Tag: Motivo
Motivo names new exec to lead ramp up
September 13, 2018HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE - Motivo has named Michael Lenzie CFO and COO to help ramp up the manufacturing of its Motivo Tour Walker in response to increasing customer demand, the company announced Sept. 11. Lenzie, who will be based at the company's headquarters in New Berlin, Wis., will also oversee accounting, supply chain and production. “Hiring Michael represents yet another important growth milestone for Motivo,” said Jeremy Knopow, co-founder. Before joining Motivo, Lenzie served in various management...
In brief: POCs on the rise, therapeutic shoe bill introduced
June 29, 2018HME News Staff
BOSTON - HME providers will continue to increase adoption of portable oxygen concentrators, to the tune of about 30% over the next 12 months, according to a 2Q 2018 survey on oxygen and sleep trends from Needham & Co.
Applied Home Healthcare's OxyGo Fit and OxyGo were the highest rated POCs at 5.9 and 5.8 out of 7, followed by Inogen's G4 and G3, both at 5.7, and Respironics' SimplyGo Mini at 5.1.
Survey respondents identify an average of 42% of their ambulatory patients as candidates...
Motivo launches Tour nationwide
June 26, 2018HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE - Motivo now offers its Motivo Tour Walker nationwide, the company announced June 25. The company launched the Tour in limited release last year. The Tour, which is available at www.motivolife.com starting at $499, features, among other things, a stow-away seat design that allows users to walk upright inside the frame, rather than hunched over behind it, helping to relieve back and neck pressure by 60%. Motivo announced earlier in June that it had completed nearly $1 million in Series A...
Motivo receives funding
June 6, 2018HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE - Motivo has completed a $950,000 Series A round of financing, bringing the personal mobility device manufacturer's total funding to $4.8 million, it announced in a press release this week. The new round of funding will help the company further develop and scale its new in-house manufacturing capabilities, and support the national launch and advertising campaign for its 2018 Motivo Tour Walker. “This funding represents an important growth milestone for Motivo,” said Jeremy Knopow,...
Knueppel to offer Motivo Tour
March 11, 2015HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE - Knueppel Healthcare Services has partnered with Motivo to be the first Wisconsin provider to carry the Motivo Tour walker, according to a press release. The Tour was named one of Medtrade's Top 5 new products in 2014. “Motivo is proud to have Knueppel as a partner,” said Jeremy Knopow, co-founder of Motivo. “They have a great reputation for providing the best home medical equipment, and we're excited that the Tour will now be available at such a trusted source in southeastern...
Award winners strut their stuff
December 1, 2014John Andrews
ATLANTA - With an eye on increasing provider awareness and interest, representatives from five companies showed off their winning entries from the 2014 HME Innovative Retail Product Awards at a Medtrade panel discussion.The goal is to get more creatively produced, retail-friendly products into the HME environment, said session moderator Jim Greatorex, president of Black Bear Medical.“The five judges selected products they felt displayed innovation, marketing potential and a high chance of winning...