• MEDport was founded in 1996 by Jeffrey M. Jacober
• Primary businesses are – Consumer healthcare, digital thermometers, nutritional care, pharmaceutical and medical devices OEM supplier
• MEDport has a broad based distribution channel for our product including chain drug stores, chain nutritional stores, nutritional distributors, pharmaceutical companies & medical device manufacturers, multi-level marketing distributors.
• MEDport currently owns approximately twelve U.S. and international patents and trademarks

Why MEDport and Timex®?

MEDport Inc. and Timex® Corporation have teamed together to bring you a line of ergonomic and easy-to-use medical devices, such as digital thermometers, for the home.  These products were developed out of real-life testing situations, by real-life parents. Team member MEDport Inc. specializes in designing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing medication management products , and Timex® has sold inexpensive dependable wristwatches to the general public for over 150 years, and the Timex® name has always been synonymous with helpful innovation and affordability.

Developed by Moms
The Accu-Curve®’s unique concept came from three Rhode Island moms who, like legions of parents, were tired of struggling with their young children trying to get them to put and keep a thermometer under their tongues. Their assignment: design an ergonomic oral thermometer that made temperature taking easier and less stressful for families.

Thanks to three mothers from Rhode Island desperate for a thermometer that would end the struggles involved when they take their children’s temperature, there’s a new device on retailer shelves. The digital Timex® Accu-Curve® thermometer has a unique design intended to give a more accurate reading than traditional oral thermometers because it’s easier for children to keep in their mouths. The moms originally inspired what later became Timex® Accu-Curve® thermometer by rolling aluminum foil into the ideal thermometer shape and presenting their wishes to Timex® Corporation. They’re happy with the results: “The design makes temperature taking comfortable and easy for both child and parent.” says co-creator Mindy Penney. “The curve tip fits inside the child’s mouth while the thermometer rests gently over the lower lip and near the chin.”

MEDport Enters into Licensing Agreement With Timex® Licensing Corporation; Company Signs Deal to Design, Manufacture, Market and Sell Digital Thermometers, Under Powerful Timex® Brand Name.

PROVIDENCE , R.I. -- MEDport Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a multi-year licensing agreement with Timex® Corporation to design, manufacture, market and sell medical devices for the home such as digital thermometers under the Timex® brand name.

"Timex® decided to partner with MEDport for several reasons," said Helen Prial, Timex® Licensing Corporation Vice-President. "MEDport has well established relationships with large retail accounts. They have great marketing sensibilities and a proven track record for designing and manufacturing the highest quality products."

"The Timex® name is known throughout the world for providing consumers with innovative and affordable products that are extremely accurate and highly dependable-key attributes that are especially pertinent to home health care products," said Jim Shuster, MEDport's President.

According to Mr. Shuster, MEDport plans to unveil and launch the first digital thermometers under the Timex® brand name in the Fall 2002. "The designs we've developed and are working on are going to revolutionize the digital thermometer space. Consumers are going to love them, especially parents and kids."

From the revolutionary timepieces of the early 1950's that brought inexpensive dependable wristwatches to the general public, to more recent innovations, the Timex® name has always been synonymous with helpful innovation and affordability. Timex® Corporation, headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut, is the largest selling watch brand in America. MEDport Inc. specializes in designing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing medication management products, including first aid medication reminder devices, that provide consumers with solutions for better health. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, MEDport Inc. is part of the Ocean Group family of consumer product companies.