Tag: Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare
Drive Medical returns to roots
December 2, 2025HME News Staff
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is returning to its original brand Drive Medical across all markets.
The company says the move reflects a return to its roots and establishes a brand platform designed to support continued leadership, future acquisitions and global partnerships.
“The return to Drive Medical allows us to honor our heritage while presenting a cohesive identity that will guide our future growth,”...
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare changes hands in new private equity deal
October 17, 2025HME News Staff
LOS ANGELES – Kingswood Capital Management, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to buy Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare from Clayton, Dubilier and Rice (CD&R).
Drive’s existing management team, including CEO Derek Lampert, will continue to lead the company, ensuring continuity in customer relationships and strategic execution, Kingswood said.
“We are incredibly excited about our new partnership with Kingswood and are confident this...
Drive DeVilbiss initiates recall on car adapter
July 21, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is recalling the iGo2 DV6X-619 DC car adapter, a non-critical accessory to the iGo2 Portable Oxygen Concentrator (POC), due to complaints of the DC power cord being hot to the touch and/or melting while being used, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The iGo2 POC is a DC-powered, variable motor/compressor speed oxygen concentrator that can be operated from an AC, DC or battery power source. Use of the affected product may cause serious...
In brief: Tennr’s $101M boost, Drive’s NexStride, One Health Direct’s rebrand
June 20, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tennr has announced a $101 million Series C led by IVP, with participation from new and existing investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, GV, ICONIQ, Foundation Capital, and Frank Slootman.
Tennr has built an orchestration platform and language models designed to automate the labor-intensive workflows of referral-based care.
The company is now launching Tennr Network, a new coordination layer that it says connects referring providers, receiving...
Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare acquires product line of De Oro Devices
June 19, 2025HME News Staff
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare (DDH) has acquired the product line of De Oro Devices, the California-based company behind NexStride, a mobility aid designed to help people with Parkinson’s disease and other mobility-limiting conditions walk with greater safety and confidence.
Founded in 2018, De Oro Devices launched NexStride as a clip-on cueing device to support mobility and physical activity for people with neuroambulatory disorders. About the size...
More than mobility: What customers want now
June 2, 2025Tracy Orzel
The mobility market is growing, but it’s not just growing—it’s shifting. With the aging population climbing, HME providers are increasingly facing a customer who knows what they want and when they want it, regardless of reimbursement falling.
“Consumers want to get out and not be constrained with where they choose to go,” said Jeff Distasio, vice president of sales at Pride Mobility. “Larger scooters with a more recreational, outdoor focus are very popular....
Drive launches PulmO2 for disadvantaged regions
October 14, 2024HME News Staff
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare has launched the PulmO2 Oxygen Concentrator to improve access to oxygen therapy in low- and middle-income countries. To ensure effective delivery and operation, DDH collaborated with Sanrai International, a key partner experienced in bringing medical equipment to underserved areas, to tap into the intricacies of underserved regions and ensure the concentrator's effectiveness in the most challenging settings. "Our mission has always...
Mobility Designed to reach ‘new level’ as part of Drive
July 12, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. – Mobility Designed’s portfolio of products will be in good hands at Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, thanks to the company’s expertise in global manufacturing and supply chain, says Max Younger.
DDH announced in June that it had acquired MD’s portfolio of products, including its flagship product, the M+D Comfort Crutch, and named Younger, its co-founder and chief of innovation, as its senior director of industrial design and innovation.
“Innovation...
Drive DeVilbiss buys Mobility Designed's portfolio
June 25, 2024HME News Staff
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. - Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare has acquired Mobility Designed’s full portfolio of products, including the company’s flagship product, the M+D Comfort Crutch.
As part of the acquisition, Mobility Designed’s co-founder and chief innovation officer, Max Younger, will join DDH as senior director of industrial design and innovation.
“I am incredibly excited to join Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare,” said Younger. “This opportunity...
Technology, advocacy drive pediatric market
June 20, 2024John Andrews
A core aim of pediatrics has always been to provide equipment that “grows” along with patients, and that mission has become more important than ever due to the reimbursement climate, experts say.
Ian Hendry, Leckey sales director at Fresno, Calif.-based Sunrise Medical, explains that pediatric equipment has always been required to grow with the child for funding and insurance purposes. Due to the relatively small nature of the pediatric market, R&D investments often follow well-established...