Jump to content

User:Janneke11/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kinetic Concepts, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryMedical devices, Medical technology
FoundedSan Antonio, Texas, USA by James R. Leininger,1976
Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
,
USA
Key people
Catherine M. Burzik, President and CEO
Ronald W. Dollens, Chairman of the Board
ProductsItems related to negative pressure wound therapy, bedsores and wound healing[1]
RevenueUS$2.02 billion Increase (2010)
US$256.1 million Increase (2010)
Number of employees
6,800 (2010)
Websitewww.kci-medical.com

Kinetic Concepts, Inc., (KCI) is an American multinational corporation that produces medical technology related to wounds and wound healing including therapeutic beds, wound care and tissue regeneration technology. KCI produced the first product developed specifically for negative pressure wound therapy. As of 2010 the company employs 6,800 people and markets its products in more than 20 countries.[2] Its headquarters is in the University Heights neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas.

Operations[edit]

KCI is composed of three business units: Active Healing Solutions, LifeCell and Therapeutic Support Systems, that operate in the wound care, regenerative medicine and therapeutic support systems markets.[3][4] The largest of these business units is dedicated to wound care[5] primarily negative pressure wound therapy for the treatment of traumatic wounds, pressure ulcers, chronic wounds and diabetic ulcers[6] but also assistance with surgery.[7] The therapeutic support systems developed and supplied by KCI are largely for the treatment and prevention of complications associated with patient immobility.[8] These include support surfaces for hospital beds and home patients designed to address pulmonary complications in immobile patients. KCI also develops specialty beds for use in hospitals or in long-term care facilities.[9] KCI expanded into the regenerative medicine market in 2008.[3] Through subsidiary company LifeCell Corporation, KCI develops and supplies tissue-based products. These include tissue-based treatments used in surgical procedures to repair soft-tissue.[10]

Corporate history[edit]

KCI was founded in 1976 in San Antonio, Texas by Dr. Jim Leininger, an emergency room physician[8] who wanted to help prevent the pulmonary complications associated with immobility. In time the company developed or acquired a line of therapeutic specialty beds, introducing in 1995 a specialty bed for acute care patients with pulmonary complications.[11] Initially KCI's product development focused on therapeutic beds and surfaces but introduced the first commercial negative pressure wound therapy products in the mid-1990s.[7][12] KCI acquired its regenerative medicine subsidiary, LifeCell, in 2008[3] in a non-hostile transaction for US$1.7 billion.[13][14] LifeCell's CEO is Lisa Colleran, who took on the role in August 2008 following the acquisition by KCI.[15]

Company financial information[edit]

From the founding of the company in 1976 to 1988, the revenue of KCI grew to US$153.2 million. The growth in revenue allowed KCI to go public and trade on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 1988.[16] KCI stock was traded on the NYSE until 1997, when the company went private. In February 2004, KCI became a publicly listed company for the second time and was listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol KCI.[7][17] By the late 2000s the company's revenue was over $1 billion and reported an increase of 17 percent in 2007 to $1.61 billion.[18] Revenue for 2008 was $1.88 billion, increasing to $1.99 billion in 2009[19] and in 2010 increased to $2.02 billion.[20] On November 4, 2011, the company went private again at a price of $68.50 per share.

Product lines[edit]

  • V.A.C. systems - used for negative pressure wound therapy.[21]
  • LifeCell - tissue-based products for use in reconstructive surgery and tissue-regeneration[13]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Products". KCI1.com. Retrieved 17 March 2011.
  2. ^ "FDA clears new KCI abdominal wound-care product". San Antonio Business Journal. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c "KCI earnings up during second quarter". San Antonio Business Journal. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Kinetic Concepts and Carroll Hospital Group form partnership". Datamonitor NewsWire. 6 April 2009. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  5. ^ "KCI Appoints Kien Nguyen Vice President of Global Marketing for Active Healing Solutions(TM)". Business Wire. 21 April 2010. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  6. ^ "vacuum Assisted Closure Wound Therapy Cleared for Partial Thickness Burns". Reuters Health Medical News. 27 January 2003. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  7. ^ a b c Benesh, Peter (14 June 2004). "Second IPO Helps Heal Old Wounds; Kinetic Concepts Inc.; San Antonio, Texas". Investor's Business Daily. p. A09. {{cite news}}: More than one of |at= and |page= specified (help)
  8. ^ a b "Kinetic Concepts Inc. Implements SolidWorks Software as Company-Wide Engineering Standard". Business Wire. 6 March 2000. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. ^ "Kinetic Concepts Acquires RIK Medical". PR Newswire. 6 October 1997. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  10. ^ "Kinetic Concepts now owns LifeCell Corp". Biomedical Materials: 5. 1 July 2008. ISSN 0955-7717. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  11. ^ "Kinetic Concepts introduces TriaDyne, latest addition to line of therapeutic beds and surfaces". Business Wire. 23 May 1995. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  12. ^ "KCI Honors Dr. Louis Argenta With Research-Based Fellowship and Scholarship". Business Wire. 12 October 2009.
  13. ^ a b "KCI to Acquire LifeCell for $1.7 Billion in Cash Creating a Global Medical Technology Leader". Business Wire. 7 April 2008. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  14. ^ "Analyst questions Kinetic Concepts' purchase of LifeCell due to high price and low revenue". The Associated Press. 8 April 2008. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  15. ^ "Executive Profile: Lisa N. Colleran". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  16. ^ Blaker, Ashley (24 December 1990). "Kinetic Expands Foreign Presence With Acquisitions". San Antonio Business Journal. 4 (49): 1.
  17. ^ Berko, Malcolm (3 August 2007). "Wound-care developer is a healthy company". Copley News Service. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  18. ^ "KCI concludes 2007 on strong note". San Antonio Business Journal. 29 January 2008.
  19. ^ "Highlights KCI". MSN Money. MSN. January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  20. ^ "Kinetic Concepts 4Q profit grows 12 percent". Bloomberg Business News. Associated Press. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  21. ^ "KCI to Launch V.A.C.Via, an Advanced Mobile Healing Technology". Business Wire.com. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

External links[edit]

Category:Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Category:Multinational companies Category:Companies based in San Antonio, Texas Category:Companies established in 1976 Category:Pharmaceutical companies of the United States

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Janneke11/sandbox&oldid=548379278"