About Jaeger Medical

Jaeger Medical, a Trudell Medical Group company, is a global leader in respiratory diagnostics, delivering innovative technology to healthcare professionals worldwide. With a legacy spanning over 70 years, Jaeger Medical has been at the forefront of pulmonary function testing, shaping the future of respiratory health through innovation and precision

About Jaeger Medical

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A Global Business with Local Impact

Jaeger Medical is headquartered in Höchberg, Germany, the same city where its journey began. From this strategic location, we continue to drive innovation in respiratory diagnostics while maintaining our strong commitment to quality, precision, and reliability.

Jaeger Medical has a presence in over 100 countries and is directly represented by our dedicated employees offering personalized support and expertise. In addition, we operate through an extensive network of experienced partners, ensuring that medical institutions worldwide have access to reliable, high-performance respiratory diagnostics equipment.

To better serve our customers in the U.S. we have established Jaeger Medical America with training center & distribution facilities, ensuring direct access to our advanced respiratory diagnostic solutions, technical expertise, and world-class support for healthcare providers across the U.S.

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Our Aspiration

To Be the Clear First Choice of All Respiratory Diagnostic Professionals Across the Globe

Part of Trudell Medical Group

Trudell Medical Group, with over 100 years of experience, is a family-owned medical technology company delivering market-leading respiratory care solutions to patients and healthcare professionals in over 110 countries.

As part of this esteemed group, Jaeger Medical continues to uphold its tradition of excellence, driving innovation in respiratory diagnostics while maintaining its patient-first approach.

Our Core Values

We live our Core Values in our work every day to bring patient-focused respiratory diagnostic products that help enable and enhance care for people who live with respiratory disease.

Serving patients and their caregivers is a privilege and is at the center of our PATIENT FIRST approach in everything we do.

We have a DUTY to provide healthcare professionals around the world with high performance respiratory diagnostic equipment so they can accurately diagnose and help treat their patients who live with respiratory disease.

Our people and products work to earn the TRUST of our customers, ensuring they have access to industry-leading respiratory diagnostic equipment.

We harness INNOVATION to develop solutions and services that deliver value to our customers. As a global company, we work with a diverse range of stakeholders and partners, turning ideas into reality. Our global manufacturing site in Germany and our operational facilities in the USA are central to achieving advancements in the field of respiratory diagnostics.

We deliver solutions with INTEGRITY, backed by evidence-based research, ethical engineering, and sound scientific practices.

And in our global operations we give RESPECT to diversity of thought and experience as we work collaboratively to shape the future of respiratory diagnostics.

As a member of the Trudell Medical Group, these Core Values have shaped our company’s foundation and has allowed Jaeger to grow for over 75 years.

A Legacy of Innovation: Our History

Jaeger Medical’s story began in 1954 in Höchberg, Germany, when Erich Jaeger founded JAEGER®, a company dedicated to distributing specialized medical equipment. Recognizing the need for innovation in pulmonary function diagnostics, JAEGER quickly expanded beyond distribution into in-house manufacturing.

Key milestones in Jaeger Medical’s history include:

1956

Began manufacturing electrically braked cycle ergometers, laying the foundation for advanced exercise testing.

1958

>Entered the respiratory diagnostics market, developing proprietary lung function testing devices with expert collaboration.

1962

Introduced the Universal Bodytest, a groundbreaking innovation that became the foundation for modern computerized body plethysmography.

Over the decades, Jaeger Medical underwent several transformations as part of leading global healthcare corporations:

2001

Acquired by VIASYS Healthcare Inc., further strengthening its position in the respiratory diagnostics industry.

2007

VIASYS Healthcare became part of Cardinal Health Inc.

2009

Continuing as CareFusion to develop cutting-edge medical technologies.

2015

BD sold 51% of CareFusion to Apax Partners, forming Vyaire Medical, a company focused exclusively on respiratory care.

2024

Trudell Medical Group acquired the Respiratory Diagnostics (RDx) division of Vyaire Medical, bringing the business full circle under the historic Jaeger Medical name.

With our headquarters in Höchberg, Germany—where it all began over 70 years ago—Jaeger Medical continues to honor its pioneering spirit by shaping the future of respiratory diagnostics, combining precision, innovation, and global expertise to improve patient care worldwide.