History of Pelstar, LLC/Health o meter® Professional and the Evolution of the Beam Scale By Rick Crandall © 2010 Pelstar (revised 2021), LLC designs, manufactures and markets, a comprehensive line of professional products under the 90-year-old venerable brand of Health o meter. Originally formed in 1919 as the Continental Scale Works, its heritage is as the inventor of the “doctor’s” beam scale. Today, Pelstar maintains the tradition as one of the leading producers of weighing instruments for professional health care and medical uses, along with market-leading innovations such as their ELEVATE EMRscale™ and multiple EMR connectivity solutions.