San Francisco Business Times ranks VitalWear as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area

VitalWear, Inc. (www.vitalwear.com), a leader in thermal therapy medical devices announced that the San Francisco Business Times honored the company as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the Bay Area for 2009. VitalWear was ranked #17 out of 100 companies.

“We are honored to be included in the 2009 San Francisco Business Times list of fastest-growing companies,” said Howard Edelman, VitalWear’s President and CEO. “Our success follows from our ability to provide our customers great quality, value and service with VitalWear’s innovative product line of therapeutic systems.”

VitalWear was recently named to the 2009 Inc.500, ranking #138 as one of America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. VitalWear is also listed in the California-100 list of fastest growing companies.

Founded in 2001, VitalWear has been best known for innovative engineering. The VitalWrap System holds two patents; one for it’s contrast therapy system and method, the other for it’s unique fluid connector. Eight more patents are pending for upcoming products.

By creating products especially tailored to the growing markets in pain management, orthopedic therapy, sports medicine and rehabilitation, the technology enables both professionals and their patients to self-administer safe, convenient and highly effective thermal therapies. VitalWear products lead the market in a new standard of care for chronic pain, injury or post-operative recovery.