Type Private Motto Quality and Service | Headquarters Phoenixville Founded 1972 | |
Industry Medical devices, Medical technology Products Negative pressure wound therapy, Therapeutic Support Systems Website www.boehringerlabs.com, www.solleve.com | ||
Boehringer Laboratories, LLC. is a Family owned American medical technology company with headquarters in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.
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Market segments
Boehringer operates in 5 market segments:
Corporate history
Boehringer was founded in 1972 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA by John R. Boehringer. Mr. Boehringer set out to develop, manufacture, and market high quality and precision medical products. The company initially released a line of anesthesia and respiratory care instruments, followed by suction regulators and autologous blood transfusion products. In 2007 Boehringer introduced the Engenex product line, entering the Negative pressure wound therapy market. In 2010 Boehringer moved from Norristown, PA to Phoenixville, PA.
In “History of Respiratory Care”, by Gary Smith, Boehringer Laboratories is credited with more innovations in pulmonary care instruments than any other single company. Boehringer has been awarded over 60 patents in the US and foreign countries
Clinical Relevance
The quality and precision of Boehringer products resulted in the adoption of the products by many clinical researchers. This combined with the durability required by Mr. Boehringer for all designs allowed clinicians to purchase instruments that would provide lasting accurate results.
Boehringer spirometers were selected above the competition after extensive testing by the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest. They were used on the expedition to measure the effects of altitude on respiratory function. After Boehringer’s success at the Top of the World, the spirometers became standard equipment on many other medically oriented mountain expeditions. They have been used to measure control of ventilation related to high-altitude pulmonary edema, to determine the efficacy of pharmaceutical treatments for acute mountain sickness, and to determine the efficacy of mechanical treatments for mountain sickness. In addition to their use in the field, Boehringer spirometers have also been used in hospital studies, typically related to anesthesia and patient monitoring.
Boehringer Inspiratory Force Meters with memory have been used in predicting the efficacy of neonate extubation and identifying the number of maneuvers required to accurately measure maximal inspiratory mouth pressure in patients with chronic airflow obstruction.
There are currently no peer-reviewed articles identifying the use of Boehringer’s Peak Flow Meter.