Murrysville, Pa.-based Respironics has appointed Donald J. Spence as its new Homecare Division president. Chatsworth, Calif.-based Chad Therapeutics has

Murrysville, Pa.-based Respironics has appointed Donald J. Spence as its new Homecare Division president.

Chatsworth, Calif.-based Chad Therapeutics has won a 2005 Medical Design Excellence Award for its Sage Oxygen Therapeutic Device.

Mundelin, Ill.-based Medline Industries recently opened a new distribution center in Covington, La.

San Diego-based ResMed has acquired Saime SA, a developer and distributor of ventilation products in France and Germany.

Conshohocken, Pa.-based Viasys has signed an agreement to acquire Minneapolis-based Pulmonetic Systems.

SenTech Medical Systems has been awarded the South Florida Manufacturing Association's Manufacturer of the Year Award.

Former AAHomecare Rehab and Assistive Technology Council Chairman Matthew Burke recently launched Unitas, a company offering Web-based referral and billing solutions, to be based in Easthampton, Mass.

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