INNOVATION SPOTLIGHT: LIFE-CHANGING PRODUCTS EMERGE OUT OF NECESSITY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND MAKE LIFE BETTER

As we all know, challenges and obstacles provide the opportunity for growth. Many of us are aware of this adage, but some individuals and organizations respond differently to a difficult situation than others. The high performing organizations continue their move in striving to better meet the needs of their patients and customers. They are always taking the necessary steps to be the best. In healthcare, it provides high-quality care at the right time in the right place while utilizing the lowest cost option as part of their support and migration into value-based care. In the technological and medical device world the scenario is much the same. They endeavor to improve and grow for the benefit of the patient, physician, nurse, EMS provider and many other of our very admirable caregivers. Depending upon the organizational leadership, the people, process and technological culture of innovation directive strives to operate at the optimal level of innovation by continually reviewing the patient and customer needs. In successful organizations, this accelerates even further during times of challenge.

The recent pandemic has allowed us to view certain healthcare companies who are building upon or reacting rapidly to provide better care during our Covid-19 circumstances. I became aware of one such high-performing company moving promptly and innovatively in the medical device arena in addressing a niche of healthcare necessities. This company is Inovytec.

When viewing the Inovytec advanced products, it is evident leadership places the patient and the caregivers in the center and continues to build upon its prior foundation with the advanced models of medical devices to provide the “power to save lives.” 

Inovytec designs and manufactures medical equipment. It has really come into focus over the prior year due to its cutting-edge respiratory equipment. Though the company has created a number of innovative products to increase the chances of survivability for emergency victims, and with the respiratory issues surrounding Covid-19 its innovation has proven to be a truly life-saving organization. Let me explain…

As we know, our emergency first responders and healthcare providers are the first line of care in an emergency medical situation. The necessity of having the correct equipment is integral to saving lives. Inovytec’s innovation has provided a number of high-quality medical solutions. Especially notable is the light-weight emergency turbine ventilator utilized for respiratory transport in hospitals, emergency vehicles, and military usage. Its quick and efficient solution for the patient in respiratory distress where ventilation can quickly be supported proves integral to saving lives. It goes by the name of “Ventway.”

Innovation is in the DNA of Inovytec. The organization has also created a product that empowers care in the community. Their product, which goes by the name of SALI, focuses on putting tools in the hands of community members to begin the care for others in an emergency. This tool allows any individual who sees a friend, family or community member begin to suffer physical distress due to cardiac or respiratory issues take life-saving action prior to the arrival of an emergency response team. The time delay before EMS arrives is always the most vulnerable for an individual undergoing cardiac and/or respiratory distress. The SALI is a full critical aid solution and provides not only treatment but also real-time monitoring and critical communication with the local Emergency Department Dispatch. It aids the continuum of treatment from the point of care to the patient admission at the appropriate hospital. Inovytec has contracted with governmental and community leadership to make the tools available in numerous cities.  Despite traffic or other delaying issues, the person suffering can receive the necessary help immediately at the site all the way to a hospital emergency room admission.

The final product I was fortunate to discover created by Inovytec is an innovative way to serve as an airway and immobilization device. It serves to immobilize the cervical spine in trauma patients and is also a non-invasive device that safely opens the airway for an extended period during transport and beyond to keep the patient safe.

We have much to learn from an organization like Inovytec. Inovytec designs its products with the patient and our caregivers in mind to dramatically increase the survivability chances of medical emergency victims. It is the point of first treatment where the action is so critical. The innovative resources provided by Inovytec provides the opportunity for lives to be saved. Isn’t this why we are in this business of care? To innovate and create to save lives? Let’s keep learning to make it happen in the areas where we have the most influence as well.

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