For those of us involved in this industry, it comes as no surprise that there are significant opportunities to make the most of used medical equipment. There is the business of refurbishing and reconditioning used medical equipment for resale, remarketing a used system as is or even harvesting used equipment for spare parts… all ways resellers and refurbishers pay the bills. But, for hospitals and brokers operating in Japan there is another “green option” for recycling used medical equipment and that is donating.

The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) has grown from an idea... to an exhibition that took place every 4 years... to now an annual event attracting visitors from all around the world. 

Medical imaging equipment values are driven by a variety of factors.  The level of technology, model, make and demand all work together to create the market value.  Any experienced asset manager or imaging equipment owner would be able to describe most of those factors without much difficulty. 

Before commenting on the text and tenor of the Medical Dealer February cover story, "Purchasing Power: Smarter Spending in the Pre-Owned Marketplace", I must mention how absolutely amazing it is to me, these many years later, world class providers like Indiana Orthopaedic and global players like Siemens are being quoted in a feature article about refurbished medical imaging equipment for a major medical publication. It wasn’t that many years ago a discussion about pre-owned or refurbished equipment could not take place in good company and certainly would not have been joined by such prestigious organizations!

As many of you are aware, the Strontium 82 isotope used to produce the Rubidium 82 tracer is in short supply this summer.  BRACCO Diagnostics Inc., the sole supplier of Rb82, has indicated that, at this point, the shortage is expected to last from March through July of this year. 

Wondering if a C-Arm rental is right for you? Here are some of the reasons why renting a C-Arm machine is the perfect solution for many of our customers: 

It drives me batty when people say “…it seems like only yesterday” but, for me, it does. Back in the mid-90s, after nearly 19 years in a different industry I found myself doing used medical imaging equipment sales. I wasn’t totally sure if “X-ray” had a hyphen or not and yet, there I was.  In my previous line of work I was considered an expert of sorts. People actually called to ask me questions. Governments flew me to inspect new plants and treated me like royalty. So I go from expert to rookie and the transition was not easy.