How to Stay Healthy These Holidays

When we’re not supplying KwaZulu-Natal with world-class medical equipment, we’re assisting all South Africans to live their best lives and remain in peak condition. So, seeing as it’s December and we’re neck-deep in another scorching South African summer, we thought...

A Look at the Philips MX100 Patient Monitor

Philips has done it again. The global electronics leader has developed THE answer to portable patient monitoring systems as part of its IntelliVue family which includes bedside monitors, central stations and mobile applications. We’re here to introduce the Philips...

How Does a Stethoscope Work?

The stethoscope was invented by Rene Laennec, a Frenchman, way back in 1816. It came about thanks to Laennec being too much of a gentleman to put his ear against a woman’s chest for cardiovascular observation. He realised, after experimentation with a rolled-up...

Introducing the BIOX Blood Pressure Monitor

Blood pressure. Easy to monitor – challenging to stabilise. The ambulatory blood pressure monitor is a key piece of equipment in the medical practitioner’s arsenal, but the technology hasn’t changed that much in the past few decades. Vasomedical has taken modern...