Rothband

Rothband will be returning to UKIO to showcase an expanded range of MRI-compatible products and accessories designed to support radiographers and improve patient comfort. With decades of experience supplying the NHS and private healthcare providers, the company says it understand the importance of safe, reliable and efficient MRI solutions. “Our range includes positioning aids, cushions, […]

King’s Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has taken delivery of the first of two MRI patient trolleys from Rothband. Robust and easy to manoeuvre, the trolleys have a weight limit of 280kg and are tested for use in a 7.0T MRI scanner. The high base also facilitates the […]

Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester, part of Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, has taken delivery of a Lateral Foot Imaging Step from Rothband. After a trial during which staff were able to evaluate the step in action, the team decided to make it a permanent addition to their department. The double handrails and stable […]

At the BIR Annual Congress the Barclay Medal was awarded to Dr Manish Devendra Mair and his team from the department of otorhinolaryngology at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust for his paper published in the British Journal of Radiology (BJR). Dr Mair received the award at the congress for the paper ‘A systematic review […]

Rothband is pleased to be able to announce a new partnership with Mirion Technologies at this year’s UKIO. This coincides with the appointment of new business development manager, John Owen, who brings with him his extensive experience of dosimetry and will be responsible for building Rothband’s dosimetry business in the UK. As part of the […]

Rothband has entered into a new partnership with LG to provide its range of diagnostic, clinical review and surgical monitors to the UK medical market. Rothband says the LG medical monitor range reflects the innovative and reliable reputation of its domestic products. In the diagnostic range are the fully functional but lightweight 12MP and 8MP […]

Pictured following the delivery of a Mammography 2021 chair from Vela Medical to the Pennine Breast Service at St Luke’s Hospital, Bradford, are senior assistant practitioner Allison Helm, breast service manager Simon Peers and Rothband territory sales manager Tori Jones. The service has ordered three chairs with two going to the mobile units to assist […]

X-ray protection and imaging accessories company Rothband started up 160 years ago in the Manchester home of W S Rothband himself, manufacturing small make-up/sponge bags from waterproof cloth that was “guaranteed not to crack.” By 1900 WSRM trademarked rubber sheeting for bed protection was the mainstay of the business and, according to the company’s archives, […]