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For over 160 years, the name Seca has stood for highest precision and functional design in medical weighing. Seca products are exported to more than 100 countries and set market-driving standards. The company is a world market leader in medical weighing and a trend-setter in function, technology and design. The Seca range covers baby, column and flat scales with suitable height scales, as well as chair, wheel chair and bed scales. All over the world, doctors and nursing staff at GP practices, hospitals, rehabilitation and old people's centres rely daily on the high quality of the medical measuring devices for diagnosis and therapy. Seca has also made a name for itself in the commercial market. Seca scales may be found at the chemist's, in the fitness studio and in the sauna. Alongside high precision, durability and reliability are the attributes particularly valued here. Expertise in matters of weighing is also reflected in the Seca range for home use. Given the continuous trend towards wellness and body awareness, high-quality products with an award-winning design are in demand more than ever before. And here, Seca has the right model for every requirement. The company's founding goes back to the young master fitter A.C.C. Joachims. He acquired the relevant knowledge from monk Quintenz of Strasbourg, who invented the decimal balance in 1821. Back in Hamburg, A.C.C. Joachims founded a scales factory in 1840, was the first in Germany to produce decimal balances, and sold them all over the world. After his death, the young engine fitter Frederik Vogel acquired the company. Soon after, sea Vogel & Halke GmbH & Co. became famous for its innovative developments, repeatedly setting market-driving standards over the decades. Seca is still a family business today. As of 1970, Sönke Vogel, a grandchild of Frederik, has headed the company. The company has its own branches in France, England, Switzerland, and the U.S. The head office in Hamburg employs around 100 staff. You may purchase the full line of Seca scales at reddingmedical.com

Those who have to rely on their scales in their professions can fully appreciate the advantages of a Seca. Whether at the chemist's, in the fitness studio or in the Rehabilitation facility - Seca scales meet the most demanding requirements. Above all two very weighty properties, which you'll find consistently with Seca, are what make us the world's leading manufacturer of medical scales. Firstly the high degree of precision that distinguishes us and gives you results absolutely free fluctuations. And secondly the legendary longevity and reliability of a Seca, which gives you many years of intensive use. So you can be sure that you've made the right decision and that the demands to which you're entitled will be met when you choose a Seca. Redding Medical equipment and supplies has been serving the medical community since 1975. We are proud to provide you with the full line of Seca scales from baby scales to physician scales, mechanical, bariatric, wheel chair, flat, and electronic scales. If you don't see what you need online at reddingmedical.com, please call us to discuss your needs.

Nonin Medical's Onyx® II 9560 Wireless Pulse Oximeter Aids Chilean Miner Rescue:

Company to also donate in-home monitoring equipment for miners' post-event care Minneapolis, Minn.--(PR Newswire)--Oct. 13, 2010--Nonin Medical, Inc., the inventor of the world's first fingertip and wireless-fingertip pulse oximeter, announced today that its Onyx® II 9560 wireless fingertip pulse oximeter is being used to aid in the ongoing rescue of 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped in a Copiapo, Chile mine since August 5.

The Onyx® II Model 9560 Wireless Pulse Oximeter is being used by physicians at the scene to capture the miners' blood oxygenation and heart rate data in real time during and after each miner's 20-minute, half-mile rescue-capsule ascent to the surface. Placed on the miner's index finger, the Onyx II 9560 wirelessly transmits blood oxygen saturation and heart data via Bluetooth® technology to Zephyr Technology's BioHarness™ First Responder System.

The BioHarness, a chest-worn monitoring device developed by Nonin Medical OEM partner Zephyr Technology, measures the trappedminers' heart rates, breathing rates and skin temperatures. The monitors use Bluetooth wireless technology to transmit the data to a monitor on the surface, enabling physicians to detect immediate signs of physiological stress.

"As the inventor of the world's first fingertip pulse oximeter, Nonin Medical is pleased to partner with Zephyr Technology to aid the miners during this historic rescue event," said Steve Bucholz, chief operations officer, Nonin Medical, Inc. "Our pulse oximeters are reliable in the toughest conditions, but the extreme conditions of the Chilean operation make accurately measuring the miners' pulse rates and blood oxygen levels particularly challenging. Nonin's proven accuracy in the widest range of patients and settings makes the Onyx II ideally suited to the task."

In addition to aiding physicians on the scene, Nonin Medical is working through its Chilean distributor, Air Liquide, to donate 33 Nonin Medical Go2 LED fingertip pulse oximeters for continued pulse oximetry monitoring after the miners arrive home.

"Nonin Medical is pleased to be able to aid the miners during their immediate and long-term recovery," said Bucholz. "No one in recorded history has survived trapped underground for as long as those 33 men have. When you've been exposed to extremely poor air quality, 2,300 feet underground, for 69 days, you don't just bounce back overnight."