Historical Timeline

1979
  • Haemonetics successfully completes an over the counter (OTC) initial public offering
  • Production of the one millionth Latham bowl is reached
  • The PEX® automated plasma exchange system is introduced
Gordon Kinsley and Alan Latham
1978
  • Haemonetics opens its Braintree, MA facility at 400 Wood Road 
1976
  • The Model 115 cell deglycerolization system, the Model 30-S apheresis system, and the Model 102 cell washer systems are launched 
Model 115 cell deglycerolization system
1974
  • The Cell Saver® system is introduced as the first surgical washed blood salvage technology
1972
  • The Model 15 & the Model 17 cell processing systems are launched
1971
  • Haemonetics was founded on Erie Drive in Natick, MA
  • The Model 30 apheresis system is introduced
Cell Saver system circa 1974