B. Braun Melsungen AG Company Basic Information, and Sales Area
| Item | Description |
| Company Name | B. Braun Melsungen AG |
| Website | www.bbraun.com |
| Established Date | 1839 |
| Headquartered | Germany |
| Market Position/ History | B. Braun Melsungen AG was founded in the year 1839 as a pharmacy in Melsungen, where it started to sell medical herbs by mail to customers in Germany. Later, a manufacturing plant was built, where production of several medical products began, mainly surgical sutures. With this product, Braun had started to supply to hospitals, and in following decades the company had added other product lines to their manufacturing program, like intravenous solutions, monitoring apparatus and other medical devices. In the 1960s Braun had become highly specialized in plastics for pharmaceutical and medical uses, and developed the first plastic container for I. V. solutions in 1956, as well as many other products for patient care in hospitals. B. Braun had acquired Aesculap AG, a Germany-based manufacturer of surgical instruments. In 1969 the company had introduced Lyodura. |
| Sales Area | Worldwide |
| Contact Information | Carl-Braun-StraBe 1, 34212 Melsungen Germany Tel: +49 5661 710 Fax: +49 5661 714567 |
Business Segment/ Overview:
B. Braun Melsungen AG is involved in Medical Equipment Manufacturing industry and is also a leading company in medical technologies. The company has a team of around 66,000 employees worldwide. The company has their specialties into Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Continence Care & Urology, Degenerative Spinal Disorders, Diabetes Care, Infection Prevention, Extracorporeal Blood Treatment, Infusion Therapy, Vascular Diagnostics, Wound Management, Neurosurgery, Nutrition Therapy, Ostomy Care, Pain Therapy, Regional Anesthesia, Laparaoscopic Surgery, Spine Surgery, Clinical Nutrition, and Orhopaedic Joint Replacement.
B. Braun has more than 5.000 different healthcare products, of which 95% are manufactured by the company. The company has their offices and production facilities in more than 60 countries. The company has several subsidiaries namely Aesculap AG, B. Braun Medical Inc., SteriLog GmbH, B. Braun Surgical S.A., B. Braun Medical Limited, B. Braun of America Inc., and many more.
Urostomy Bags Product Types Specification
| Product | Product Description |
| Flexima Uro Silk Flat Urostomy Bags |
One-piece urostomy bag systems • The Flexima Uro Silk convex urostomy bags are designed for people with flush or slightly retracted urostoma. Advantages: Secure outlet:• Uro-specific outlet with open/closed position Colours and bag capacity: • Bag capacity (ISO 8670-2): +/- 630 ml Material and Packaging: • Soft non-woven and odour-proof plastic film |
| Flexima Active O' convex Urostomy Bags |
One-piece stoma bag systems • The skin protector of Flexima Active O' convex is flexible and presents a gentle slope for a homogeneous pressure distribution and great skin tolerance. Advantages: Gentle convexity: • Convexity to reduce leakages of flush or slightly retracted stomas Colours and bag capacity: • Cut-to-fit Ø15-35 mm, transparent
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Recent Developments:
| Year | Latest News |
| March 2022 |
B. Braun has acquired Intermedt Medizin & Technik GmbH, a specialist in the preparation of dialysis concentrates. With the full integration of Intermedt Medizin & Technik GmbH into the Group, B. Braun has completed the extensive product portfolio of its B. Braun Avitum division as a systems provider for extracorporeal blood treatment (dialysis). The fully automated ECOMix mixing system developed by Intermedt enables dialysis centers to prepare the acid concentrates required for hemodialysis in a simple, flexible, and environmentally friendly manner. Since ECOMix links all the individual components of the dialysis system, the overall dialysis process is optimally coordinated and automated. This has helped the company to permanently integrate the Intermedt product portfolio into their comprehensive range of products and services for dialysis therapy. |
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