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" The health care
environment continues
to be very interested in
eliminating 'chemicals
of concern,' while
maintaining the highest
levels of performance
and comfort. "
Leslie E. Haddad
Herculite Products Inc.
Flip side of the coin
Jean Clermont, who founded and
owns Stickman Dialysis Industries in
Kennebunk, Maine, is on the other
side of the coin from companies such
as Eastex and Carr. He buys fabrics to
make his products, mainly peritoneal
dialysis (PD) belts (which hold a PD
catheter in place when a patient isn't
using it to dialyze), and accessories
that are sold to individuals as well as
dialysis companies. Clermont has been
in the business for 27 years, originally
in Canada, since he was a home dialysis
patient himself.
According to Clermont, it isn't
innovation that Stickman is looking
for as much as dependability. " We
don't have a lot of special needs, and
the fabric is not that exciting, " he says.
" I am a little picky as to what I want
the fabric to look like. But our current
supplier, Carr, is probably our 10th
At Stickman Dialysis Industries in
Kennebunk, Maine, the fabric used to
make its peritoneal dialysis belts is not
unique or innovative. What's important
to the company is dependability. It
needs a supplier who has its fabric in
stock and will sell in small quantities.
Photo: Stickman Dialysis Industries
fabric supplier.
" Companies go under in this
industry, " Clermont explains, " or
they don't want to deal in small
quantities-and we need small
quantities because our product isn't
very big and we don't have a lot of
storage space. Carr, on the other hand,
always has what we need in stock and
will sell to us in small quantities. "
Stickman does sell to some of the
biggest dialysis companies in the
world, as well as hospitals, but its
" bread and butter " is from " dozens
of orders a day from individuals.
That's what keeps the lights on. "
Looking to the future
Beyond specific products, what
do medical fabric suppliers see
as the future?
" There was a focus for a while
with all the antimicrobial fabrics, but
it's kind of petered out in the world
that I see, " opines Dawson. " As far as
fabric goes, the medical field is pretty
traditional. You know scrubs are not
going anywhere. The little arm sling
items are not going anywhere.
" Every now and then we come up
with a new little trick or gimmick on
how a product is closed or different
Velcro® but those are little tweaks, "
he adds. " The actual body of the item
really doesn't change much. Traditional
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