Ambu A/S
Since 1937, breakthrough ideas have fueled our work on bringing efficient healthcare solutions to life. This is what we create within our three fields of excellence. Millions of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide depend on the functionality and performance of our products. We are dedicated to improving patient safety and determined to advance single-use devices. The manifestations of our efforts range from early inventions like the Ambu Bag resuscitator and the legendary BlueSensor electrodes to our newest landmark solutions like the aScope endoscope – the world’s first single-use flexible video scope. Our commitment to bringing new ideas and superior service to our customers has made Ambu one of the most recognized medical companies in the world.
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- Business Type:
- Manufacturer
- Industry Type:
- Medical Equipment
- Market Focus:
- Globally (various continents)
- Year Founded:
- 1937
About us
Since 1937, breakthrough ideas have fueled our work on bringing efficient healthcare solutions to life. This is what we create within our three fields of excellence.
Successful airway management can make the difference between life and death. Whether confronted with a routine or a difficult airway, a single lung ventilation procedure or a bedside bronchoscopy procedure in the ICU, every one of our new generation of single-use visualization devices plays a role in assisting the clinician to be successful.
With the innovative development of the first self-inflating resuscitator, the “Ambu bag” in 1956, Ambu forever changed the history of saving lives. Now more than half a century later we are still dedicated to the development of innovative products that help save lives and simplify workflow and the daily life of the anaesthetists for the benefit of the patients.
In 1971, a Danish engineer by the name of Jan Rasmussen recognized the need to obtain reliable traces from biosignals. Since then we have been leading the way in the design and development of high quality single-use electrodes for accurate diagnosis. Ambu offers a complete range of electrodes for different applications to meet your needs.
History
Ambu's company philosophy has always been the desire to make life easier for doctors and to find innovative products that can save lives. Innovation and entrepreneurship are key for Ambu. Always have been. Always will be.
Our historyIn 1937, the engineer, Holger Hesse, founds Testa laboratory, which later becomes Ambu. Hesse develops products that make a difference to patients and doctors. The Sicca Haemometer is the first product that enables private practitioners to measure the amount of haemoglobin in the blood without having to send a blood sample to an external laboratory.
The real breakthrough comes in 1956 when the Ambu ventilation bag reaches the market, developed together with anaesthetist Henning Ruben. It’s the world’s first self-inflating resuscitator and a major milestone in emergency medical equipment. The Ambu bag becomes a permanent part of hospitals’ and emergency services’ product ranges. Testa Laboratory – which is later to become Ambu – is in growth.
During the 60s and 70s, the growth at Testa, which is now led by the late Holger Hesse’s wife, Mrs Hesse, continues. Important products are launched, including manikins, the PEEP valve, the ECG Simulator and many more.
By the late 70s, the demand for Ambu’s products is overwhelming. A global distribution network and sales companies strengthen Ambu’s position on the global medical care and training scene. The products now fall under two categories: resuscitation and training products.
In 1986, Testa Laboratory changes its name to Ambu International and six years later, a long awaited stock exchange listing officially marks Ambu as an international company.
Electrode businessIn 2001, Ambu acquires Medicotest, the largest European manufacturer of electrodes. With the acquisition comes a large portfolio of quality electrodes called BlueSensor. And the first steps to gradually move Ambu’s production from Denmark to Malaysia and China are taken.
It’s also at this stage that Ambu begins to focus more on advancing single-use devices. The medical community and several markets are in demand for single-use devices, and the single-use aspect gradually becomes an integrated part of our strategy.
Since 2009, when we launched the world's first single-use flexible videoscope, we have shown the way in single-use endoscopy. The Ambu® aScope™ is an advanced platform for improving patient care, optimizing the workflows of health care professionals and reducing health care costs.
In 2018, we entered the field of ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat) with the launch of two rhinolaryngoscopes, and 2020 marked our entry into urology and GI (gastroenterology) with the launch of a cystoscope and a duodenoscope. Our pipeline of future products and our high level of manufacturing output makes us the largest supplier of single-use endoscopes on the market.
At all times, we have continued to build on our heritage by driving breakthrough ideas forward and turning them into efficient healthcare solutions. It has brought us to where we are today – the world's most innovative single-use endoscopy company.