Medical Gas Systems Available from DRE Veterinary

July 2, 2010 - PRLog -- DRE Veterinary, a premier supplier of veterinary equipment and supplies, offers professional-grade medical gas piping equipment that is easy to use and service, and can save veterinarians valuable time and money. DRE Veterinary can also help veterinary facilities design a complete medical gas system, including placement of outlets, manifolds, alarms and zone valve boxes.

DRE Veterinary’s medical gas systems feature recessed, color-coded outlets that represent the most technically advanced means of providing medical gas connections to the gas piping system. The wall or ceiling-mounted outlets incorporate unique patented front-loading features and are easy to use and repair.

Medical gas outlets from DRE Veterinary contain a seal between the front assembly and back body with a double O-ring that doesn’t deform and leak when weight is applied to the outlet front. These O-rings can be serviced without removing the secondary check or shutting off the supply of gas.

Additional features of the medical gas outlets include:

•   Easy maintenance without removing the faceplate
•   Compensation for variation in wall thicknesses up to 7/8”
•   Gas-specific outlet body with a modular design
•   100-percent flow and leak testing
•   Capability to support 10 pounds at two inches without leaking
•   Incorporation of protective vinyl labels that are durable and scratch-resistant

For its medical gas systems, DRE Veterinary can provide auto-switch manifolds ideal for veterinary applications that require automatic switching of cylinders or banks of cylinders. A TAV-3 alarm package is available that includes an audio/visual alarm, limit switch, 120 volt power supply, mounting bracket and a 20-foot wire cable.

DRE Veterinary offers a variety of oxygen generators, including the DRE O2 Genie-20, which uses pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology to deliver a constant flow of up to 20 SCFH (10 LPM) of medical-grade oxygen at a pressure up to 90 psi. Also available is the OG-20, an oxygen generating system that takes oxygen from the atmosphere and brings it to applications with up to 95-percent concentration.

DRE Veterinary is a complete surgical equipment resource for veterinary facilities. In addition to medical gas systems, DRE Veterinary offers a variety of anesthesia systems, including the DRE Premier, a flexible anesthesia system perfect for spaying, neutering, dental, emergency and pre-op procedures. All of DRE Premier’s moving parts are replaceable, chrome-plated brass, and it features a 0.1 to 0.4 lpm oxygen flowmeter with a rotary float and large scale.

DRE Veterinary also offers the DRE Vetrec VST telemetry system, which can help monitor up to sixteen patients throughout a facility from a single location. The advanced DRE Vetrec VST central monitoring system provides seamless integration with wireless ECG transmitters and, for monitoring multiple parameters from the central station, DRE Waveline patient monitors.

Veterinary surgeons can rely on DRE Veterinary for a variety of surgical tables, including the DRE Genesis, available in a V-top configuration with battery operation. The stainless steel DRE Genesis is easy to clean with a removable fluid tray and V-top panels, and can support up to 175 pounds.

In addition to selling capital equipment, DRE Veterinary provides vaporizer cleaning and calibration maintenance services. Veterinary facilities can utilize DRE Veterinary’s skilled biomedical staff to clean and calibrate vaporizers for a low price with a speedy turnaround. DRE Veterinary also has a wide selection of new and professionally re-calibrated vaporizers from trusted brands, such as Ohmeda, Drager and Penlon.

Veterinarians and veterinary surgeons can learn more about DRE Veterinary’s complete selection of medical gas systems, as well as new and professionally refurbished veterinary equipment, by visiting www.dreveterinary.com.

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DRE Veterinary provides a combination of new and professionally refurbished or used medical equipment to veterinarians, veterinary surgery centers, research facilities, universities and technical schools. For the third consecutive year, DRE — DRE Veterinary’s parent company — has been named by Business First of Louisville as one of the 50 fastest growing businesses in Greater Louisville.