Airgas Online Annual Report 2003


Harold Edwards,
President,
Puritan Medical Products

 
  “What makes Puritan Medical Products unique is our 100 percent focus on medical gas. We talk with customers and develop solutions. After speaking with hospital users, respiratory therapists and others who expressed concerns with the weight and portability of traditional medical “E” steel cylinders, we developed and deployed 30,000 lightweight Walk O2 Bout aluminum oxygen units this past year. By speaking with home care providers, we created the Puritan Plus service offering to refill liquid oxygen units at patients’ homes on behalf of the home care providers. The provider maintains the customer relationship and we provide the distribution logistics.”