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Video Profile: Medical Coaches
In the last 20 years, high-tech mobile units like CT, MRI and now PET/CT trailers have been driving the market, says Smith, whose family has been in the mobile biomedical business since 1949. Medical Coaches is still family-owned; in fact, son Chad Smith works as the company's director of marketing.
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Largest Buyer & Seller of Pre Owned Diagnostic Imaging Equipment in the USA
"Most of our employees have been with us for 15 to 20 years. We're very experienced at what we do; we take a great deal of pride in what we do and we like to form partnerships with our customers and our major suppliers."
In addition to the high-field MRI system, the trailer features a number of developments such as a NASA-designed ceramic material that reflects the sun's rays and stabilizes temperature inside the trailer, diffused air-conditioning that creates a "curtain" of air over the entire interior, and functional improvements like sliding doors and electric door latches. Medical Coaches' hybrid PET/CT trailers even feature auto-leveling systems.
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