What: ProvidaCare Medical Supply
Owners: Adam Blumenshein and Ryan Bennett
Where: 831 E. Second St., Duluth
Employees: Six full-time, with plans to add another six
When founded: November 2008
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What company does: Like most local home health-care providers, this company's main product is oxygen tanks. It supplies a variety of medical equipment, including hospital beds, wheelchairs and masks for people with sleep apnea.
What's new: The company is focused on providing tanks that release oxygen only when people inhale. This allows smaller, more portable oxygen tanks to be used. The system also allows tanks to be refilled at home so customers don't have to rely on regular deliveries of fresh tanks. Other companies focus more on bigger tanks that allow for the continuous flow of oxygen, because, they say, many people who require oxygen don't have the lung strength to trigger oxygen flow from the smaller tanks.
To learn more: www.providacare.com , (218) 727-5555
