Mindray Medical International Limited () is a Chinese multinational medical instrumentation manufacturer based in

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. Mindray designs and produces medical equipment and accessories for both

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and

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

use. The company is organized into three key business lines: Patient Monitoring &

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Diagnostic Products, and

Medical Imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to rev ...

Systems. In 2008, Mindray was recognized as China's largest medical device manufacturer.

History

Mindray was founded in 1991 in

by seven former employees of Anke (), including

Li Xiting Li Xiting (; born 1951) is a Chinese-born Singaporean billionaire business magnate and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, president and co-CEO of Mindray, China's largest medical equipment manufacturer. Early life and education Li was b ...

(),

Xu Hang Xu Hang (born 1967) is a Chinese billionaire business magnate and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Shenzhen-based multinational medical instrumentation manufacturer Mindray Medical International. Xu Hang holds a BA deg ...

() and Cheng Minghe (). It grew by providing domestic patient monitoring, imaging, and other diagnostic products. Mindray maintains 41 subsidiaries and branch offices in 31 countries, as well as 32 branch offices in China. Mindray was listed on the

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in September 2006 and delisted in March 2016 to apply for a re-listing in China's A-Share market. Mindray was re-listed in the

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in October 2018. Mindray faced hiring controversy at the end of 2018 when it rescinded job offers from 254 university students due to changing economic conditions. The company reinstated the offers in early 2019 citing 'corporate social responsibility' after public outcry. Mindray partnered with Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in January 2019 to improve diagnostic patient care in

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. The company donated a SAL 6000 analyzer to improve local lab test efficiency.

Divisions

The Patient Monitoring & Life Support division develops and manufactures multi-parameter patient monitors,

biotelemetry Biotelemetry (or medical telemetry) involves the application of telemetry in biology, medicine, and other health care to remotely monitor various vital signs of ambulatory patients. Application The most common usage for biotelemetry is in dedicated ...

systems,

anesthesia Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), ...

delivery systems,

defibrillator Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a ''coun ...

s, ECG machines, pulse oxymeters, hospital beds, mounting systems and IT solutions. In 2008, Mindray purchased the Patient Monitoring division of Datascope Corporation for $209 million to expand their presence outside of China. The In-Vitro Diagnostic division provides data and analysis on blood, urine, and other bodily fluid samples for clinical diagnosis and treatment. This segment offers a range of semi-automated and fully automated diagnostic laboratory instruments for laboratories, clinics, and hospitals. Its products include hematology analyzers, biochemistry analyzers, reagents, a microplate reader and a microplate washer.

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