range of infusion pumps with associated disposables and a series of ventilation solutions to meet your needs. The AirLife™ Closed Suction System helps maintain safe, continuous ventilation while you change closed suction catheters and perform various other airway access procedures.

For more information please contact your local CareFusion representative on 0800 151 3580 or visit carefusion.com.

Central Medical Supplies are the UK distributors for Cincinnati Sub-Zero hypo/hyperthermia products. The use of therapeutic hypothermia is increasing rapidly to treat conditions such as brain injury, cardiac arrest and stroke. The latest machine from CSZ, the Blanketrol 3, is proving
very successful in UK intensive care units offering programmable and pre-set gradient temperature selection in both the cooling and warming modes.

For further information, please contact CMS on 01538 399541 or visit www.centralmedical.co.uk

Profile to follow shortly.

Founded in 1963, Cook Medical pioneered many of the medical devices now commonly used to perform minimally invasive medical procedures throughout the body. Today the company integrates medical devices, drugs and biologic grafts to enhance patient safety and improve clinical outcomes. Since its inception, Cook has operated as a family-held private corporation. For more information, visit www.cookmedical.com

Dräger is an international leader in the fields of anaesthesia, respiratory care, warming therapy and patient monitoring and IT. Our success is a result of our core strengths: collaboration with our customers, the expertise of our employees, continuous innovation and outstanding quality.

“Technology for Life” is our guiding principle. Wherever they are deployed – Dräger products protect, support and save lives.

With its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead, Draeger Medical employs over 150 people, of which two thirds are in the field supporting our customers every day.

Edwards Lifesciences has been advancing critical care monitoring for more than 40 years, with the development Swan Ganz pulmonary artery catheters - the gold-standard for measuring cardiovascular performance. Our FloTrac system is used to gather some of the same patient information as the Swan-Ganz catheter less invasively.

Recently, we launched our VolumeView set and EV1000 Clinical Platform in the UK. When used with the EV1000 clinical platform, the VolumeView set measures a patient’s volumetric hemodynamic parameters and provides more clarity for clinicians treating critically ill patients. In addition, our EV1000 clinical platform integrates many of our sensors and catheters into one intuitive system. With a touch-screen monitor that displays a patient’s physiologic status, as well as colour-coded clinical targets and alerts, this new clinical platform is designed to simplify decision-making in the hospital environment.

Profile to follow shortly.

Fannin was established in 1829 and today is part of the DCC group.

Fannin UK continues to show market leadership through the provision of Sales and Marketing to healthcare providers of international brands (ICU Medical,
Perouse, Gama, Airtraq, Hospira, Sentra) in the areas of Intravenous and Anaesthesia systems.

The Fannin business is increasingly focused on developing value added products and systems that have Clinical based evidence for Acute Hospitals, who are increasingly looking for customised Clinical solutions to deliver excellent product quality, procedure cost savings and improved availability to ultimately contribute to the delivery of better service levels and systems for their patients outcomes.

Please contact us to arrange a visit or free trial on:
Tel: +44 (0) 118 930 5333
Email: Enquiries@FanninUK.com

Fresenius Kabi is the leading European provider of clinical nutrition and infusion therapy offering a unique and comprehensive range of products and services for both hospital and home settings.

From expertise in nutrition and infusion therapies, and through dedication to people through innovation we are committed to becoming the preferred partner worldwide for saving, treatment and caring for chronically and critically ill patients.

Fukuda Denshi UK, at the forefront of Patient Monitoring and Clinical Information Systems

We provide cutting edge patient monitoring design, unique and flexible installation solutions, flexible clinical information systems, low cost of ownership and market leading customer support to the NHS.

For more information come and see the latest DynaScope range of patient monitors and the Metavision Clinical Information System on our stand, visit www.fukuda.co.uk or speak to one of the many satisfied FDUK customers.

