W.A. Baum Co., Inc

Employee Size

2-10

Headquarters

Copiague, NY

UEI

GAT8VML6PSM2

CAGE

06156

Since William A. Baum developed the first Baumanometer® in 1916, W.A. Baum Co., Inc. has made clinical blood-pressure apparatus, including manually operated sphygmomanometers, stethoscopes and inflation-system components. The Copiague, New York, manufacturer individually calibrates its aneroid instruments against Baumanometer® mercury-gravity manometers traceable to NIST and makes professional instruments for trained clinicians and medical researchers.

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