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The Microlife company is engaged in the development and production of various medical equipment with a diagnostic bias – tonometers, thermometers, nebulizers, stethoscopes. The Corporation is the world’s largest manufacturer of electronic thermometers, one of the market leaders in the supply of modern blood pressure monitors. Microlife regional structures exist in many states, which makes the products recognizable by specialists and consumers.
History of the brand
The founding date of Microlife Corporation is considered to be 1981, when the company’s management decided to organize the production of electronic thermometers under the brand name Micro Idea Instruments Co. Ltd. Already in 1985, production capacity expanded and the company began to produce an innovation – an electronic blood pressure monitor.
In 1993, the company became known as the MicroLife Group, and in 1996 it was formed on its basis as Microlife AG, Switzerland. Since 1997, the company has opened an American representative office.
In 2002, Microlife changes its Swiss address, Microlife UK and Microlife France are opened. Also, since 2002, the corporation has been following several stages of acquiring other industries. For example, companies in America are Biddeford Textile, a large medical diagnostic equipment manufacturer called HealtheTech. All acquisitions in 2007 became integrated parts of Microlife’s HealthVault internet service.
In the production plan, 2002 was marked for Microlife by the introduction of new Microlife Average Mode technologies for the production of blood pressure monitors, which will mean the presence of an average readings mode in them. All Microlife blood pressure monitors will undergo BHS (British Hypertension Society) certification during this period.
In 2005, Microlife begins to produce new blood pressure monitors in America with a technological innovation that allows you to control the occurrence of arrhythmia. After that, the corporation signs a sponsorship agreement with the American Heart Association, tops the list of certified companies that manufacture blood pressure devices in the British Society of Hypertension, introduces another innovation – a blood pressure monitor in pregnant women that detects preeclampsia.
In 2009, Microlife specialists make a breakthrough in modern medical diagnostic equipment, launching a new product on the market – a tonometer that independently determines hypertension and atrial fibrillation, which helps prevent the development of strokes and myocardial infarctions.
Since 2012, Microlife Corporation has partnered with PharmaSmart to expand the reach of consumer audiences that need blood pressure monitors in the United States. In addition, together with another giant Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microlife Corporation launched the production of budget tonometers model 3AS1-2, which became a bestseller in countries with low economic growth. Thus, even Tanzania, Zimbabwe or Zambia have become active consumers of Microlife products.
Production and localization productions
At the moment, the manufacturer of Microlife products is Microlife AG, whose production facilities are located within the Onbo Electronic (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. plant in China. The legal addresses of the brand’s headquarters are based in Switzerland, Italy and the USA.
The success of the first development of Microlife (digital thermometer) in 1981 demonstrated the need for further developments in this industry, therefore today Microlife Corporation is the world leader and giant in the production of electronic thermometers, which contributes to the development of the self-diagnosis industry.
Today, the product range of Microlife Corporation includes all types of measuring and diagnostic equipment that helps doctors and ordinary users to easily determine the condition of patients without resorting to laboratory tests. Thus, Microlife specialists have made a revolution in the field of healthcare, forcing people to take responsibility for their own health.
To date, the choice of Microlife products is quite wide. All of them are produced under the Swiss Design brand, which is the hallmark of Microlife. The most demanded and popular products of the corporation in the world markets include:
- professional and home blood pressure monitors;
- electronic thermometers;
- electronic balance;
- nebulizer (inhaler);
- electronic blankets and heating pads.
Company certificates and awards
In 1995, Microlife Corporation was certified by RWTÜV according to ISO 9001 and EN 46001 standards, and was able to apply the CE mark according to MDD. These qualitative differences applied both to the head office of the company and to its factories. Already in 2000, RWTÜV was added to these certificates according to the ISO 9002 standard.
After only a year of work, in 1982, the then progenitor of Microlife, Micro Idea, won the championship in Taiwan and Brussels in the nomination “Best Intelligent Thermometer for Women”. In 2001, Microlife is awarded the Gütesiegel quality label by the German Hypertension Society for blood pressure monitors with a cuff in the forearm.
In 2006, the corporation is awarded the Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation, thanks to its own outstanding developments in the context of special diagnostic equipment. In 2007, another award is added to this award – Reddot Design, and in 2013 for the release of a blood pressure monitor with the function of detecting signs of a stroke “Microlife” is awarded the Red Dot Design Award, and for leadership and competitive innovation in the market of profile products – the Frost & Sullivan award. Microlife’s stroke-detecting blood pressure monitor was also awarded the 2015 German Design Award.
