Who is Broach Laboratories?
Billy Broach, founder of Broach Laboratories and current President of the company, was the inventor of the first fully integrated Cystic Fibrosis sweat testing system in 1964. The patent for the original system (Measurement System for Clinical Diagnosis) was filed on November 9, 1964 and issued on September 3, 1968 as Patent No. 3,399,666 to Heat Technology Laboratory, Inc., Huntsville, Alabama. In 1966 Mr. Broach redesigned the unit and started Broach Laboratories to manufacture and sell the improved design. This improved instrument, the Model 101 Fibrocystron Analyzer, was manufactured and sold worldwide for several years. Because of other business interests, a somewhat limited market and the high costs of advertising the instrument in the various pediatric medical journals, the manufacture of the unit was later suspended. Current Research at Broach Laboratories Broach Laboratories is currently exploring a new idea that has the potential to totally revolutionize CF sweat testing! Thi
