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<\/a>Chirana Corporation Management Building in Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1, 1970.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
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The production of medical technology in Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1 began after World War II. Since 1947, injection syringes were made there, followed by surgical instruments and sterilization and inhalation units. In September- October 195 the Prema Company in Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1 presented its products at the First Exhibition of Czechoslovak Engineering in Brno, in October followed a medical technology exhibition in the National Museum in Prague, on which Prema Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1 cooperated with the Chirana factories in Prague and Brno. In 1958, the large bronchoscopy set made by Prema received the Grand Prix at the EXPO in Bruxelles and since 1959 the first extracorporeal blood circulation machine was made in Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1. The manufacture of electrocardiographs (as well as anaesthetic and resuscitation equipment and later, dental units) began in 1959, after an agreement on division of medical engineering among Eastern European countries was set in 1956 and a new medical technology factory in Pie\u0161\u0165any took over a number of Prema production lines.<\/p>\n
The name Chirana, coined by the Brothers \u010ci\u017eek medical technology company in 1930, combined the Greek word for hand (chira) and an abbreviation NA for n\u00e1stroje (instruments). Nationalized in 1948, the company was consolidated with a number of other firms as \u201cZ\u00e1vody l\u00e9\u010debn\u00e9 mechaniky\u201c (Medical Mechanics Works), a clumsy title abandoned in 1950 in favor of \u201cChirana.\u201d In 1953, the Chirana factories in the Czech lands and the Prema in Slovakia were consolidated again under central management in Star\u00e1 Tur\u00e1. The corporation took up the name Chirana in 1965.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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