B. Braun Awarded Contract With Healthtrust Purchasing Group

BETHLEHEM, PA.— B. Braun Medical Inc. (B. Braun) has announced an expanded agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust) to provide pain management products to HealthTrust’s membership. Under this agreement, HealthTrust’s membership will gain the advanced safety and efficiency of B. Braun’s  anesthesia products, including the company’s Contiplex^® Stim Stimulating Catheter, Espocan^® Combined Spinal/Epidural Trays and Perifix^® FX Closed Tip and Open Tip Springwound Epidural Catheters, among other products.
 
“We pride ourselves on delivering the best value to our customers, enabling them to improve patient outcomes,” said Caroll H. Neubauer, chairman and chief executive officer of B. Braun Medical Inc. “Our advanced, quality products enhance safety and efficiency, while still remaining cost-effective. With access to B. Braun’s broad range of anesthesia products, we are confident that HealthTrust’s membership will benefit from this partnership.”
 
B. Braun will provide its anesthesia products to HealthTrust effective November 1, 2009. This will allow HealthTrust members access to B. Braun’s full line of first-class regional anesthesia trays – including the market leading Perifix^® continuous and single-dose epidural trays. Perifix^® continuous trays feature the atraumatic Perifix^® FX springwound epidural catheters with open or closed tip.