january 1 1999 1999 01 01 in stevensville md u.s. founders bill niland jun cortez headquarters exeter new hampshire united states area served worldwide key people joe army president & chief executive officer lindsay becker human resources manager lise halpern vp of marketing & clinicals som kovvuri vp of regulatory affairs & quality assurance john landry vp & chief financial officer mike webb vp of research & development george dungan vp of innovation kevin thibodeau vp of international sales john coolidge vp of operations buck weller vp of u.s. sales products precision flow 2008 present vapotherm 2000i 2003 2008 brands precision flow precision flow heliox flowrest number of employees 116 2015 slogan we take the work out of breathing website http vtherm.com vapotherm inc. is a privately held corporation based in exeter new hampshire that was founded in 1999 as a medical device manufacturer after creating the first heated and humidified high flow therapy nasal cannula system . contents 1 vapotherm precision flow 1.1 precision flow heliox 2 vapotherm q50 compressor 3 vapotherm 2000i 3.1 recall controversy 4 references vapotherm precision flow edit in 2009 vapotherm released a new flagship product replacing the vapotherm 2000i that had been recalled in 2005 and then re approved for use in market in 2006 ; boasting a completely integrated electronic flow meter and electronic blender as well as an internal oxygen analyzer . the precision flow is currently vapotherm s flagship capital unit and is the premier medical device for providing high flow therapy . precision flow heliox edit through an agreement with praxair vapotherm provides a precision flow model specially calibrated specifically for 80 20 heliox gas for use in patients who may benefit from heliox therapy . vapotherm q50 compressor edit in november 2015 vapotherm announced its own model of medical air compressor specifically to be used with their flagship precision flow device . vapotherm 2000i edit recall controversy edit in 2005 contaminated vapotherm 2000i respiratory gas humidification devices were associated with an outbreak of ralstonia mannitolilytica bacteria in children in the united states . 1 vapotherm issued a recall of all 2000i devices on 13 october 2005 . 2 vapotherm worked with the cdc and fda to revise the operating manual and reduce risk to patients and the 2000i was reintroduced on 1 february 2007 . 3 references edit jhung m. a. ; sunenshine r. h. ; noble wang j. ; et al. 1 june 2007 . a national outbreak of ralstonia mannitolilytica associated with use of a contaminated oxygen delivery device among pediatric patients . pediatrics . 119 6 1061 1068 . doi 10.1542 peds .2006 3739 . retrieved 28 july 2015 . vapotherm issues urgent nationwide recall of all vapotherm 2000i respiratory gas humidification devices . food and drug administration . 24 january 2006 . retrieved 28 july 2015 . fda public health notification precautions in using the reintroduced vapotherm 2000i respiratory gas humidifier system . food and drug administration . retrieved 28 july 2015 . this article related to medical equipment is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vapotherm & oldid 715069084 categories 1999 establishments in new hampshireexeter new hampshiremanufacturing companies established in 1999medical equipment manufacturersmedical equipment stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 13 april 2016 at 14 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view