Supporting digital healthcare
MedArm® Medical Device Support Arm
Manage data where it is used – at the point of care
Move into the right position
One-hand operation and smooth movements make it easy to position MedArm®
Lock in place
Release the handle and you are all set. Automatic locking ensures that the support arm stays rigidly in place
Lift out of the way when you are done
Get full clearance immediately to walk underneath
MedArm Medical Device Carrier
Video: Introducing the MedArm Medical Device Carrier by Visib
You can watch the video below or on our YouTube channel
Data intensity
Real-time data is an integral part of digitalizing healthcare
Research shows that data should be processed where it is created – near the patient at the point of care (POC)
MedArm®
Regulation 2017/745/EU MDR Class I
Medical Device by Visib Oy, Helsinki.
Now Available for EU Markets. Patent pending.
User experiences
“Working thru the foggy screen, with clumsy fingers in double layer gloves, is far from convenient. Having an organized personal worktop is essential around this hassle and continuous wiping and disinfection”, says Veera Forsström, specialist nurse, with 18 years’ experience at acute care. Read more
Organized worktop is the key to good care. It is nothing less than a full-time working place with the hospital system, vital signs display and all telephones and your stuff next to your hand. Having all in place and place for all.
The ceiling mount bracket supports the care in many ways. It bears the monitor and hospital the systems with mouse and keyboard. Everything in your eyes. Your focus is always straight at the point of care.
MedArm® is with you the whole shift without paying attention or doing extra maneuvers.
MedArm® organizes the hardware setup. Design of the MedArm® is based on the care personnel’s wishes - a flying worktop next to the bed. Well, we didn’t make it flying, but fixed it to the roof with all cabling and utilities led through the arm. No more trolleys, cords and hoses on the floor.
MedArm® is a convenient ergonomic and sturdy full-scale workstation. It allows the patient to be treated unobstructed with all the equipment wiring coming from the top. And when necessary, like in a resuscitation situation, MedArm® gives way – it lifts completely out of the way giving full clearance immediately to walk underneath. After, in a second, again in the same ergonomic position, standing or sitting.
When the situation is calmer, MedArm® reaches the armchair in the corner of the ICU room. It also carries your personal small stuff. The vital information is visible even on the leg stretching break.
Weightless single hand operation makes it easy to operate. You move your always balanced worktop where you need. MedArm® freezes into a solid base.
“In protective equipment it’s heavier and this long care sessions are unbearable. Any help in this serious duty is appreciated”Read more
In these covid-19 times, intensive care work has proven particularly cumbersome. The staff in the heavy protective equipment makes difficult tasks with lowering number of personnel per patient. Normally ICU turn lasts 12 hours, when the caregiver has to spend his/her time next to the patient, sometimes without a break. Hopefully someone gets you to go to the bathroom and grab a snack for a minute. With MedArm® the whole shift feels more organized.
Need and use case
Modern healthcare relies on information that must be accessible at the bedside
Computers are used at the point of care for
The amount of point-of-care data is growing rapidly, as healthcare digitalizes in developed countriesNurses’ time is spent
on documentation
The Company
Our founding partners met a medical device specialist who was persistently looking for a new type of ceiling pendants into a large new built hospital. Such products didn’t exist nor a supplier for them, until he occasionally met us. We took the challenge. Customer need motivated us set up the project. We collected funding and built the team to realize the vision. We set out to develop a completely new carrier system to the European market. Read more
MedArm® was developed into the commercial stage in three years. Over the course of the time, we built several prototypes, which have been practically tried, tested and refined always to become better. The industrial designer has played a central role in the team since the beginning. In addition to the technically demanding design and construction of the product, we have learned a lot of operating systems, medical device regulation, IPR and marketing. We can say with good reason that we have become the leading team in this field.
MedArm® Carrier Systems offer workplace safety, ergonomics and productivity to your clinic or hospital.
The Team behind MedArm
The three founding members, Kai Asikkala, Tuomo Määttä and Paavo Timonen have strong, more than ten years of experience working together in product and process development activities as well as customer projects in high-tech products. Read more
Kai Asikkala has a long entrepreneurial experience and ability to create innovative solutions in challenging situations. This is backed by more than 60 invention reports and dozens of patent applications. Kai has extensive experience in industrial design, and thus his special role in the team is to be responsible for the design language of the MedArm®.
Tuomo Määttä has successfully developed several different industrial processes and related devices and products during his work history. His role is to materialize practical operation of product development, from the assembly of devices to their testing and to creation of test arrangements.
Paavo Timonen’s role in the team is to operate in the sales interface and on the other hand act as a coordinator in both projects and other company’s activities. The solid expertise comes from both the theoretical knowhow and the practical experience. He was the natural choice for a CEO.
Special know-how related to carrier systems is brought to the company by Petteri Joenpolvi, who has worked in sales. He has worked in project and sales organizations in companies like GE Healthcare and Mediq Suomi Oy. He brings customer and cooperation contacts as well as experience of sales of medical devices to the company.
Markus Vala has more than 20 years of experience in mechanical engineering and maintenance of technical equipment. Markus is responsible for the 3D design as well as definition of manufacturing methods and procurement channels.
The company exploits Teppo Lainio’s vast experience in board work and participation in companies developing medical devices. Teppo is responsible for Visib’s quality management system and equipment approval processes. Teppo brings insight to strategic planning as a chairman of the board.
Heidi Hinkka is a lawyer who is responsible for legal affairs and financial strategy. She has more than 15 years of experience in and success with start-ups in the medical device sector and her financial expertise complements the team’s technical knowhow. Heidi has also been elected to the board of the company to strengthen its strategic planning capabilities.
Visib also utilizes Tomi Kulmala’s experience (Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Novartis, Nycomed, Mediq Suomi, SurgeryVision, Macure Pharma) and huge contact network as part of preparation to the commercial phase of the company. Tomi has more than 20 years of experience of selling medicine and medical devices to hospitals. He knows the needs and problems in the market, and his commitment to the team is a strong indication that he believes MedArm® is a winning solution.
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