please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . april 2013 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message medrad inc. type bayer affiliate founded 1964 headquarters warrendale pennsylvania key people sam liang president ceo gary bucciarelli cao number of employees 1 700 2008 website medrad inc. medrad is an american company headquartered in warrendale pennsylvania it was founded in 1964 by m. stephen heilman a doctor who created the first flow controlled angiographic power injector in the kitchen of his home near pittsburgh pennsylvania . an emergency room physician by day heilman saw potential in angiography . power injecting a contrast agent into the vessels he reasoned would enhance the image and make it possible to diagnose the heart disease and stroke patients who regularly came through the emergency room . heilman s invention was the first in a list of medrad innovations . his company later introduced injector technology for computed tomography ct and magnetic resonance mr imaging . in 2008 medrad acquired possis medical inc. a provider of mechanical thrombectomy devices used to treat narrowed or blocked arteries and veins . medrad is an affiliate of bayer ag see contaminated haemophilia blood products 1 medrad has more than 1 700 employees 1 200 of whom are in the pittsburgh area . the company has branches around the world including the netherlands france germany italy china uk brazil japan norway belgium sweden denmark singapore egypt mexico cyprus and australia . references edit meier barry 1996 06 11 . blood money and aids haemophiliacs are split ; liability cases bogged down in disputes . the new york times . retrieved 2014 02 23 . 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 medrad inc. & oldid 616797003 categories medical equipmentcompanies established in 1964medical equipment stubshidden categories articles with obsolete information from april 2013all wikipedia articles in need of updatingarticles lacking reliable references from september 2008all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall 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 july 2014 at 15 36 . 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