Friday, July 18, 2008

Implant Maker Sees Strong Sales

A new cochlear implant produced by Med-El is doing very well. The company says sales of its Opus 2 speech processor is up more than 30%. The latest version of the devise received FDA approval in April. It has switch-free operation and works with wireless FM and Bluetooth. Based in North Carolina, Med-El is the third largest hearing-implant company in the world.