Baxter Introduces the Dynamo Series, a New Smart Stretcher to Help Address Common Challenges in Hospital Settings

• Versatile, scalable design allows a range of procedures to be performed in-stretcher, reducing the need for unnecessary patient transfers
• Integrates advanced, connected technologies to support patient safety and help prevent falls
• Launching in the U.S. with select geographic expansion planned later this year

DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), an innovator in smart beds for med-surg and the intensive care unit, announced at the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference the upcoming U.S. launch of the Dynamo Series stretcher. The Dynamo Series is a stretcher designed to help alleviate the physical and cognitive burden on care teams¹ and make it easier for them to focus on patient care, while improving the patient’s experience. Intended for use in emergency departments, perioperative environments and patient transport services, the Dynamo Series is the latest innovation in Baxter’s leading portfolio of smart beds, surfaces and connected care solutions.

“At Baxter, we are committed to driving focused innovation that empowers clinicians to deliver exceptional patient care in high-pressure environments,” said James Teaff, president of Care & Connectivity Solutions at Baxter. “The stretcher is a vital bridge between care teams and patients. We designed the Dynamo Series to strengthen these connections by addressing some of the toughest challenges care teams face,² including reducing the need for patient transfers and simplifying patient positioning across a range of procedures.”³

The Dynamo Series is intended to help enhance the care team experience, prevent patient falls and improve patient safety and comfort.

• Enhance the care team experience: For certain procedures, care teams are often required to spend time transferring the patient from a standard stretcher to a specialty stretcher, which can create physical strain on the care team and increase the patient’s risk of injury. The Dynamo Series is designed to help minimize the need for patient transfers³ with integrated stirrups that offer alternative patient positioning options and allow care teams to perform a range of procedures in the stretcher, including obstetric, pelvic and other exams.³ A full electric suite supports easier patient handling with multiple options for powered drive, height, head and knee adjustments, and an optional wireless connectivity offering enables delivery of select clinical safety and patient data to the patient’s electronic medical record to help care teams monitor patients remotely.

• Prevent patient falls: Each year, between 700,000 – 1 million people fall in U.S. hospitals, which can result in serious injuries and impacts to quality of life.⁴ The Dynamo Series features advanced technologies to help care teams anticipate risk and act quickly to reduce patient falls,⁵ while eliminating repetitive manual tasks to help ease their cognitive burden. These technologies include Baxter’s SafeView+ system that projects visual cues indicating the safety status, a three-mode bed exit alarm system that provides real-time notifications and auto-rearm functionality.³ An optional connectivity offering allows direct integration with Baxter’s Voalte Nurse Call and other systems, enabling real-time notifications to care teams.

• Improve patient safety and comfort: The Dynamo Series offers one of the widest care surfaces currently available in the stretcher category⁶ to help care teams safely transfer patients and improve comfort across a range of patient sizes.⁷ Features including one-touch positioning controls, ability to convert to a true chair position and USB port for easy device charging offer greater autonomy for patients.^1,3

The Dynamo Series is now available for order in the U.S. and is expected to be available during the first half of 2026.

About Baxter

At Baxter, we are everywhere healthcare happens – and everywhere it is going, with essential solutions in the hospital, physician’s office and other sites of care. For nearly a century, our customers have counted on us as a vital and trusted partner. And every day, millions of patients and healthcare providers rely on our unmatched portfolio of connected solutions, medical devices, and advanced injectable technologies. Approximately, 38,000 Baxter team members live our enduring mission: to save and sustain lives. Together, we are redefining how care is delivered to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond. To learn more, visit www.baxter.com and follow us on X, LinkedIn and Facebook.

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This release includes forward-looking statements concerning potential benefits associated with the Dynamo Series and the anticipated timing of its release. The statements are based on assumptions about many important factors, including the following, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements: demand for and market acceptance for new and existing products; product development risks; inability to create additional production capacity in a timely manner or the occurrence of other manufacturing or supply difficulties (including as a result of natural disasters, public health crises and epidemics/pandemics, regulatory actions or otherwise); satisfaction of regulatory and other requirements; actions of regulatory bodies and other governmental authorities; product quality, manufacturing or supply, or patient safety issues; changes in law and regulations; and other risks identified in Baxter's most recent filing on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and other SEC filings, all of which are available on Baxter's website. Baxter does not undertake to update its forward-looking statements.

Baxter, Dynamo Series, Voalte and SafeView+ are trademarks of Baxter International Inc. or its subsidiaries.

¹ Data on file at Baxter International Inc. December 9, 2025.
² Data on file at Baxter International Inc. External Market Research Report. December 8, 2025.
³ Dynamo Series Stretcher IFU. 220146 rev 1. December 19, 2025
⁴ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Preventing falls in hospitals. 2024
⁵ Carle Health. Utilization of Fall Prevention Technologies in Hospital Beds. Posted Presented September 2025.
⁶ Data on file at Baxter International Inc. December 9, 2025.
⁷ Wiggermann et al., (2017). What Bed Size Does a Patient Need? The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Space Required to Turn in Bed. Nursing Research, 66(6), 483-489.