At the beginning of 2017, Samsung Electronics entered the animal health care industry with the launch of its PT10V device, a point-of-care (POC) blood analyzer for pets. Unveiled at the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) Conference in Orlando, Florida, the PT10V was selected by the NAVC as one of the conference’s “must see” products.

Samsung’s Health & Medical Equipment Business department employees recognized that this device represented more than just high-technology. Rather, it presented an opportunity to make a difference. In April of this year, about twenty likeminded members of the Health & Medical Equipment Business team banded together and established a community service group they named the “Mung Nyangs” – a play-on-words of the onomatopoeic Korean words for ‘bark’ and ‘meow’, and established a group slogan of “Happier together.” The slogan refers to the potential happiness of stray animals who receive care under the volunteer program.

The kindhearted group utilized Samsung Electronics’ “Voluntainment Talent Sharing’ program – a support mechanism for employees who establish community service initiatives – to provide four PT10Vs to animal shelters across Korea. At more than several thousands of dollars per unit, the animal shelters were delighted to receive the advanced medical equipment. Additionally, the team also supplied the shelters with free blood test cartridges, ensuring that the animals had access to the care they needed.

Samsung’s PT10V features a compact design that delivers impressive results by testing for up to 13 different blood ailments at a time, including liver, lung and digestive system diseases. Moreover, the device provides results inside of 10 minutes, which are easily shared with other devices through an application available on smartphones and tablet PCs.

Based on the success of the PT10V blood analyzer and the enthusiastic response to the “Mung Nyangs” efforts in Korea, Samsung is seeking to expand the program internationally. The company plans to continue cultivating its veterinary-related service groups by leveraging its medical equipment technologies, and to provide much needed support to animals and the business who care for them, all around the world.

By collaborating with Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, animal health, and medical practitioners, Samsung Electronics today announced that it is entering the world’s largest pet market which is estimated to almost 63 billion USD in 2016¹.

Samsung Electronics displayed the PT10V, its point-of-care (PoC) blood analyzer, for the first time this week at the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) Conference in Orlando, Florida. At the beginning of the conference, the NAVC announced that it selected the PT10V as one of the conference’s “must see” products this year among new products from 700 companies.

The PT10V delivers ‘C’ompact design, high ‘A’ccessibility, ‘R’eliability and ‘E’asy-to-use operation, which each attribute’s first letters reflect its vision to provide proper ‘CARE’ for life-time companions. The PT10V can test up to 13 parameters at once, including liver profile, kidney profile, and metabolic disorders and deliver the result within 10 minutes. Test results can be sent to various IT devices through an application in smartphones and tablet PCs.

Also with using micro-fluidic technology, successfully commercialized through Samsung’s world’s best DNA and its capability in manufacturing technology and process control, tests can be performed with only 70μL of serum or plasma. The PT10V meets the needs of pet owners wanting to avoid taking too much samples out of their loved ones.

Dr. Andrew Loar, Lab Director of STAT Veterinary Lab under ETHOS, said, “Of the hundreds of samples evaluated during the study, no operative or functional errors occurred, showing consistent and reliable results.”

“This partnership demonstrates Henry Schein’s role as a total solutions provider for veterinarians and as a valued partner for the world’s most innovative companies,” said Peter McCarthy, President, Global Animal Health Group, Henry Schein. “We are pleased to join Samsung in launching the PT10V at this year’s NAVC Conference as we continue to work with our customers to improve the efficiency and profitability of their practices while enhancing their ability to provide the highest level of care to their patients.”

Samsung plans to extend the number of new testing analytes for In-Vitro Diagnostic(IVD) devices and also add veterinary products for imaging devices such as ultrasound system to establish a total solution for pet healthcare market which is likely to show a sustainable growth.

Dongsoo Jun, President of Health & Medical Equipment Business at Samsung Electronics said, “Entering the US market with numerous positive reviews of PT10V gave us high expectation of its launch. Companion animals are being acknowledged as family members and the needs to take care their health in advance are growing. Utilizing our technological capabilities, Samsung will contribute to helping animals avoid diseases by launching various diagnostic medical devices.”

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¹American Pet Products Association (Pet Industry Market Size & Ownership Statistics)