Biotronics
| Biotronik SE & Co. KG
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| legal form | SE & Co. KG |
| founding | 1963 |
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Berlin , Germany
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| Number of employees | 5,600 worldwide, 2,257 in Germany |
| sales | 533.2 million euros , 50% of which in Europe |
| Branch | Medical technology |
| Website | www.biotronik.de |
| As of December 31, 2013 | |
The BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG is a manufacturer of medical products and provider of services for the electrotherapy of the heart and blood vessels. The private company has its headquarters in Berlin . The company has research facilities in Europe, North America and Singapore.
history
The beginnings of BIOTRONIK can be traced back to the development of the first German implantable cardiac pacemaker (Biotronik IP-03) in 1963 at the Technical University of Berlin by the physicist Max Gustav Julius Schaldach (1936–2001), who was also professor of biomedical engineering at Friedrich -Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and the electrical engineer Otto Franke. In the early years, the company dealt with the determination of the capacities and the service life of batteries for pacemakers and the connection options between the electrode and the pacemaker and between the electrodes and the heart.
In 1976 the headquarters at Sieversufer 8 in Berlin-Neukölln was inaugurated. In 1979 a production facility was established in Lake Oswego , Oregon, USA. This subsidiary resulted from the takeover of the American pacemaker manufacturer Stimulation Technology, Inc. At the same time, the development and manufacture of hybrid circuits and assemblies for the medical technology industry, including circuits for pacemakers, began. In the 1980s, the two-chamber stimulation method (DDD) was developed and cardiac pacemakers could be made that gave priority to spontaneous cardiac contractions and responded better to actual demand. For this purpose, BIOTRONIK developed the Diplos 03 , a multiprogrammable DDD pacemaker with bidirectional telemetry.
In 1987 the head office moved to Woermannkehre 1. From 1993 the first German implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) were part of the product range, including the Phylax 06 . In the 1990s, closed-loop stimulation (CLS) (frequency adjustment) was also developed, in which the pacemaker is integrated into the body's own control system and thus reacts to the patient's changing physical and psychological stress. Also in 1993 BIOTRONIK developed the fractal coating for implantable electrodes. This coating optimizes the electrically active surface of the electrodes and thus improves their electrical perception and stimulation properties.
In 1994 and 1995 the product range was expanded to include electrophysiology and vascular intervention. In this division, BIOTRONIK develops and produces balloon catheters and stents for the treatment of diseases of the coronary arteries and vessels of the outer extremities. From 2000 a complete family of pacemakers with telematics was offered and a pacemaker with home monitoring (remote data transmission) was first implanted. In 2005 BIOTRONIK developed the first implantable cardioverter defibrillator that automatically transmits IEGMs (intracardiac electrograms) via cellular radio.
In 2010 the company developed a single-chamber defibrillator system with comprehensive atrial diagnostics. In 2011, a hybrid drug-eluting stent with a bioabsorbable coating was launched.
In 2012 the company acquired the former Postfuhramt , a brick building on Oranienburger Strasse in the Mitte district of Berlin . In the future, BIOTRONIK intends to hold lectures, training courses and exhibitions in the Postfuhramt. In addition, BIOTRONIK brought an implantable heart monitor onto the market, which can record and save the heart rhythm seamlessly. In addition, the company developed the world's first series of implantable cardiac pacemakers, defibrillators and therapies that give patients access to magnetic resonance imaging examinations. This technology includes systems approved for 1.5 T and 3.0 T MRI exams.
To protect interventional cardiologists, BIOTRONIK sells a radiation protection system that consists of a movable, hanging body shield and head protection. The significantly higher level of protection compared to conventional protective clothing is thanks to the lead components of the equipment, which has reduced radiation exposure by 87 to 100 percent.
In February 2016, BIOTRONIK opened an education center in New York City.
Companies
Business areas
- Cardiac rhythm management: cardiac pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, electrodes, cardiac monitors, external monitoring and programming devices,
- Electrophysiology: Products for electrophysiological examinations and therapies, including ablation catheters and diagnostic catheters,
- Vascular Intervention: Products for coronary and peripheral applications, including stent systems, balloon catheters, and guidewires.
