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In January 2011, COSMED USA, Inc., a subsidiary of COSMED srl, acquired Life Measurement, Inc. (LMI), a leading provider of products for the assessment of body composition in infants, children, and adults. As a result, COSMED now also provides the most accurate body composition products based on Air Displacement Plethysmography technology, considered the “Practical Gold Standard” in body composition assessment.
Former LMI products, now part of the COSMED product line, include the BOD POD® and the PEA POD® Body Composition Tracking Systems, which are used extensively in university and medical research, clinical, athletic, military, and health and wellness settings throughout the world. With the addition of the BOD POD and PEA POD, COSMED further enhances its already extensive product offering, which includes application-specific solutions for the measurement of exercise capacity (VO2max) and indirect calorimetry, with Gold Standard products such as the K4 b² , the Fitmate, and the Quark product line. With the acquisition of LMI, COSMED now provides the best and most comprehensive cardiopulmonary and metabolic solutions for the medical, research, sport science and performance, and wellness markets, along with a worldwide structure for responding to the needs of their clients. |
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COSMED announces acquisition of Life Measurement, Inc. (LMI)






