Another Utah Success Story
In 1986, David McNally, Phill McStotts and Dean Constantine started ZEVEX. Originally the company focused on making OEM sensors for medical products companies. (If you ever want a great start-up story, ask Dave or Phill how they landed their first contract).
By the early 1990s, ZEVEX decided to start developing its own line of enteral feeding products. Enteral feeding is used by people who cannot eat normally. A small catheter is inserted through the abdomen into the intestine and the food is pumped in. Traditionally, a bag holding the solution was mounted on an IV pole and the patient was essentially tied to the pole until the feeding was done. This significantly limited the mobility of enteral feeding patients.
ZEVEX's technology allowed the feeding solution and a pump to be worn in a small backpack or fannypack. Suddenly, enteral feeding patients could go to school, go camping or engage in other activities that had previously been next to impossible. One day I was getting pictures of my children taken at a local studio. I struck up a conversation with a women whose daughter had an enteral feeding tube in her abdomen. When I told the women that I had helped ZEVEX patent its pump technology, the woman's eyes teared up. She said "tell ZEVEX that I love them." She then explained that she had two daughters who both required enteral feeding. One had grown up tied to an IV pole. The younger one had a ZEVEX pump and was able to do all the things her friends could do.
Since developing its enteral feeding technology, ZEVEX has branched out into several other medical products. Zevex has more than 40 U.S. Patents and dozens in foreign countries.
One of ZEVEX's trademarks is TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING LIFE. It could not be more true.
A couple of weeks ago, ZEVEX was acquired by MOOG for $83.8 Million. Lets hope that MOOG is able to capitalize on ZEVEX's creative talents so its technology continues to transform lives.
By the early 1990s, ZEVEX decided to start developing its own line of enteral feeding products. Enteral feeding is used by people who cannot eat normally. A small catheter is inserted through the abdomen into the intestine and the food is pumped in. Traditionally, a bag holding the solution was mounted on an IV pole and the patient was essentially tied to the pole until the feeding was done. This significantly limited the mobility of enteral feeding patients.
ZEVEX's technology allowed the feeding solution and a pump to be worn in a small backpack or fannypack. Suddenly, enteral feeding patients could go to school, go camping or engage in other activities that had previously been next to impossible. One day I was getting pictures of my children taken at a local studio. I struck up a conversation with a women whose daughter had an enteral feeding tube in her abdomen. When I told the women that I had helped ZEVEX patent its pump technology, the woman's eyes teared up. She said "tell ZEVEX that I love them." She then explained that she had two daughters who both required enteral feeding. One had grown up tied to an IV pole. The younger one had a ZEVEX pump and was able to do all the things her friends could do.
Since developing its enteral feeding technology, ZEVEX has branched out into several other medical products. Zevex has more than 40 U.S. Patents and dozens in foreign countries.
One of ZEVEX's trademarks is TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMING LIFE. It could not be more true.
A couple of weeks ago, ZEVEX was acquired by MOOG for $83.8 Million. Lets hope that MOOG is able to capitalize on ZEVEX's creative talents so its technology continues to transform lives.
Interesting. I once bid on web work for Zevex.
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