appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message boehringer laboratories llc . type private industry medical devices medical technology headquarters phoenixville pennsylvania usa products negative pressure wound therapy therapeutic support systems slogan quality and service website www.boehringerlabs.com www.solleve.com boehringer laboratories llc . is a family owned american medical technology company with headquarters in phoenixville pennsylvania . contents 1 market segments 2 corporate history 3 clinical relevance 4 see also 5 references 6 external links market segments edit boehringer operates in 5 market segments 1 advanced would care for situations where wound healing is difficult or problematic anesthesia products suction controls pain relief autotransfusion corporate history edit boehringer was founded in 1972 in phoenixville pennsylvania usa by john r. boehringer . mr. boehringer set out to develop manufacture and market high quality and precision medical products . the company initially released a line of anesthesia and respiratory care instruments followed by suction regulators and autologous blood transfusion products . in 2007 boehringer introduced the engenex product line entering the negative pressure wound therapy market . in 2010 boehringer moved from norristown pa to phoenixville pa . in history of respiratory care by gary smith boehringer laboratories is credited with more innovations in pulmonary care instruments than any other single company . boehringer has been awarded over 60 patents in the us and foreign countries clinical relevance edit the quality and precision of boehringer products resulted in the adoption of the products by many clinical researchers . this combined with the durability required by mr. boehringer for all designs allowed clinicians to purchase instruments that would provide lasting accurate results . spirometers boehringer spirometers were selected above the competition after extensive testing by the american medical research expedition to everest . they were used on the expedition to measure the effects of altitude on respiratory function . 2 after boehringer s success at the top of the world the spirometers became standard equipment on many other medically oriented mountain expeditions . they have been used to measure control of ventilation related to high altitude pulmonary edema 3 to determine the efficacy of pharmaceutical treatments for acute mountain sickness 4 and to determine the efficacy of mechanical treatments for mountain sickness . 5 in addition to their use in the field boehringer spirometers have also been used in hospital studies typically related to anesthesia and patient monitoring . 6 inspiratory force meter boehringer inspiratory force meters with memory have been used in predicting the efficacy of neonate extubation 7 and identifying the number of maneuvers required to accurately measure maximal inspiratory mouth pressure in patients with chronic airflow obstruction . 8 peak flow meter there are currently no peer reviewed articles identifying the use of boehringer s peak flow meter . see also edit negative pressure wound therapy references edit http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp privcapid 47162552 west jb ; boyer sj ; graber dj ; hackett ph ; maret kh ; milledge js ; peters rm ; pizzo cj ; samaja m ; sarnquist fh ; schoene rb ; winslow rm 1983 . maximal exercise at extreme altitudes on mount everest . journal of applied physiology . 55 3 688 698 . pmid 6415008 . hackett ph roach rc schoene rb harrison gl mills wj 1988 . abnormal control of ventilation in high altitude pulmonary edema . journal of applied physiology . 64 3 1268 1272 . pmid 3366741 . grissom ck roach rc hackett ph sarnquist fh 1992 . acetazolamide in the treatment of acute mountain sickness clinical efficacy and effect on gas exchange . annals of internal medicine . 116 6 461 465 . doi 10.7326 0003 4819 116 6 461 . pmid 1739236 . king sj greenlee rr 1990 . successful use of the gamow hyperbaric bag in the treatment of altitude illness at mount everest . wilderness & environmental medicine . 1 3 193 202 . doi 10.1580 0953 9859 1.3.193 . bashein g russell ah momii st 1986 . anesthesia and remote monitoring for intraoperative radiation therapy . journal of applied physiology . 64 6 804 807 . doi 10.1097 00000542 198606000 00023 . pmid 3717646 . shoults d clarke ta benumof jl mannino fl 1979 . maximum inspiratory force in predicting successful neonate tracheal extubation . critical care medicine . 7 11 485 486 . doi 10.1097 00003246 197911000 00001 . pmid 487844 . fiz ja montserrat jm picado c plaza v agusti vidal a 1989 . how many manoeuvres should be done to measure maximal inspiratory mouth pressure in patients with chronic airflow obstruction . thorax . 44 5 419 421 . doi 10.1136 thx .44.5.419 . pmc 461850 . pmid 2763242 . external links edit boehringer home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boehringer laboratories & oldid 743213504 categories american companies established in 1972companies based in chester county pennsylvania1972 establishments in pennsylvaniaprivately held companies based in pennsylvaniahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 14 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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