Alcare

Alcare Co., Ltd. is a Japanese medical device company founded in 1955 as Tokyo Eizai Kenkyusho. It develops and manufactures products in wound, ostomy, and continence care, including ostomy appliances, wound dressings, casting systems, and ultrasound bone healing devices. The company changed its name to Alcare in 1992 and established a Chinese subsidiary in 2020.

Alcare was founded in 1955 as 'Yugen Kaisha Tokyo Eizai Kenkyusho' in Kyojima, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. In 1953, the company succeeded in developing and manufacturing Japan's first domestically produced plaster cast bandage, 'Speed Gips'. In 1965, it developed Japan's first artificial anus appliance, 'Rapack'. In 1973, the company was reorganized as 'Kabushiki Kaisha Tokyo Eizai Kenkyusho' and entered the skin care field with Japan's first skin protective agent, 'Karaya Disc'. In 1992, the company changed its name to 'Alcare Co., Ltd.' In 2020, it established a local subsidiary in China, 'Ailekang Medical Instruments (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.'

ベストケア創造企業 (Best Care Creation Company)

• Osteotron V (Ultrasound Bone Healing Device)

  Ultrasound bone healing device.

• Ceracare (Ostomy Appliance)

  Ostomy appliance using a new dimension of skin protective agent.

• SI Aid (Silicone Gel Dressing for Wounds)

  Wound silicone gel dressing using silicone adhesive technology.

• FixKit (Catheter Fixation Kit)

  Catheter fixation dedicated kit.

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