Meditherm

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History 1991- Meditherm formed as a company. Research and development began on an application specific thermography system for medical use due to the limitations of commercially available industrial IR cameras. 1992 - Conducted trials using modified cameras made by NEC, FLIR and AGEMA. 1993 - Contracted with Compix, in Portland, Oregon to manufacture a proto-type camera under licence. 1994 - The first four cameras delivered for clinical use. Trade Mark registration granted for Meditherm and all proprietary materials protected by copyright. 1995 - 1998 - Continued to establish a solid company infrastructure focusing on product support, company personnel training and the development of a clinical market for new generation thermography. Regulatory listing applied for and granted from TGA Australia, FDA USA, and CE in Europe. Over a hundred systems sold. 1999 - International sales increased with Meditherm selling systems in the UK, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Cyprus, Turkey, Romania, Oman. 2001 - Volume of sales justified commencement of regular scheduled monthly training courses.

Medical Monitoring Systems trading as Meditherm was formed in 1991 in Brisbane Australia, in order to provide thermal imaging services to hospitals and other medical professionals. It soon became apparent that there were a number of shortcomings in the industrial IR thermographic equipment that was available to us with respect to clinical use, particularly with the software capabilities of image manipulation, storage, retrieval and report writing. Also many features necessary for industrial use, are not needed for clinical applications, thus contributing to the excessively high, and uneconomic (for many medical applications) cost of the equipment. Meditherm approached the major manufacturers of IR thermography equipment to see if there was interest in modifying their industrial systems to better suit the needs of clinical thermography. We submitted that by removing unnecessary features to reduce the cost would result in DITI becoming economic to a far greater medical market than at present.

We have used a Meditherm system for five years and it has made a big impact on our practice. Patient satisfaction in a rural area is more important than anywhere else due to word-of-mouth referral and this has been foremost in the growth of our practice. Our Meditherm camera is the most economic piece of equipment that we own, it has been totally reliable and continues to be used on a daily basis.

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