Corporate Profile for Protocol Systems, dated March 29.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 1996--The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and information services See Information Systems. . These include Dow Jones News/Retrieval, Bloomberg Financial Markets, Reuter Company Newsyear, Reuter Business Briefing, DataTimes, Nexis, Dialog, NewsNet, America OnLine, CompuServe, Delphi, Individual's HeadsUp and First!, Desktop Data's NewsEdge, UMI UMI University Microfilms International UMI United States Minor Outlying Islands (ISO Country code) UMI University of Miami UMI Universal Management Infrastructure (IBM) Data Courier, NewsBank, Information Access Company, Prodigy, Comtex, and many others. -0- Published date: March 29, 1996 Company name: Protocol Systems Inc.
Address: 8500 SW Creekside Place
Beaverton, OR 97008-7107
Telephone No.: 503/526-8500 Chief Executive Officer: James B. Moon Chief Financial Officer: Craig M. Swanson Investor Relations Contact: Grant S. Gibson Business number: 503/526-4372 Home number: 503/246-3749 Public Relations Contact: Grant S. Gibson Business number: 503/526-4372 Home number: 503/246-3749 Trading symbol: NASDAQ: PCOL Industry: Medical Electronics Company description: Protocol Systems Inc. designs, manufactures and markets patient care instruments and information systems utilizing innovative design, advanced software concepts and leading electronic technology. Based in Beaverton, Ore., the company employs 268 people. Protocol's products are available in more than 80 countries throughout the world. Protocol's products include the Propaq(R) line of vital signs monitors which are available in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese languages and provide heart rate, ECG ECG electrocardiogram. ECG abbr. 1. electrocardiogram 2. electrocardiograph ECG Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart. , non-invasive and invasive blood pressure Invasive blood pressure is a method of measuring blood pressure internally by using a sensitive IV catheter inserted into an artery. This provides a more accurate reading of the patent's current blood pressure. This is usually used where rapid variations of blood pressure are anticipated. , pulse oximetry pulse oximetry Oxygen saturation measurement, SaO Critical care A method used to determine the O2 saturation–SaO2 and desaturation of blood in a continuous noninvasive fashion, through the noninvasive assessment of arterial Hb-bound , capnography, respiration, apnea and temperature monitoring. Over 30,000 Propaq monitors have been shipped worldwide. Propaq monitors may be networked via the Acuity(R) System, a powerful Sun Microsystems SPARCstation workstation. Protocol Cordless(R) provides ECG telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. monitoring. Protocol serves the domestic market through a consultative sales force of 45 representatives and managers. Protocol employs 11 international sales and service personnel working with 72 distributors. Protocol's 1995 sales were $49,067,000 with net income of $4,678,000, or 61 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. . Protocol has $24,222,000 in cash and investments, $26,872,000 in working capital, and no long term debt. Total assets are $49,880,000 and shareholders' equity Shareholders' Equity A firms' total assets minus its total liabilities. Equivalently, it is share capital plus retained earnings minus treasury shares. Shareholders' equity is the amount by which a company is financed through common and preferred shares. is $42,531,000. Approximately 61 percent of Protocol's 1995 sales were domestic, and 34 percent international, remaining sales were OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and , at approximately 5 percent. OEM sales were primarily to Gensia Inc. in the form of GENESA devices. As of 3/20/96, Protocol's stock closed at $17-1/4 per share. The 52-week low was $8-1/4 per share and the 52 week high was $17-7/8 per share. CONTACT: Protocol Systems Inc. |
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