Training Tools in North Carolina

Wheelhouse Medical is a full-service medical device development and contract manufacturing firm specializing in concept-to-commercialization support. The company serves first-time physician-inventors, startups, and established OEMs with comprehensive engineering, design, prototyping, regulatory compliance, and manufacturing services. As an FDA-registered specifications developer and contract manufacturer, Wheelhouse Medical maintains compliance with 21 CFR 820 and underwent FDA inspection in 2024 with zero findings. The firm offers end-to-end capabilities including advanced design technologies, rapid prototyping, operations and fulfillment, quality assurance, supply chain management, and customer support. With over 50,000 engineering hours, 30+ issued patents, and 27 satisfied clients across nearly every continent, the company provides flexible service options ranging from targeted project assistance to complete development and market-launch management. Wheelhouse Medical also offers quality management system integration and builds new QMS platforms from the ground up for clients. The company has been in business for 5 years and positions itself as an approachable, reliable partner adapting to client needs regardless of company size or project complexity.

TekTone Sound & Signal Manufacturing, Inc. is a US-based designer and manufacturer of healthcare communication and monitoring systems, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Franklin, North Carolina. The company specializes in nurse call systems, wireless emergency alert systems, patient wander management, and facility intercommunication solutions for hospitals, nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, and residential buildings. TekTone's primary product portfolio includes Tek-CARE wired and wireless nurse call systems (models 110, 120, 150, 400 GEN3, 500, 570), Tek-CARE700 wander management systems for dementia and at-risk residents, Tek-ALERT Integration Manager for seamless multi-system alert routing, Tek-SAFE area of rescue assistance systems, CM800 emergency call systems, DS100 door sentry and emergency alarm systems, and Tek-ENTRY apartment entry systems. The company manufactures approximately 80% of its products in-house at its FDA-registered manufacturing facility in Franklin, NC, combined with proprietary hardware and software development. All nurse call and emergency call equipment is UL Listed. TekTone maintains a global distribution network across five continents through authorized distributors and Elite Partner locations (TEPs), which receive factory training and provide 24/7 local service support. The company offers complimentary technical support and software upgrades, and maintains backward compatibility with legacy systems—never obsoleting products without providing upgrade paths. TekTone emphasizes training through on-site instructor-led courses covering system installation, programming, and maintenance. The company serves the long-term care, senior living, hospitality, and healthcare facility markets with solutions emphasizing interoperability, ease of use, reliability, and customer service.

Lighthouse Lab Services is a Charlotte, North Carolina–based full-service medical laboratory consulting, recruiting, and operational solutions firm. Founded in 2003 and expanded through strategic acquisitions including Elite Diagnostics (2019), the company serves as a comprehensive partner for laboratory startup, compliance, staffing, and operations management. Services include CLIA/COLA/CAP certification and compliance support, laboratory startup and design, specialized recruiting and medical director placement (serving 200+ CLIA-accredited labs nationwide), equipment procurement and instrument servicing with OEM components and FDA-certified engineers, test validation, quality management, revenue cycle management and payer contracting, LIS software solutions (Beacon LIS platform), and specialized molecular and toxicology laboratory solutions. The company specializes in infectious disease, pathology, molecular diagnostics, toxicology, and cytology. With a team of 150+ experts managing and supporting hundreds of laboratories across the United States, Lighthouse positions itself as the nation's largest dedicated medical laboratory consulting and recruiting firm.

Joerns Healthcare is a vertically-integrated designer, developer, and manufacturer of post-acute care equipment and solutions serving long-term care, assisted living, skilled nursing, and homecare settings. The company specializes in fall management, advanced wound care, patient handling and mobility, and integrated care solutions. Core product categories include hospital beds (including low-profile fall-risk reduction models), therapy surfaces (featuring the proprietary Dolphin® Fluid Immersion Simulation® system), patient lift systems, transfer aids, and specialized mobility devices. Joerns operates as a full-service provider with clinical evidence supporting product efficacy: their low-bed design reduces fall risk by 36%, and their fluid immersion therapy system is clinically equivalent to air-fluidized systems per Northwestern University research. The company also offers connected care and health technology solutions including Joerns Connexio®, a chronic care management platform; an asset management system for real-time equipment tracking and optimization; and digital wound imaging technology for bacterial load detection. Services include AssetCare™ asset management programs, training and education for healthcare professionals, and customer support. With over a century of operational history and five decades of innovation leadership, Joerns targets administrators, healthcare facility operators, and individual homecare users. The company emphasizes clinical outcomes, operational efficiency, and financial value through standardized, configurable product portfolios designed to reduce total cost of ownership and support evidence-based care delivery across post-acute settings.