For over two millennia, the range of instruments and devices available to medical practitioners remained essentially unchanged. Surgeons at the outset of the 20th century, for example, made use of scalpels, forceps, clamps, and catheters that were of virtually the same design and manufacture as those employed by Hippocrates himself. More recently, times have seen the invention and development of an increasing number of ever more specialized equipment and medical devices, as well as a variety of ever improved packaging solutions in preparation for sterilization if required. It is in this environment of accelerating change that Precision Medical Products, Inc. (PMP), has emerged as an innovative leader.