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20202 Windrow Drive Lake Forest, CA 92630 USA phone:(949) 206-2700 fax:(949) 206-2600
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IFLO |
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Nasdaq |
| Founded |
1985 |
| Employees |
810 |
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| www.iflo.com
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Medical Devices & Tech |
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| Summary Description |
| Ambulatory drug delivery systems for pain management and intravenous infusion therapy. |
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| Management |
| Donald M. Earhart, President & CEO; James R. Talevich, CFO; James J. Dal Porto, Exec. VP and COO |
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| Keywords |
| ambulatory drug delivery, pain, pain management, infusion therapy, anesthetics, anesthesia, chemotherapies, antibiotics, diagnostic agents, nutritional supplements, oncology, cancer, orthopedics, urology
, PainManagement, DrugDelivery |
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| Description |
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I-Flow develops and markets ambulatory drug delivery systems for pain management and intravenous infusion therapy. The company focuses on three distinct markets: Regional Anesthesia, IV Infusion Therapy and Oncology Infusion Services. |
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| Products / Services |
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I-Flow manufactures a line of compact, portable infusion pumps, catheters, needles and pain kits that administer medication directly to the wound site, as well as administer local anesthetics, chemoth...
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| Technology / Differentiation |
| The ON-Q PainBuster Post-Op Pain Relief System provides continuous infusion of a local anesthetic directly into the patient's surgical site for effective, non-narcotic post-operative pain relief for up to five days. Clinical studies have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of regional anesthetic therapy for post-surgery pain relief. |
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| Market / Customers |
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The annual U.S. post-surgery pain relief market is estimated at $2 billion. This market is about 4% penetrated by narcotic-free regional anethesia therapies. I-Flow estimates that 15 million U.S. surg...
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| Competitors / Substitutes / Alternatives |
Narcotics remain I-Flow's chief competitor in the relief of post-surgical pain. About 96% of U.S. patients are treated with narcotics for post-operative pain. Other companies with narcotic-free therapies include Stryker, dj Orthopedics and McKinley Medical.
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| Strategy |
I-Flow is focused on building market awareness of the clinical and economic advantages of ON-Q technology through a combination of clinical studies, sales force expansion and marketing programs.
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| Analyst Coverage |
| First Albany Corp., Lazard Freres & Co., Jefferies & Co., Piper Jaffray, Roth Capital Partners, SG Cowen & Co., Sidoti & Company; WR Hambrecht; B. Riley |
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