Medical equipment

Growing ENT market attracts Cook

September 10, 2012
J.K. Wall
Bloomington-based Cook Medical announced a new division to capitalize on the growing market for minimally invasive procedures to fix problems in ears, noses and throats, as well as other maladies of the head and neck.
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Biomet gives ortho industry hope

June 18, 2012
J.K. Wall
The skies got a little brighter for the orthopedic industry on Friday after Warsaw-based Biomet Inc. reported strong quarterly sales growth of 3.4 percent. That news sparked a small surge in the stock prices of two other Warsaw-based orthopedics companies.
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Orthopedic startups attracting big moneyRestricted Content

June 9, 2012
J.K. Wall
The Warsaw area is well-known as the home of gigantic orthopedic implant companies and their suppliers. But now a handful of startups have been able to raise nearly $25 million in equity investments despite the recession—putting a bit more fuel into a fairly stagnant entrepreneurial sector.
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French breast-implant recall could sway U.S. device debate

January 19, 2012
Bloomberg News
U.S. medical device makers have spent the last year urging government officials to approve high-risk products faster, like their European counterparts. A scandal over leaking breast implants made in France, however, may make the argument more difficult.
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Gloomy outlook for medical device makers

September 12, 2011
J.K. Wall
The next four years could be rough for makers of medical devices and orthopedic implants, including Bloomington-based Cook Medical Inc. and Warsaw-based Zimmer Holding Inc. and Biomet Inc.—and not because of the 2010 health reform law.
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Roche Diagnostics to get indirect boon from new test

August 22, 2011
J.K. Wall
New drug for metastatic melanoma packaged with genetic test should help Roche sell more of its cobas 4800 laboratory testing systems.
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Roche wins approval of HPV test

April 25, 2011
J.K. Wall
Roche Diagnostics Corp. won regulatory approval for a new HPV test, giving it a technological edge in the $300 million market for automated cervical cancer tests.
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King Systems' two top execs exit company

January 28, 2011
Scott Olson
An executive at the Noblesville firm's parent company said the departures of CEO Don Dumoulin and Chief Financial Officer Yun Kim were the result of a "mutual agreement." A search is under way for replacements to lead one of the area's largest medical device manufacturers.
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Home Health Depot acquires Arcadia subsidiary

October 21, 2010
The division purchased by Home Health Depot markets and sells home health related items via mail and online. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Q&A

October 6, 2010
J.K. Wall
Dale Hockel is vice president of clinical engineering services at TriMedX, which helps hospitals and health care facilities keep their medical equipment running even as it ages. TriMedX grew its number of clients in 2009 by 36 percent to a total of 739 health care facilities.
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