Technologies in the production process “Microlife”
Microlife blood pressure monitors have undergone numerous research and verification inspections and have been approved for both clinical and home use. AFIB technology, patented by the corporation, helps innovative blood pressure monitors to detect signs of atrial fibrillation in patients. A similar device called Microlife WatchBP Home A was recommended in Britain in 2013 to identify the symptoms of hypertension and clinical manifestations of atrial fibrillation and provide timely medical care for these diseases. The use of this device increases the level of timely detection of atrial fibrillation in comparison with manual counting of the pulsation rate.
The Microlife company also has a patent for the Microlife Average Mode (MAM) technology, which allows you to take readings three times in succession when measuring blood pressure in order to subsequently analyze them according to a certain algorithm to identify an accurate single clinical result. Also patented is the Pulse arrhythmia detection (PAD) technology, which allows you to accurately determine the pulse and pressure even in the presence of arrhythmia (including atrial fibrillation).
The quality performance of Microlife blood pressure monitors has helped them receive the highest reliability rating for diagnostic electronic equipment from the British Society for the Control of Arterial Hypertension. Clinical studies of each type of technology help to bring to the market devices that are absolutely safe to use. They are easy to use and can help solve various problems and needs of a modern person – measure pressure, body temperature, weight, use heating pads or use devices for patients with bronchial asthma.
Many Microlife devices have awards and patents, for example, the BP W100 blood pressure monitor was the first in the world to be clinically tested in the British Hypertension League, the BP A100 Plus blood pressure monitor is the best device for measuring pressure in the European market, and the BP A110 Afib blood pressure monitor has built-in technology for determining the presence and development of atrial fibrillation, which can lead to a stroke. Such high awards and worldwide recognition are provided by Microlife by a huge team of international specialists working towards a common goal – to provide patients with their own inventions with such accurate indicators of their health that previously only doctors could provide after special laboratory tests, which required time, which sometimes the patient simply no.
Where to buy company products
Internet pharmacy WER.RU
In the online pharmacy WER.RU you can buy high-quality equipment for home use from the Microlife company. The assortment of the site today includes a mechanical tonometer Microlife bp Ag1-20, equipped with a stethoscope, a cuff and a pear with a valve that provides a smooth exit of air, and is intended for both domestic and medical use, an automatic tonometer Microlife BP A150 Afib for detecting arterial hypertension and risk of stroke, equipped with an adapter, a cone-shaped cuff, an indicator, capable of remembering previous measurement readings. The site also presents various types of electronic thermometers, for example, there is an electronic thermometer “Microlife” model mt-3001 with a display, a large button to turn on and sound signals for ease of use. You can use such a thermometer with the whole family, it is safe for children, and the accuracy of its measurements is within 0,1 degrees Celsius.
ZDRAVZONA online pharmacy
On the expanses of the ZDRAVZONA online pharmacy, you can purchase various devices from the Microlife corporation. Compact compression inhalers such as the Microlife NEB 100 inhaler, which can be purchased inexpensively online, are in high demand today. It is practically silent during operation, a wide range of medicines can be used in combination with it, various diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract are treated with it. The device very finely atomizes vapor particles of medicinal substances, which ensures their unimpeded penetration into the lesion and eliminates cough, removes mucus, and relieves sore throat. Thanks to inhalation, the inflammatory process passes.
An excellent device for a wide range of applications can also be such a Microlife product as a heating pad FH 80 with an electrotherapeutic effect. Heating pads from “Microlife” are flexible, evenly heated, without solid inclusions, protected from short circuits and do not produce electromagnetic radiation. In addition, the heating pads are provided with covers that can be easily removed and washed in a washing machine, they have 4 heating levels and they automatically turn off after an hour and a half of work.
You can also buy an electronic children’s thermometer without mercury and glass in the shape of a nipple at a low price in the ZDRAVZONA online pharmacy, which is easy to measure body temperature even in a newborn. The thermometer beeps, measures the temperature in a short time (up to 5 minutes), has a memory for previous measurements and is water resistant.
Pharmacy 911
In the online pharmacy “Apteka 911” you can purchase various medical diagnostic products from the brand “Microlife”. In addition to the standard set of blood pressure monitors (automatic, mechanical, with atrial fibrillation detection technologies), electronic thermometers for children and adults, electric heating pads and sheets, the site also includes stethoscopes separately, for example, the Rappoport “Microlife” ST-77 stethoscope, which is reliable , excellent acoustic characteristics that make it easy to detect high and low tones and noises of various intensities, as well as network adapters for blood pressure monitors, for example, the Microlife AD-1024c model, will help to keep any electronic blood pressure monitor always ready for use.