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independent report rates Palm Springs, CA March 16 -- MDB Information network analysts recently gave Bird and Bear's adult ventilator systems its highest ratings in the areas of product value, product upgradeability, company viability, company commitment to the customer and the industry, service value, and depth and breadth of service contract offerings. MDB Information Network is an independent, objective third party clinical information service. MDB offers consulting services and evaluations of medical technology for over 2000 member healthcare organizations nationwide. Bird and Bear are part of the Thermo Respiratory Group, a concentration of industry leaders in respiratory care committed to providing the resources and responsiveness healthcare organizations need in today's healthcare environment. The TBirdâ ventilator series is the Seamless Solutionä to respiratory care, and the Bearâ 1000 ventilator system is a versatile critical care ventilator providing a full range of ventilator modalities, including several innovative clinical applications such as Pressure Augmentation, Pressure Slope and SMARTTRIGGERä. Complementing its product breadth, Thermo Respiratory Group includes a comprehensive service organization, totaling over 150 trained personnel providing customer support, product support and field service to customers worldwide. The report notes that Bird and Bear's products include outstanding features and service benefits. According to MDB analysts: "Two of the outstanding features of Bird and Bear products are their low initial cost and good utility." Bird and Bear can offer a full-featured system with most modes of ventilation and a graphics package for a significantly lower price than the competition. Service is also an exceptional value. According to the MDB report, "Service contracts for competitive systems cost a great deal more." MDB analysts also found Bird's TBird ventilator to be extremely versatile: "One benefit of the TBird is that it can be used for transport, critical care and ER and does not require compressed air. This means compressors or gas tanks are not required, which saves time and money." The TBird is truly a dependable critical care ventilator system that can also be used as a transport ventilator when necessary. Users also appreciate the features and benefits of Bird and Bear ventilator systems. "Customers have especially like the reasonable price, versatility and user-friendliness of the Bird and Bear products" observe MDB analysts. An assistant director of respiratory care states: "The user interface is easy and we can navigate through it quickly. The system is a go anywhere, do anything type of machine." Another user affirms the utility and quality of using a Bird and Bear product: "<we have> 42 Bear 1000s. We use them 24 hours, seven days a week. We like the Bear 1000 because it has a wide variety of modes. This allow us to use the systems on sick and not so sick patients, increasing the utility. The user interface and graphics package are great." Service, support and training are also awarded high marks by Bird and Bear customers. One Bird and Bear user stated that service for his Bear 1000 was "real good. If a unit goes down, the service guy is here in 24 to 48 hours, sometimes sooner. If we are running critically low, we tell the service representative and he gets out here. He is very good." Another user, according to MDB analysts, "loves Bird and Bear service," and he describes it in one work: "Excellent! I never have to wait at all." Bird Products Corporation
and Bear Medical Systems are Thermo Respiratory Group Companies,
subsidiaries of Thermo Electron Corporation, and are worldwide manufacturers
of respiratory care equipment and accessories used in acute, sub-acute,
and patient transport settings. For more information, contact your
Thermo Respiratory Group representative, or Bird Products Corporation and
Bear Medical Systems, 1100 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92262 USA,
(800) 328-4139 |
