COSMED srl
Founded in 1980, with global headquarters in Rome (Italy), COSMED is a privately owned company manufacturing Cardio Pulmonary, Metabolic and Body Composition diagnostic equipment. Since its foundation, COSMED`s primary goal has always been to improve the quality of its products and services through innovation and superior customer service. COSMED began with the design and manufacturing of Spirometers. In the early 80s, COSMED introduced the Pony, a very innovative portable desktop spirometer with immediate success in the European and Asian markets. More than 20,000 units are sold globally. In the mid-90s COSMED designed the first portable metabolic analyzer: the K4. This truly innovative device broke new grounds with metabolic measurement and rapidly became the best selling oxygen measurement device in Education, Sports Science and Research.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Medical / Health Care
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1980
- Employees:
- 101-1000
This company also provides solutions for other industrial applications.
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About Us
COSMED employs worldwide more than 200 people, with over 20 mechanical, electronic and software engineers engaged in R&D. Its headquarters are in Rome (Italy) and it has two plants located in Italy and USA.
Direct operations, through its fully owned subsidiaries, are held in Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Netherland, Switzerland, and USA, and with over 80 Business Partners, are covered more than 100 countries.
COSMED exclusive focus on cardiopulmonary, metabolic and body composition measurement technologies, over the years has brought the company to be considered among the key players of its market thanks to:
- the strong liaisons with several International Scientific Communities
- a large customer base of Academic and Research Organizations that helps to better understand and anticipate clinical needs
- the strict observation of recommendations and guidelines of the main International Scientific Organizations
- a huge investment over the years in R&D with the attainment of several international patents
All this has brought to the publication of more than 2.000 scientific articles in journals, testifying the use of its medical devices and making of COSMED one of the most cited companies in the human physiology assessment research field.
COSMED diagnostic medical devices are produced in compliance with the latest recommendations and guidelines of the main Scientific Organizations including the American Thoracic Society (ATS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Sport Medicine (ACSM).
All COSMED medical devices are designed to meet the most important international and national quality certifications such as: CE mark, IEC 60601-1, FDA 510(K), CAN/CSA ISO 13485:2016, CE Certificate, UNI EN ISO 13485:2016, UNI EN ISO 9001:2015.
The core technologies that COSMED has developed and that uses in its medical devices, are based on cardiopulmonary assessment, on metabolism assessment of energy consumption at rest and during exercise and on body composition assessment via air displacement plethysmography.
Accuracy, reliability and duration of diagnostic medical devices and the innovative software platform OMNIA, worldwide superior customer care, first class technical support, effective training services, along with regular software updates and guaranteed availability of original spare parts and supply of consumables, guarantee COSMED customers to preserve and exploit their investments over time.
COSMED medical devices are grouped into five main Product Lines: