Native name | 日本光電工業株式会社 |
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Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 6849 | |
Industry | Medical equipment |
Founded | Tokyo (August 7, 1951 | )
Founder | Yoshio Ogino |
Headquarters | Nishiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-8560, Japan |
Key people | Fumio Suzuki ( Chairman and CEO) Hirokazu Ogino ( President and COO) |
Products | |
Revenue | JPY 160.8 billion ( FY 2014) ( US$ 1.35 billion) (FY 2014) |
JPY 11.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 92.5 million) (FY 2014) | |
Number of employees | 4,616 (as of March 31, 2015) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1] [2] |
Nihon Kohden Corporation (日本光電工業株式会社, Nihon Kōdenkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Tokyo-based leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of medical electronic equipment, which include EEGs, EMG measuring systems, ECGs, patient monitors, Invasive and Non-Invasive Ventilators, Defibrillators, AEDs and clinical information systems, [2] with subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The company's products are now used in more than 120 countries, and it is the largest supplier of EEG products worldwide. [3]
In 1972, Takuo Aoyagi, a researcher at the company, invented and patented the basic principles of pulse oximetry. [4] Two years later he developed the world's first pulse oximeter, the OLV-5100, which has helped improve patient safety during anaesthesia. [5]
Native name | 日本光電工業株式会社 |
---|---|
Company type | Public KK |
TYO: 6849 | |
Industry | Medical equipment |
Founded | Tokyo (August 7, 1951 | )
Founder | Yoshio Ogino |
Headquarters | Nishiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-8560, Japan |
Key people | Fumio Suzuki ( Chairman and CEO) Hirokazu Ogino ( President and COO) |
Products | |
Revenue | JPY 160.8 billion ( FY 2014) ( US$ 1.35 billion) (FY 2014) |
JPY 11.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 92.5 million) (FY 2014) | |
Number of employees | 4,616 (as of March 31, 2015) |
Website | Official website |
Footnotes / references [1] [2] |
Nihon Kohden Corporation (日本光電工業株式会社, Nihon Kōdenkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Tokyo-based leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of medical electronic equipment, which include EEGs, EMG measuring systems, ECGs, patient monitors, Invasive and Non-Invasive Ventilators, Defibrillators, AEDs and clinical information systems, [2] with subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The company's products are now used in more than 120 countries, and it is the largest supplier of EEG products worldwide. [3]
In 1972, Takuo Aoyagi, a researcher at the company, invented and patented the basic principles of pulse oximetry. [4] Two years later he developed the world's first pulse oximeter, the OLV-5100, which has helped improve patient safety during anaesthesia. [5]