Company History

An American patient monitor manufacturer since 1991

Infinium Medical designs and builds patient monitors in Largo, Florida, and supplies operating room, anesthesia, and airway equipment to clinics, surgery centers, and distributors. Our roots go back to a family of engineers who patented bar code reading and vital sign monitoring technology before the company was founded.

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35 years, 1991 to 2026

1991

Founded

93

Countries served

5

Generations of monitors

Largo, FL

Designed and built

Our roots

Where we started

Mehmet Bilgutay founded Infinium in 1991. He and his brother Ilhan built the company’s first multiparameter patient monitor, the Focus 5.

Ilhan Bilgutay holds several U.S. patents. Two of them shaped the company’s engineering heritage.

US 3,744,025 · filed 1971, granted 1973

An optical character reading system and bar code font with a hand-held reading probe.

US 4,517,986 · filed 1984, granted 1985

A four-function vital sign monitor that displays temperature, respiration rate, pulse rate, and blood pressure.

Timeline

Five generations of patient monitors

  1. 1991

    1st generation

    The Focus 5 flagship patient monitor, along with the Cardiotron pulse oximeter and the Selectron patient monitor.

    Infinium 1st generation monitors from 1991: Cardiotron pulse oximeter, Focus 5 patient monitor, and Selectron multiparameter monitor
  2. 1997

    2nd generation

    The ION patient monitor.

    Infinium 2nd generation ION vital signs monitor from 1997
  3. 2002

    3rd generation

    The SETI, VEGA, MIRA, and PROCYON monitors.

    Infinium 3rd generation monitors from 2002: SETI, MIRA, PROCYON, and VEGA
  4. 2011

    4th generation

    The Omni and CLEO series, with shared software across models and screen sizes from compact to large format.

    Infinium 4th generation CLEO and Omni series monitors: CLEO, Omni Express, Omni II, and Omni III
  5. Now and 2027

    5th generation

    The CLEO2, Omega, and Alpha monitors, with full introduction in 2027. The CLEO2 is available now.

    Infinium 5th generation monitors: CLEO2, Omega, and Alpha

OEM

Manufacturing for other brands

Infinium also manufactures patient monitors for OEM partners, including a major medical device company that sells our monitors under its own brand.

Quality

Built and tested in Largo

  • ISO 13485 certified and FDA registered facility
  • Every monitor serialized and tracked in our quality system
  • 100% end-of-line testing on automated simulators for electrical safety and parameter accuracy

Beyond monitoring

Growing beyond monitoring

As the company grew, we split our customers into three divisions: USA, International, and Veterinary. We also added distribution for a range of partner brands.

Infinium OBA-1 portable anesthesia machine

2023

OBA-1 portable anesthesia machine

In 2023, Infinium bought the rights to manufacture the OBA-1 from Cardinal Medical Specialties of Louisville, Kentucky.

Infinium surgical table in a low position

Partnership

Surgical tables and lights

An exclusive partnership with Luvis gives our customers a value-priced line of surgical tables and lights.

ClearVue VL3R video laryngoscope with 4-inch display

Airway

ClearVue video laryngoscopes

The ClearVue series covers airway management, from the handheld VL3R with a 4-inch display to the VLXL with an 8-inch display.

Infinium today

  • Patient monitors designed and built in a 15,000 sq ft facility in Largo, Florida
  • Operating room, anesthesia, airway, and procedure room equipment from Infinium and partner brands
  • Distribution in 93 countries
  • An in-house service center for repairs and after-sale support

Infinium Medical, Inc.
12151 62nd St N #5, Largo, FL 33773
(727) 531-8434

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