Hamilton Medical
Since 1983 Hamilton Medical has been developing intelligent ventilation solutions that provide safer care for critically ill patients and make life easier for the people who care for them. Today, Hamilton Medical is a leading manufacturer of critical care ventilation solutions for a wide variety of patient populations, applications, and environments.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Medical Equipment
- Market Focus:
- Internationally (various countries)
- Year Founded:
- 1983
Facing the Challenges In Critical Care
Critical care today is confronted with a widening gap between demand and supply (Angus 2000). In addition, patient safety has become a global priority in the past decade (Chan 2012). As a result, many clinicians are under pressure to provide a higher quality of care to an increasing number of complex patients with limited resources. As a specialized manufacturer of ventilation solutions, Hamilton Medical strives to support clinicians facing these challenges.
From Outer Space to ICUs
Inspired by a discussion with a former NASA employee who went on to become an anesthesiologist about the future of medicine, Steve Hamilton, a company owner, developed the vision of a “closed loop ventilation” to automatically coordinate blood gas values and ventilator function – an intelligent ventilator that increases patient safety and reduces clinicians’ workload, but leaves the clinician in command.
From Vision to Reality
The research and development for the “Ventilation Autopilot” resulted in the release of Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV®) in 1997 – now standard on all Hamilton Medical ventilators – and the next-generation evolution INTELLiVENT®-ASV in 2010. These two unique ventilation modes automatically employ lung-protective strategies to minimize complications and encourage patients to breathe spontaneously – thus improving patient safety and comfort and reducing ventilation time. In addition, they reduce workload for the clinicans
Owned by a Visionary Family
Hamilton Medical is a family-owned business run by the second and third generation of the Hamilton family. It has always been the vision of the Hamiltons to employ technology to serve mankind. To pursue this vision, the family enabled Hamilton Medical to invest in a long-term strategy for the benefit of patients and clinicians without being focused on short-term profit. The long-term view of the owners also allowed Hamilton Medical to invest in a next-generation manufacturing facility in Switzerland.