Hi Dan, They have gone world-wide and high tech. I noticed that the stretcher that I was on going to the hospital on last month was a Stryker! Approximately 82% of Strykers annual sales come from the $22.0 billion worldwide Orthopaedic Implant and Equipment market. The Company is one of the market leaders in this dynamic and rapidly growing industry. Stryker has the top selling products in a large number of the sub-categories within the business.
The Company also participates in the $7.7 billion worldwide Endoscopic market segment, the $1.4 billion Outpatient Rehabilitation Services market segment in the United States and the $870 million Medical Bed & Stretcher market segment in North America. Stryker has experienced growth in these three segments well above the total market during the past several years. Check out some of their products @ http://www.stryker.com/products/index.htm With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 30 Years Post Texas, USA Dan T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave, Yes I was on a Stryker frame. Turning every two hours which caused the hallucination that I was stuck in a pipe. Sounds weird doesn't it. That was one of my more pleasant hallucinations. Some of the real awful hallucinations I still remember today, 30 years later. What a nightmare. Do they still use those Stryker frame's and tongs? Dan T. "David K. Kelmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Dan, Were you on a Stryker Frame? I was on one 3 months getting turned every two hours. I still have the Tongs that were in my head turning that time. They somehow slipped into my wife's purse after they took them out of my head. Speaking of Stryker Frames makes me feel strange. My 1st Grandson was born in 1993 at Borgess Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. That is where Dr. Stryker got permission in 1939-40 to work in the basement to perfected his turning frame and other inventions. Funny how life curls around! http://www.stryker.com/about/history.htm With Love, CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 30 Years Post Texas, USA Dan T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Waterskier encounters sandbar July 18, 1976, 18 years old. Flown to Northwestern Memorial in Chicago and awakened as my head was being drilled to set the tongs. Tough times, hallucinations, breathing difficulties etc. Dan T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would just like to know what caused members of this message board to become quadriplegics or paraplegics? I became a quadriplegic due to an illness that affects the spinal cord (Transverse Myelitis), July 2, 2005 Naomi C-4 quad since July 2, 2005 Transverse Myelitis --------------------------------- AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
