Nihon Kohden Medical Device Company Intelligence Report

Summary

Nihon Kohden, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, manufactures patient monitors, defibrillators, electrocardiographs, electroencephalographs, EP/EMGs, haematology analysers and research equipment. The company also distributes medical devices in Japan, including cardiology, anaesthesiology, respiratory care, emergency care, urology, sports medicine and rehabilitation products from manufacturers such as St Jude Medical, Cardiac Science, Vascular Solutions, Medwave and Biotronik.

The company also offered transformers for use in various industries until it liquidated this business during fiscal 2004, as well as power supply products, until it withdrew from this area in 2005. The company is now solely focused on medical and veterinary products.

In fiscal 2005, ended 31st March 2005, Nihon Kohden's revenue increased by 1% to 83.8 billion (US$780.4 million), led by sales of patient monitors which rose by 9% during the year.

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