News: Inditherm announce new NHS orders
Inditherm has announced details of the sizeable orders it has secured from NHS Trusts for its innovative patient warming systems.
The AIM-listed Manvers firm has developed products using low voltage carbon polymer technology to provide heat. Its systems are used for patients undergoing operations which carry risk of inadvertent hypothermia and in neonatal wards and are exported across the world.
Four NHS Trusts will equip nine hospitals between them, in the South, Midlands, North-West and North-East of England. The orders will account for a total of 140 Inditherm perioperative patient warming systems for use in operating theatres and recovery rooms.
In its latest results to December 31 2012, Inditherm reported that delays with decision making in the NHS hit profits but orders expected to be received in 2012 were delayed and received in early 2013. They added that they believed that the delays were caused by general and specific economic circumstances rather than a dampening of enthusiasm for the products.
Using the technology, the Inditherm system ensures that every surgical patient can be warmed at the same running cost as a light-bulb. One Trust alone is set to save well over half a million pounds in the coming five years, with additional reductions in energy usage, clinical waste disposal and costs of buying and stocking consumables.
In addition, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK government's regulatory authority, issued guidance in 2011 that supports the use of Inditherm patient warming systems for patients undergoing operations which carry risk of inadvertent hypothermia.
Nick Bettles, chief executive of Inditherm, said: "As reported previously, the time taken to convert initial interest in our systems to orders has been a protracted process over the last year, so it is pleasing to see four significant new installations finally come to fruition.
"We are hopeful that more NHS hospitals will recognise the growing acceptance of the benefits Inditherm can deliver in improving clinical care and substantially reducing costs, and will have the confidence to embrace our technology. Over 4,000,000 surgical patients have now been warmed by Inditherm systems, so the clinical efficacy is well established."
Inditherm website
Images: Inditherm
The AIM-listed Manvers firm has developed products using low voltage carbon polymer technology to provide heat. Its systems are used for patients undergoing operations which carry risk of inadvertent hypothermia and in neonatal wards and are exported across the world.
Four NHS Trusts will equip nine hospitals between them, in the South, Midlands, North-West and North-East of England. The orders will account for a total of 140 Inditherm perioperative patient warming systems for use in operating theatres and recovery rooms.
In its latest results to December 31 2012, Inditherm reported that delays with decision making in the NHS hit profits but orders expected to be received in 2012 were delayed and received in early 2013. They added that they believed that the delays were caused by general and specific economic circumstances rather than a dampening of enthusiasm for the products.
Using the technology, the Inditherm system ensures that every surgical patient can be warmed at the same running cost as a light-bulb. One Trust alone is set to save well over half a million pounds in the coming five years, with additional reductions in energy usage, clinical waste disposal and costs of buying and stocking consumables.
In addition, The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK government's regulatory authority, issued guidance in 2011 that supports the use of Inditherm patient warming systems for patients undergoing operations which carry risk of inadvertent hypothermia.
Nick Bettles, chief executive of Inditherm, said: "As reported previously, the time taken to convert initial interest in our systems to orders has been a protracted process over the last year, so it is pleasing to see four significant new installations finally come to fruition.
"We are hopeful that more NHS hospitals will recognise the growing acceptance of the benefits Inditherm can deliver in improving clinical care and substantially reducing costs, and will have the confidence to embrace our technology. Over 4,000,000 surgical patients have now been warmed by Inditherm systems, so the clinical efficacy is well established."
Inditherm website
Images: Inditherm
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