Nihon Kohden

Nihon Kohden Corporation (日本光電工業株式会社, Nihon Kōdenkōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Tokyo-based leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of medical electronic equipment, which include EEGs, EMG measuring systems, ECGs, patient monitors, Invasive and Non-Invasive Ventilators, Defibrillators, AEDs and clinical information systems,[2] with subsidiaries in the U.S., Europe and Asia. The company's products are now used in more than 120 countries, and it is the largest supplier of EEG products worldwide.[3]

Nihon Kohden Corporation
Native name
日本光電工業株式会社
TypePublic KK
TYO: 6849
IndustryMedical equipment
FoundedTokyo (August 7, 1951 (1951-08-07))
FounderYoshio Ogino
HeadquartersNishiochiai, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161-8560, Japan
Key people
Fumio Suzuki
(Chairman and CEO)
Hirokazu Ogino
(President and COO)
Products
RevenueIncrease JPY 160.8 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 1.35 billion) (FY 2014)
Decrease JPY 11.1 billion (FY 2014) (US$ 92.5 million) (FY 2014)
Number of employees
4,616 (as of March 31, 2015)
WebsiteOfficial website
Footnotes / references
[1][2]

In 1972, Takuo Aoyagi, a researcher at the company, invented and patented the basic principles of pulse oximetry.[4] Two years later he developed the world's first pulse oximeter, the OLV-5100, which has helped improve patient safety during anaesthesia.[5]

References
  1. "Key Facts". Nihon Kohden. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  2. "Company Snapshot". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  3. "Nihon Kohden secures neurodiagnostic contract with Novation". mHealth News. HIMSS. August 19, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
  4. Edmond I Eger II; Lawrence Saidman; Rod Westhorpe (September 14, 2013). The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 412. ISBN 978-1-4614-8441-7.
  5. "Nihon Kohden's Dr Takuo Aoyagi receives 2015 IEEE Medal for innovations in healthcare technology". TheFinancialExpress.com. Indian Express Limited. September 8, 2015. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
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