ADVISORY/Invacare Invites Media Calls Regarding New Wheelchair Technology.Business Editors/Assignment Desks/Health & Medical Writers ADVISORY... ELYRIA, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2003 A press release was issued earlier today by Independence Technology LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control announcing the introduction of new wheelchair technology. Invacare Corporation, the global leader in wheelchairs, invites media calls for comment on the wheelchair industry and new wheelchair technology. CONTACT: Susan A. Elder, Invacare Corporation, 440/329-6549. Invacare Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IVC IVC abbr. inferior vena cava ) is the global leader in the manufacture and distribution of innovative home medical products that promote recovery and active lifestyles through more than 25,000 providers. The company, which had 2002 revenues of $1.09 billion, goes to market in the following channels of distribution: home care, mass retail and institutional. Within these channels of distribution, Invacare participates in the following product segments: Home Care, which includes rehab products, respiratory products, manual wheelchairs, home care beds, therapeutic support surfaces and personal care products marketed by Invacare's Home Care Group; Soft Goods and Supplies, which includes ostomy ostomy Surgical opening in the body, or the operation creating it, usually to allow discharge of wastes through the abdominal wall. It may be temporary, to relieve strain on damaged organs, or permanent, to replace normal channels congenitally missing or surgically removed , incontinence, wound care and diabetic supplies marketed by Invacare Supply Group; and Institutional, which includes nursing home beds, patient lifts and slings, nursing home furniture and bathing systems marketed by Invacare Continuing Care continuing care a professional convention that a veterinarian who is treating an animal is obliged to continue treating that case unless an arrangement is made with its custodian to transfer the care to another practitioner or to a specialist. Group. Invacare has 5,400 associates worldwide and does business in more than 80 countries around the world. Corporate headquarters are located in Elyria, Ohio, and the firm has manufacturing plants in the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Mexico, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. For more information about the company, visit Invacare's website at www.invacare.com. |
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