Recycling Opportunity - More Medical Equipment Is Getting Scrapped than Ever Before
A revolution is taking place in medical technology, with new equipment and new technologies being introduced weekly. If you’d like to get a quick glimpse of what’s taking place, spend a few minutes scrolling through the entries on MedGadget.com. There, you’ll find announcements of hundreds of new medical products and technologies that are coming to market.
Here’s a sample . . .
- Intuitive Surgical just introduced a new version of its Da Vinci surgical machine that will allow a wider range of operations to be performed robotically.
- Withings has developed a new blood pressure monitoring cuff that sends its readings wirelessly to iPhones and Android devices.
- Toshiba is launching a compact ultrasound machine that can roll into tighter spaces in hospital rooms.
- Biotronic makes a new pacemaker that wirelessly sends electrograms to cardiologists.
- Scientists are developing biodegradable batteries that will dissolve after they have powered devices that are implanted in the body.
And would you believe, all those things were announced on MedGadget.com in just that last 10 days?
Every New Piece of Equipment Makes an Older One Obsolete
The result of all that change is that over time, a lot of older pieces of medical equipment are becoming obsolete. As improved implantable defibrillators come to market, for example, older models get returned to their manufacturers for recycling. As new ultrasound and medical imaging systems come into widespread use, older equipment is no longer needed. Some of it gets put into containers and sent to countries where it is needed. Some of it gets scrapped. And some of it contains valuable quantities of platinum, silver, gold and other precious metals.
Do you work in a hospital, radiology center, or another facility where older equipment is about to become obsolete? If so, that equipment could contain quantities of gold that are worth recycling. Or do you work in a testing center where your stocks of unused cardiac catheters are no longer needed? If so, what will become of the precious metals that they contain? Even the sensor tips of electrophysiology (EP) catheters contain platinum that can be profitably recycled.
If you own older medical equipment or supplies and don’t know about what they are worth, we’re here to help you. Call Specialty Metals at 800-426-2344, tell us what you have, and we’ll be pleased to explain the profit potential for recycling your used laboratory equipment.
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