Branches
- Berlin, company headquarters in Germany with 2400 employees
- Nuremberg , center for technology and service with more than 80 employees
- Rostock-Warnemünde , competence center for the development and production of stents
- Vienna , Austria
- Baar and Bülach , Switzerland
- Vilvoorde , Belgium
- São Paulo , Brazil (since 1982)
- Beijing , China
- Hørsholm , Denmark
- Rungis , France
- Bicester , UK
- New Delhi , Calcutta and Mumbai , India
- Vimodrone , Italy
- Tokyo , Japan
- Toronto , Canada
- Poznan , Poland
- Seoul and Mapo-gu , South Korea
- Madrid , Spain
- Nijmegen , Netherlands
- Singapore
- Prague - Nusle , Czech Republic
- Lake Oswego , Oregon, USA
Products and therapies
- Bradycardia : cardiac pacemaker ( Edora, Evity, Enitra, Enticos, Eluna, Epyra, Etrinsa, Evia, Entovis ), electrodes ( Solia, Safio S, Siello, Setrox, Selox )
- Tachyarrhythmia therapy : defibrillators (Ilivia, Inventra, Iperia, Idova, Ilesto ), electrodes ( Linox smart, Protego, Plexa )
- Electrophysiology: ablation catheters ( AlCath Flux eXtra Gold, AlCath Flutter, AlCath ), controllable diagnostic catheters ( GuidIQ, ViaCath ), external devices ( Qubic RF, Qubic Stim, Qiona )
- Cardiac resynchronization: CRT implants (Ilivia, Inventra, Iperia, Idova, Ilesto, Edora, Evity, Enitra, Enticos, Eluna, Epyra, Etrinsa, Entovis, Evia ), electrodes ( Corox OTW, Sentus OTW BP, Sentus OTW QP, Sentus OTW QP xx / 49 '), insertion systems and accessories ( Selectra, ScoutPro, ScoutPro IC )
- Coronary vascular intervention: bioresorbable vascular structure Magmaris, coronary drug-releasing stent system Orsiro , balloon- expandable cobalt-chrome coronary stent systems PRO-Kinetic Energy , coronary drug-releasing balloon catheter Pantera Lux , coronary balloon catheter ( Pantera, Pantera LEO ), Streamer, Cruiser, Galeo Pro ), accessory products ( 3Flow, Neptune Pad )
- Peripheral vascular intervention: Peripheral balloon-expandable stent systems ( Dynamic, Dynamic Renal, PRO-Kinetic Energy Explorer ), peripheral self-expanding stent systems ( Astron, Astron Pulsar, Pulsar-18 ), peripheral balloon catheters ( Passeo-14, Passeo-18 ), peripheral guidewires ( Cruiser, Cruiser-18 ), introducer sheath ( Fortress )
- Implantable heart monitor for continuous remote patient monitoring in the event of atrial fibrillation or unexplained circulatory collapse ( BioMonitor )
- External devices: ICS 3000, Reliaty, Renamic , Reocor
- Patient devices : Cardio Messenger, Remote Assistant
Partnerships
BIOTRONIK is in cooperation with the EPIC Alliance, a global network for female electrophysiologists, which is committed to strengthening cooperation between women in the field of electrophysiology.
Prices
In 2007, BIOTRONIK received the EuroPCR 2007 Novelty Award from the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) for its Absorbable Metal Stent (AMS) technology. In 2009, BIOTRONIK was nominated for the German Future Prize for its home monitoring system . In 2010 the company donated the Technology Science Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences . In 2016, Biotronik received the CARDIOSTIM Innovation Award for improving everyday practice through MRI AutoDetect.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2013 .
- ↑ Annual financial statements as of December 31, 2013 .
- ↑ New owner Biotronik starts renovation " ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Berliner Woche vom January 9, 2014.
- ↑ BIOTRONIK Opens State-of-the-Art Education and Innovation Center in New York City. Business Wire, accessed May 11, 2017 .
- ^ Team 2. In: German Future Prize. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
- ↑ First award of the Technological Prize of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , press release in Informationsdienst Wissenschaft from February 18, 2010, accessed on February 22, 2010.
- ^ Exhibits. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 24, 2017 ; accessed on March 24, 2017 (gB). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
