April 2003
American Digestive Disease Week, Orlando, Florida –
May 2003
Yes, we will be there at Booth #1109. We look forward to renewing
old acquaintances and meeting newer customers face to face for the
first time. Please come by. You might even score a small piece of
Australiana.
Dentsleeve Website now provides
downloadable Educational Materials
Managing a large website is a bit like keeping the Sydney Harbour
Bridge painted. (Incidentally if you are visiting Sydney, you must
do the Bridge Climb. It’s a bit expensive, but a unique experience.
It gets very busy, so you should book well in advance. For details,
visit their website: http://www.bridgeclimb.com.
Back to the more earthbound topic of the Dentsleeve
website. We have continued to enhance this at its front end especially,
to lead visitors more easily through our diverse products.
The website now offers an extensive Powerpoint educational programme
on perfused manometry that you can download. Just log on, and this
option will present itself.
Combined Impedance/Perfused Manometric Catheter
At the time of the 2002 DDW, we had only just developed a viable
process for making catheters with multiple perfused sideholes and
impedance recording segments. Subsequently we have worked out ways
of combining impedance electrodes with sleeve/sidehole catheters.
Such catheters are difficult to make. When an order for one reaches
our catheter making clean room, groans are heard frequently! Despite
this, the catheters that we have built have proved to be more durable
than we had hoped. As a result, several investigators have been
beavering away with our catheters which make a substantial contribution
to the 28 original research papers that will present data on combined
impedance monitoring and manometry at the DDW this year.
Dentsleeve
is Growing and Evolving!
We continue to experience rapid growth in demand for our products.
Thank you! Much effort is being put into development of our manufacturing
capacity through expansion of our staff and in staff training. Wayne
Drewett took up the position of Production Manager in February 2003,
bringing with him extensive experience of pharmaceutical manufacturing.
He is making an invaluable contribution to our ability to supply
our customers. Our new information system is installed and goes
live early in April.
We are confident that this will greatly improve management of manufacturing
and other essential functions. Please bear with us as we iron out
any teething problems.
Sea, But Not Primarily Fishy Stories
Santa came and went in a flash. The Christmas holidays brought
a good crop of snapper, but nothing of a sensational size. Some
of us chartered a good size yacht for a few days and sailed around
beautiful seas and islands west of Adelaide, close to Port Lincoln.
The fish heard we were coming and went elsewhere. We visited and
swam with a sea lion colony that welcomed us exuberantly and enjoyed
listening to one of us singing to them. Abalone was gathered in
large amounts by our two divers and enjoyed by everyone.
With best wishes.
Kea Dent
General Manager
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