January 8, 2000 – Philadelphia, PA – Amethyst Research, LLC today announced the addition of an on-line store to its popular VentWorld.com web site, the Internet's most complete manufacturer-neutral resource for information about medical mechanical ventilators and their accessories. The store is unique in that it sells, in a single, centralized location, educational material needed by the clinical and industrial communities involved with mechanical ventilation and respiratory care. The educational products offered are from Amethyst Research, itself, as well as from other authoritative online and offline sources, and are available in digital, video, or traditional paper (book) formats. Also for sale is VentWorld merchandise, including shirts and specialty items.
"We are very excited about our new, on-line store," said Jonathan Kaye, Ph.D., president of Amethyst Research, LLC. "Up until now we have been able to provide just ventilator equipment information to our on-line visitors, or point them to sources at other locations. With the opening of this store, we can give our viewers a way to own the information products we identify, describe and display on our site". The products for sale include training seminars and courses from a variety of authors, including Bob Demers, BS, RRT, Jon Nilsestuen, PhD, RRT and Ken Hargett, BS, RRT, as well as companies, such as Critical Concepts, creators of the SimBioSys™ line of educational software.
"This store is a natural extension of a web site that is already extremely useful for everyone concerned with respiratory diseases and treatment", said Carl F. Doershuk, M.D., retired director of the Cystic Fibrosis Center at Rainbow Babies and Children's/University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH. "Now, with just a few clicks, you can get a personal copy of the works of authorities in the respiratory field. I look forward to the products VentWorld and Amethyst will be offering in the months ahead," added Dr. Doershuk, who recently completed "Cystic Fibrosis in the 20th Century," a history of the people, events, and progress in the conquest of CF, which will be published soon.
For the store's debut, it is featuring the Oxygen Titration Protocol, by Herbert Patrick, MD. This is a "kit" that includes instructional software, an interactive tool for estimating right-to-left shunt and the arterial blood gas response to different inspired oxygen concentrations, and a handy, laminated, pocket shunt-table card. Shopping at the VentWorld store requires a credit card and clicking on any of the convenient links on www.VentWorld.com, or going to: http://store.yahoo.com/ventworld.
VentWorld.com, www.ventworld.com, the first web site created by Amethyst Research LLC, is the Internet's most comprehensive resource devoted to mechanical ventilation. It concentrates up-to-date information about products, news, events, and training, from suppliers, professional societies, news organizations, and community members. It enhances the presentation of such information with interactive formats to assist with product comparison, evaluation, and purchasing decisions. VentWorld results from Amethyst Research's background and experience with respiratory care equipment, bioengineering, and computer technology.
Amethyst Research, LLC, www.amethyst-research.com, producers of VentWorld.com www.ventworld.com, was founded in 1998, and has offices in Philadelphia, PA, Cleveland, OH and San Diego, CA. Amethyst develops software tools and realistic simulations of medical equipment and patients for product comparisons, training and educational programs. Amethyst Research also produces custom software, consults on computer technology and medical equipment projects, and conducts medical equipment industry related market research.
Contacts:
Jonathan Kaye
CEO, VentWorld/Amethyst Research LLC
Corporate Office: (888) 511-2452
105 S. 12th Street, Third Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
USA
Email: jmk@amethyst-research.com