Spacelabs Healthcare

Founded in 1958 by two scientists, Ben Ettelson and James A Reeves, the company developed cardiac monitoring and telemetry systems for NASA. These were used to monitor astronauts’ vital signs in the early Gemini and the subsequent Apollo space missions.

During the 1960s, Spacelabs continued its relationship with NASA culminating in Neil Armstrong wearing Spacelabs medical telemetry for the first moon landing in 1969.

The company went on to develop sophisticated medical monitoring systems and earned a reputation for innovation with some significant ‘firsts’ becoming one of the top US medical device manufacturers in the 1980’s.

Subsequently the company made several acquisitions to expand its portfolio adding both the diagnostic cardiology company Delmar Reynolds and the anesthesia company Blease thus forming ‘Spacelabs Healthcare’ in 2005. As a result, our heritage and history of innovation dates back more than sixty years.