ABOUT

Cenorin has a history of innovation that dates back many years. Our founder, Richard Radford, began addressing unmet needs for important clinical issues starting in the 1970s. Not only did his early efforts improve patient safety, they added significant economic value to the delivery of healthcare. Subsequent innovations have become the accepted standard of care throughout the world.

Mr. Radford’s continuous technical improvements in drying technology resulted in the recent launch of the 50 Series medical dryer systems, featuring advanced capabilities and greatly enhanced drying throughput.

1960-1970

1966

Mr. Radford, the Director of Respiratory Therapy at Providence Medical Center, WA, developed a prototype cabinet to dry respiratory devices after cleaning and created a better method of drying for their department. This first effort was a wooden cabinet using a radiator as the heat source.

1967

Mr. Radford formed HR Inc. and engineered this drying cabinet innovation for commercialization. HR Inc. began distribution across the US.

1968

Mr. Radford began to address the safety and economics of available techniques used to suction patients on ventilators with tracheostomies. The result of these efforts was the development of what is now known as a ‘closed suction system.’ This system eventually became Trach Care marketed by Ballard Medical.

1969

First commercial drying cabinet sold.

1980-1990

1980

HR Inc. begins development of a digitally controlled thermal washer/high-level disinfector.

1985

New digitally controlled thermal washer/high-level disinfector launched to U.S. market.

1990-2000

1990

HR Inc. launched the dryers into the international market. The first international customers were Taiwan and Malaysia, followed by Japan, Mexico and South America.

1997

Mr. Radford renames HR Inc. as Clear Medical. The new company product portfolio includes washer/thermal high level disinfectors, Aqua Guard wound care protection for patient showering, and drying cabinets.

1998

Clear Medical researches the potential for reprocessing single-use devices.

1999

Clear Medical makes presentations at FDA hearings to evaluate changing the regulations governing single-use device reprocessing.

2000-2010

2000

FDA changes regulations on reprocessing which allowed a company duly registered with the FDA as a 3rd Party Reprocessor to be able to reprocess single use devices for hospitals. Clear Medical experiences rapid growth as a 510(k) cleared third-party reprocessor for single-use medical devices.

2002

Clear Medical restructured its ‘manufacturing’ and ‘reprocessing service’ as separate business focus areas.

2004

Mr. Radford forms Cenorin and acquires all products manufactured at Clear Medical to be manufactured and sold under the new brand Cenorin.

2005

The Cenorin product line Aqua Guard undergoes technical innovation to improve function and manufacturability. The sales and marketing team for this product is significantly expanded, bringing improved safety and economic savings to hospitals across the U.S.

2006

Cenorin began developing an enhanced Model 610 Washer/High-level Disinfector. The goal for these improvements was to automate and create internal controls to assure critical functions for cleaning and thermal high-level disinfection would meet or exceed published standards.

2007

Clear Medical sells ‘reprocessing assets’ to SterilMed (later acquired by J&J). Clear Medical was functionally dissolved following this transaction.

2010-2020

2011

Cenorin begins development of new drying technologies.

2018

Aqua Guard assets are sold to Covalon, a Canadian firm. Cenorin begins development of new high-tech drying systems, and updates the brand name of the existing ThermaSure brand to Classic Series.

2019

CENORIN Model 610 Washer/Pasteurizer receives FDA 510(k) clearance for cleaning and high-level disinfection.

2020-Present

2020

LD100, first lumen-drying device designed specifically for robotic arms, is launched for retrofit in Classic Series Dryers.

2021

Cenorin joins Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) for monitoring and auditing the manufacture of medical devices to satisfy the relevant requirements of the regulatory authorities of participants. Participants include US FDA, Australia, Canada, Japan, EU, UK, WHO, Israel, Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and Argentina. FDA accepts MDSAP audit reports for routine inspections.

2022

Next-generation 50 Series Dryers are launched with significant improvements in technology and drying effectiveness

2023

LD200 is launched. This lumen-drying system for robotic arms and high-risk single channel flexible endoscopes integrates with the 50 Series Dryers.

2024

Cenorin, having completed significant technological and Industrial Design/Branding improvements on all product lines, refocuses on sales and market development. Hiring begins for a new sales and clinical team to work directly with healthcare customers in the U.S.

2025

All improved and new products are enthusiastically received by first 100 customers. Mr. Radford continues his leadership work at Cenorin.