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Medical Gas Alarm Manual
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S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
C
OMPANY
WAS
FORMED
IN
1916
AS
A
SUPPLIER
OF
RAILWAY
AND
FOUNDRY
EQUIPMENT
IN
C
HICAGO
. I
T
CONTINUED
ALONG
THIS
BUSINESS
PATH
UNTIL
1951
WHEN
W
ALTER
F.
D
EVEREUX
PURCHASED
THE
COMPANY
. A
T
THAT
TIME
THE
COMPANY
BEGAN
TO
CONCENTRATE
ITS
EFFORTS
ON
A
LINE
OF
NON
-
LUBRICATED
AIR
COMPRESSORS
AND
VACUUM
PUMPS
AND
A
NICHE
WAS
FOUND
SERVICING
THE
PRINTING
PRESS
INDUSTRY
. U
TILIZING
THIS
EXPERTISE
,
THE
COMPANY
BEGAN
TO
SUPPLY
CUSTOM
PUMPING
PACKAGES
FOR
A
VARIETY
OF
APPLICATIONS
AND
IN
THE
EARLY
1950’
S
S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
SOLD
ITS
FIRST
HOSPITAL
VACUUM
PUMP
PACKAGE
,
THE
CORNERSTONE
OF
TODAY
’
S
BUSINESSES
AND
PRODUCT
LINES
.
I
N
1962, M
R
. H
ERBERT
S
CHIFTER
, M
R
. D
EVEREAUX
’
S
SON
-
IN
-
LAW
TOOK
OVER
AS
P
RESIDENT
.
M
R
. S
CHIFTER
WAS THE
ORIGINAL
INVENTOR
OF
THE
“D
IAMOND
O
NE
”
GAS
OUTLET
WHICH
HE
PATENTED
IN
1959. T
HE
BUSINESS
GREW
SIGNIFICANTLY
AS
A
SUPPLIER
OF
CUSTOM
DESIGNED
AND
CONSTRUCTED
VACUUM
AND
AIR
COMPRESSOR
SYSTEMS
FOR
MEDICAL
AND
INDUSTRIAL
USE
.
T
O
DATE
, S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
HAS
MANUFACTURED
OVER
15,000
HOSPITAL
AIR
COMPRESSOR
AND
VACUUM
PUMPING
SYSTEMS
THAT
HAVE
BEEN
INSTALLED
AROUND
THE
WORLD
BEARING
A
VARIETY
OF
VERY
WELL
-
KNOWN
TRADE
NAMES
.
T
ODAY
IN
THE
THIRD
GENERATION
OF
FAMILY
OWNERSHIP
AND
MANAGEMENT
, S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
C
OMPANY
CONTINUES
TO
SERVE
THE
WORLDWIDE
NEEDS
FOR
HOSPITAL
VACUUM
PUMPING
AND
AIR
COMPRESSOR
PACKAGES
ALONG
WITH
THE
COMPLETE
HEALTHCAIR®
MEDICAL
GAS
PIPELINE
OFFERING
.
I
N
1962,
THE
SUBSIDIARY
COMPANY
, A
EROS
I
NSTRUMENTS
, I
NC
.,
WAS
FORMED
TO
MANUFACTURE
SUCTION
AND
OXYGEN
THERAPY
EQUIPMENT
FOR
THE
MEDICAL
COMMUNITY
. T
ODAY
A
EROS
CONTINUES
TO
MANUFACTURE
ALL
OF
THE
SALES
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
ONE
OF
THE
LARGEST
SUPPLIERS
OF
SUCH
EQUIPMENT
IN
THE
WORLD
. A
T
THE
SAME
TIME
, A
EROS
I
NSTRUMENTS
PRODUCES
AND
SELLS
IT
’
S
OWN
LINE
OF
PORTABLE
SUCTION
MACHINES
UNDER
THE
WELL
-
KNOWN
NAMES
OF
MOBLVAC ®, INSTAVAC ®, CARE-E-VAC ® AND TOTE-L-VAC ®.
T
HE
A
EROS
I
NSTRUMENTS
SUBSIDIARY
,
WHICH
IS
AN
ISO 13485
REGISTERED
COMPANY
AND
IS
A
GOVERNMENT
REGISTERED
MEDICAL
DEVICE
MANUFACTURER
,
PRODUCES
THE
HEALTHCAIR®
S
ERIES
OF
MEDICAL
GAS
PIPELINE
EQUIPMENT
INCLUDING
THE
M
EDICAL
G
AS
O
UTLETS
AND
M
EDICAL
G
AS
A
LARM
S
YSTEMS
.
S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
/A
EROS
I
NSTRUMENTS
I
NC
.
ARE
THE
ONE
SOURCE
FOR
ALL
MEDICAL
GAS
PUMPING
,
MEDICAL
GAS
PIPELINE
EQUIPMENT
AND
MEDICAL
ASPIRATION
EQUIPMENT
. F
ROM
CUSTOM
DESIGNED
PUMPING
SYSTEMS
TO
THE
MOST
MODERN
LINE
OF
ASPIRATION
EQUIPMENT
AND
MEDGAS
PIPELINE
AVAILABLE
ANYWHERE
, S
QUIRE
-C
OGSWELL
–A
EROS
DOES
IT
ALL
. N
O
OTHER
SUPPLIER
SURPASSES
OUR
CONTINUITY
OF
EXPERIENCE
AND
LEADERSHIP
IN
THE
MEDICAL
GAS
PUMPING
,
PIPELINE
AND
ASPIRATION
MARKETS
.