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Our broad expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, performance improvement and performance solutions services help our customers to deliver better care to more people around the world at a lower cost. In addition, we partner with healthcare leaders, striving to leverage the global policy change necessary to implement a successful shift to sustainable healthcare systems.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet need. Gilead’s primary areas of focus include infectious diseases (fungal infections, HIV/AIDS), liver disease and serious cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. With each new discovery and experimental drug candidate, we seek to improve the care of patients suffering from life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1987 in Foster City, California, Gilead now employs some 4,000 people worldwide. As Gilead grows, so do our responsibilities as a corporate citizen and since 2003 our access programme has provided key medicines at substantially reduced prices in low- and middle-income countries. Read more at www.gilead.com.

In 1983, Hamilton Medical UK, based in Birmingham, developed a passion to improve the lives of ventilated patients and the people who care for them and created a new generation of intelligent microprocessor-controlled intensive care ventilators featuring revolutionary new modes and diagnostic tools. We maintain this tradition with the support from our Head Office in Switzerland, combining quality Swiss manufacturing systems with global resources and reliability of a focused organisation.

Hollister is a global medical device manufacturer engaged in more than ninety countries over the past nine decades. It is dedicated to working with and helping healthcare professionals deliver better products and services to make life more rewarding and dignified for those who use our products.

Bowel Care

Many patients suffer from varying degrees of faecal incontinence, thus requiring varying degrees of intervention. Matching the right product to patient needs is the key to achieving optimal clinical and economic outcomes when caring for patients with faecal incontinence.
Hollister is the only company to offer you the following complete portfolio of products to manage most patients’ faecal management issues which also help reduce the overall costs; ActiFlo Indwelling Bowel Catheter System. The only bowel catheter system capable
of proactively managing various stool consistencies, thereby maximising indwell time. Proactive. Dependable. Versatile.
Introducing, InstaFlo Bowel Catheter System. Designed to be easy to use, and to help minimise the need for clinician intervention and maintenance. It is the only diarrhoea management system which combines unique features like the collapse-resistant ring with a patented low-pressure retention cuff, and a sampling port. Simple. Convenient. Effective.
Hollister Faecal Collectors are designed to contain liquid stool and help protect perianal skin from irritation and maceration caused by faecal discharge. Practical. Ready. Accessible.

Tube Fasteners

Securing Endotracheal (ET) Tubes, while helping to reduce skin sores and easy access to oral care is a priority in the critical care setting.
Introducing, Anchor Fast Oral Endotracheal Tube Fastener. The secure and easy to use alternative to tape for securing / fastening oral ET tubes. It's latex-free, advanced design secures and eases movement of ET tubes, simplifying access for oral care, designed to help minimise pressure on the upper lip and surrounding tissue, and will not occlude the tube.
For more information/free samples please call us on 0800 521 377 or visit www.hollister.com/uk

Intavent Direct offers innovative products including the LMA® Airway range for airway management, used in over 300 million patients worldwide.

The product range includes the Ultimate T-bag™ oxygen enrichment device, the MAD® Mucosal Atomisation Devices for Topical Application Management and our newest product, the Venner™ PneuX P.Y.™ - VAP Prevention System .

Kapitex are specialists in Tracheostomy and Airway Management offering a comprehensive range including the Tracoe Experc Percutaneous Kit, inclusive of Tracoetwist, the New Tracoetwist Plus and Vario Adjustable Tracheostomy tubes, Passy Muir Valves for use with ventilators and a full range of Tracheostomy Care Accessories: Holders, Dressings, Cleaning and Skin Care Products.

Kimal is a British company focusing on Cardiology and Radiology, Renal and Critical Care with manufacturing facilities in Bromsgrove and global distribution in Droitwich.
This year, The ICS State of the Art Meeting sees the unveiling of Kimal’s new, revolutionary range of Central Venous Catheters, ALTIUS and ALTIUS Ultra featuring uniquely, laminar flow giving increased flow rates and the ability to administer contrast media at 300 psi. Please come and see how we are moving CVCs into the 21st Century!”