Medline has purchased Canadian-based rehabilitation equipment maker NeuroGym Technologies, the company announced in July.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the asset purchase agreement was completed at the end of June, Medline officials said.
“Long-term care providers are facing tremendous financial challenges and providing high-quality therapy services can prove challenging,” said Brian Garner, director of therapy and rehab at Medline. “Functional ability of patients weighs heavier on a provider’s reimbursement.”
By using the NeuroGym tools, therapists can work with patients individually to help increase productivity.
“It allows patients to safely work on exercises that rebuild balance strength and mobility,” he said.
The company’s products include the Sit-To-Stand trainer, an ankle trainer and an exercise wheelchair. Last year, provider Cadia Healthcare said using NeuroGym allowed patients to relearn skills.
“By using a device called the Sit-to-Stand Trainer, we’ve started to notice something truly amazing — it’s becoming easier and quicker for staff to now transfer patients to the toilet when they need to go because the device enables people to actively initiate the motion of standing up,” said Suzanne Reid, director of rehabilitation services at Cadia.
Providers such as Reid should see little change as Medline takes the helm. Avi Nativ, Ph.D., the inventor of the NeuroGym technology, will continue as a Medline consultant, along with other NeuroGym employees.
“When I engineered and brought NeuroGym to life, I had a vision of creating neurorehabilitation therapy for patients that would vastly change and improve their mobility and lives,” Nativ said. “Medline has shared that vision and helped advance it at every stage.”
From the August 01, 2018 Issue of McKnight's Long-Term Care News
