YUCAIPA, Calif., June 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ingen Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:IGNT) a leading Medical Device Manufacturer focused in the $8 Billion global Respiratory Markets for the growing ageing population and emerging markets for Home (DME), Hospital and Aviation Industries announced today that the United States Commerce Association has awarded Ingen Technologies with the 2009 Best Medical Device Manufacturer award.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2009 USCA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USCA and data provided by third parties.
U.S. Commerce Association (USCA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USCA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising. The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.
"I am truly committed, and I believe that Ingen and our medical products will be a very successful business in the near future. The strength and experience of our management team, and the dynamic intellectual property places this company ahead of our competition. The patients, physicians and providers like our Oxyview product," stated Scott Sand, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board.
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About Ingen Technologies, Inc. / Oxyview:
Ingen is an established medical device manufacturer with an emerging new medical product line for the respiratory market worth an estimated $4 Billion in the U.S., and $8 billion globally. The company introduced Oxyview into the respiratory market in late 2007 after securing U.S. and Foreign Patents and successful licensing with the Food & Drug Administration, and has commenced domestic and global distribution with manufacture representative organizations, and OEM partners. In addition to selling its respiratory products within the global medical industry, the company is selling the same products within other industries that include aviation, automotive, emergency response, military and government transportation. The company holds a Device Manufacturing License with the State of California, Department of Public Health, Food and Drug Branch as it manufacturers all of its respiratory products in the United States. There are 32 million U.S. patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and 600 million patients worldwide. Ingen Technologies is now the largest manufacturer of in-line gravity-independent oxygen flow meters.
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