Scan
Sound, Inc. successfully developed the very first MRI patient stereo
sound system in 1986, and initiated a patent for the device shortly
after making the product commercially available. (See
Business Briefing). The first system was created by Barry Leeper,
a Biomedical Engineer, specializing in MRI systems. Barry was intellectually
challenged by the need for a system that would improve patient throughput,
reduce the number of aborted scans (due to claustrophobia) and improve
the overall marketability of MRI imaging centers. One of the Doctors
from a new MRI site approached Barry, and was willing to fund the
costs of building a working patient stereo system, as the facility
was faced with competing head to head with numerous other scanners
in their area, and every patient scan was crucial to the success
of their business. The MRI center could ill afford to re-schedule
patients or have the scanner stand idle while waiting for the next
patient to show up. The stereo system enabled them to not only improve
their throughput, but as it turned out, it provided an unexpected
bonus of also satisfying patients so much, that it gave the MRI
facility a marketing edge in their local area, as the facility became
known as a "Patient Friendly MRI Center". Many of the
patients told their referring physicians how happy they were with
their overall scanning experience, and it led many to continually
refer more and more patients, because they knew the patients would
be pleased with their scanning experience. That first patient stereo
sound system became a prototype for many system sales to follow,
based largely on the word-of-mouth advertising.
Scan
Sound, Inc. expanded its services, as a mail order manufacturer
of MRI patient stereo sound systems, intent on keeping the cost
of the systems low, by selling the systems in kit form, in order to keep the costs of their MRI stereo systems low in price. Scan Sound was able to tap the lower end of the market quite
successfully, due to its initial design simplicity, and by simply offering the best customer service and overall product support. The strategy paid off, as kits were shipped
out on a continual basis. The company established a network of individuals
and dealers who sold and installed Scan Sound patient stereo sound
systems throughout the United States. Several of the MRI manufacturers
began offering the Scan Sound patient stereo sound system kits as
well, satisfying their base of customers with this exceptional MRI system enhancement.
Scan Sound has always strived to assemble the highest quality stereo
sound system kits, while providing exceptional customer support. Each of the MRI stereo kits included all the materials typically needed for a neat, complete
and clean installation and each of the turnkey kits were easily installed by either a local engineer or local home theater sound system installation company. Most of the Scan Sound MRI stereo sales resulted from word-of-mouth advertising and Internet sales,
allowing the company to grow its base of hightly satisfied customers. Scan Sound, Inc. has always aimed to keep their prices low,
despite the increasing costs of the materials and kit parts. Through it all, Scan Sound has continually made improvements to their MRI stereo systems while maintaining customer loyalty.
Scan Sound patient stereo sound systems have always utilized the best quality, commercially available stereo system
components. Customers are extremely pleased with the prompt response they receive whenever they communicate with the staff at Scan Sound because the company focuses
on exceptional customer service.
Scan Sound expanded their line of audio products to include specialized headphones, earphones and disposables that enable the sharing of headphones and earphones among many different users. Their base of customers expanded to include government institutions, schools, hospitals, training facilities, workout centers, dialysis clinics, tour guides, dentist offices and all the facilities that use large numbers of headphones and earphones. Scan Sound also began to provide disposable covers so that many facilities could allow their headphone users to share headphones, without sharing germs. The disposable covers allow audio through, and because they are disposable, they keep the headphones fresh so that each user knows that they are wearing a headphone that is clean and free of germs, lice and bacteria.
Biomedical Engineer and audio specialist, Barry Leeper, created a single-ear stereo earphone that allows users to hear the left and right stereo channels in a single earpiece. The 1-BUD earphone was born, solving a problem and filling the audio niche for an earphone that could be easily plugged into any audio device, and play the combined stereo audio channels in one earpiece. The 1-BUD earphones have been beneficial to those with a loss of hearing in one ear as well as all individuals who work and must keep one ear open to their surroundings. Many businesses began requiring that employees ony use an earphone or earpiece in one ear, so that they would be able to hear and communicate with co-workers, making the 1-BUD earphone ideal for the workplace. The 1-BUD line begain with a single earphone and expanded to an entire line-up of many different specialty earphones which all have one earpiece that mixes the two audio channels of any audio device. Scan Sound expanded the audio line-up to include a host of audio accessories and audio adapters at a time when many brick-and-morter stores began closing their doors, taking advantage of the sales that were growing online in the audio equipment marketplace. Today, Scan Sound supplies audio products to many equipment dealers as well as consumers.
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