Tag: Sunrise Medical
Sunrise, LUCI take next step in partnership
November 1, 2022HME News Staff
FRESNO, Calif., and NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As part of a new agreement Sunrise Medical will offer patients within Veterans Affairs the option to install LUCI’s safety technology system on its QUICKIE power wheelchairs straight from the factory. It’s the first agreement of its kind for LUCI, which launched in 2020 and which announced its compatibility with the QUICKIE line of wheelchairs in July 2021, after more than a year of collaboration between the two companies. “We’re...
Sunrise Medical makes two acquisitions
September 8, 2022HME News Staff
FRESNO, Calif. – Sunrise Medical has acquired two European companies, The Helping Hand Company and Now Tech, as part of its strategic growth plans.
"We are very excited to welcome The Helping Hand Company and Now Tech into the Sunrise Medical family,” said Thomas Babacan, president and CEO of Sunrise Medical group. “Continuously improving our global operation excellence and striving for great, breakthrough innovations has always been the center of our strategy. Both acquisitions...
RGK launched in North America
August 9, 2022HME News Staff
FRESNO, Calif. – RGK, a range of advanced, made-to-measure manual wheelchairs, is now available through Sunrise Medical North America. RGK, which Sunrise Medical acquired in 2015, has more than 30 world champion ambassadors globally. “I don’t compromise my manual mobility, why would I expect others to?” said Josh Anderson, vice president of business development and a RGK rider. “Good is not good enough. We are committed to making a better product than we are obligated...
Funding, care coordination key for kids
August 2, 2022John Andrews
Pediatrics can be viewed as a complex puzzle consisting of disparate pieces that must fit together to furnish the comprehensive care each patient needs. HME providers serving this market are tasked with finding the funding, care coordination, clinical resources and medical equipment designed for growing bodies.
It’s a major challenge that brings major rewards, says Amy Morgan, principal product manager at Lebanon, Tenn.-based Permobil.
“The reality of serving as a CRT...
Sunrise Medical’s Quickie Nitrum recognized
June 9, 2022HME News Staff
FRESNO, Calif. – Sunrise Medical has received a Red Dot Award for Product Design for its Quickie Nitrum ultralight manual wheelchair. The international awards recognize products with outstanding design. “We are thrilled that Nitrum has been recognized by Red Dot for its superior design,” said Thomas Babacan, Sunrise Medical’s group CEO. “The team worked relentlessly to engineer an ultra lightweight wheelchair that provides a smooth ride for users of wheelchairs.”...
Sunrise's Presperin Pedersen on importance of service models, early education and clinical evidence
April 2, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
FRESNO, Calif. – Jessica Presperin Pedersen says her new position as director of clinical education for North America at Sunrise Medical allows her to “pull together everything I’ve done” in more than 40 years of practice in the complex rehabilitation industry.
Presperin Pedersen’s long resume includes working in all sectors of the seating and mobility industry; serving as a research assistant, assistant professor and master clinician at the Shirley Ryan Ability...
In brief: Inogen revenues, UnitedHealth merger, Heartland registration
February 25, 2022HME News Staff
GOLETA, Calif. – Inogen reported revenue of $76.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2021, an increase of 3.3% over the same period in 2020, driven by a 23.3% in domestic direct-to-consumer sales to $33 million.
Domestic business-to-business sales in the fourth quarter of 2021 decreased 57.6% to $10.3 million compared to $24.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2020, primarily due to the supply chain constraints that limited product availability in this channel.
Rental revenue...
Braze Mobility, Sunrise Medical partner
February 21, 2022HME News Staff
TORONTO – Braze Mobility’s blind spot sensor technology is now available on Sunrise Medical’s Quickie line of power wheelchairs in Canada as a result of a new partnership between the two companies. “Sunrise Medical Canada is very proud to be partnering with Braze Mobility,” said Mike Longo, senior director, commercial operations. “This partnership will give us first-to-market OEM access to their innovative, blind spot sensor technology on our line of Quickie power...
Sunrise Medical taps Pedersen to lead education
February 15, 2022HME News Staff
FRESNO, Calif. – Sunrise Medical has appointed Jessica Presperin Pedersen, who has more than 40 years of clinical practice as an occupational therapist, as director of clinical education for North America. Pedersen has worked in all sectors of the wheelchair and seating industry as a master clinician, supplier, manufacturing consultant, design representative and educator. “The further development of our clinical education team is a critical part in our success and Jessica brings an unparalleled...
In brief: Hangover clinics, SMRC audits, PHE extension
January 21, 2022HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association and several allied organizations have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and state regulatory agencies to investigate unregulated, direct access infusion businesses that provide individuals with intravenous solutions absent the recommendation of a licensed prescriber.
These businesses, they say, treat hangovers, exercise recovery and elevation sickness, which can usually be resolved with oral medications or through...