Avanos Medical
{{Short description|American medical technology company}}
{{Verification|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Avanos Medical, Inc.
| logo = Avanos_Medical_logo.svg
| former_name = Halyard Health, Inc. (2014–2018)
| type = Public
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|AVNS}}|S&P 600 component}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Joseph F. Woody{{cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-halyard-health-says-ceo-robert-abe/brief-halyard-health-says-ceo-robert-abernathy-to-retire-idUSFWN1JK08S|title= BRIEF-Halyard Health says CEO Robert Abernathy to retire |author= |newspaper=Reuters|date= 2017-06-23 }}
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| industry = Healthcare
| products = {{unbulleted list|Digestive Health |Respiratory Health|Pain Management |Intravenous therapy}}
| num_employees = 5,380 (2020)
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| founded = {{Start date and age|2014}}
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| location = {{nowrap|Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.}}
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| website = {{URL|https://avanos.com/}}
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Avanos Medical, Inc. is a medical technology company making clinical medical devices. The company consists of two franchises – Pain Management and Chronic Care – that address reducing the use of opioids while helping patients recover faster and preventing infection.{{cn|date=May 2022}}
History
Avanos Medical also manufactures and distributes Eternal Access System to help healthcare provides to fit feeding tubes into a patient safely - that is the Cortak 2.{{cite web | url=https://avanosmedicaldevices.com/digestive-health/cortrak-2-enteral-access-system-eas/ | title=CORTRAK* 2 Enteral Access System (EAS) Information }}
They describe Cortrak 2 system as "a time-saving solution that benefits nurses of all levels, dieticians, and GI and ICU doctors."
In April 2022, it was reported that a voluntary field correction had been issued by the company for a vital hospital tool that could have led to injury or even death.{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/health-tech-field-correction-fda-injury-death | title=Health tech company in talks with FDA about device that may have caused injury, death | website=Fox News | date=28 April 2022 }}
Avanos sells its brands and products in more than 90 countries{{cite web| url=https://avanos.investorroom.com/| title=Avanos Medical Company Profile| publisher=The Vintage Group}} and operates 8 principal medical device production facilities – generating approximately $612 million in net revenue.{{When|date=June 2020}}
References
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| symbol = AVNS
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| bloomberg = AVNS:US
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Category:Manufacturing companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)