Company History

In 1978, in response to new medical evidence that monitoring the function of the somatosensory pathways through the spine could aid in preventing debilitating injuries to the spinal cord during scoliosis surgeries, Dr. H.B. Calder, Ph.D. founded Biotronic. His goal was to provide the highest-quality, cost-effective intraoperative monitoring services available to physicians and hospitals, anytime, anywhere. Under Dr. Calder's guidance, Biotronic has become the preeminent provider of intraoperative monitoring solutions.

In 1984, Biotronic instituted a service to provide neuroprotection through surgical evoked potential monitoring to hospitals in the Detroit area. That year, Biotronic developed programs at major teaching hospitals for spinal cord and facial nerve monitoring, respectively. Subsequently, Biotronic developed a surgical monitoring program in Los Angeles, California.

Since that time, intraoperative evoked potential monitoring has become a mature, sophisticated healthcare practice in which diverse and complex strategies have evolved to protect an ever expanding range of neural structures as well as more obscure structures. It has become the standard of care in instrumented spine, spinal tumor, acetabular fracture, acoustic neuroma, shunted and unshunted carotid endarterectomy, thoracic aortic aneurysm, and skull base surgeries.

Biotronic is rapidly approaching its 100,000th surgery, and currently monitors over 2,000 surgeries each month. Our staff of more than 175 neural monitoring technologists enables case coverage as needed. Biotronic provides a variety of services to meet the diverse needs of each patient. We offer everything you need in neurophysiological intraoperative monitoring and are highly sought after, as evidenced by the people we work with. Our breadth of experience and our commitment to leadership in the field allows us to solve difficult surgical monitoring challenges as we aid your surgeons to deliver excellence in surgical monitoring.