Avanos Medical
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| Formerly | Halyard Health, Inc. (2014–2018) |
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| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Joseph F. Woody[1] (CEO) |
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Number of employees | 5,380 (2020) |
| Website | avanos |
Avanos Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company making clinical medical devices. The company consists of two franchises – Pain Management and Chronic Care – that address reducing the use of opioids while helping patients recover faster and preventing infection.[citation needed]
History
[edit]Avanos Medical also manufactures and distributes Eternal Access System to help healthcare provides to fit feeding tubes into a patient safely - that is the Cortak 2.[2]
They describe Cortrak 2 system as "a time-saving solution that benefits nurses of all levels, dieticians, and GI and ICU doctors."
In April 2022, it was reported that a voluntary field correction had been issued by the company for a vital hospital tool that could have led to injury or even death.[3]
Avanos sells its brands and products in more than 90 countries[4] and operates 8 principal medical device production facilities – generating approximately $612 million in net revenue.[when?][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "BRIEF-Halyard Health says CEO Robert Abernathy to retire". Reuters. 2017-06-23.
- ^ "CORTRAK* 2 Enteral Access System (EAS) Information".
- ^ "Health tech company in talks with FDA about device that may have caused injury, death". Fox News. 28 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Avanos Medical Company Profile". The Vintage Group.
External links
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