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2. Physio-Control - Wikipedia

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   Physio-Control was founded in 1955 by Dr. Karl William Edmark as a pioneering company in the field of portable defibrillation. Physio-Control manufactures emergency defibrillation and automated CPR equipment. The company was most recently acquired in 2016 by Stryker Corporation and is now part of Stryker's Emergency Care division.

3. Lifepak - Wikipedia

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   Physio-Control publicly demonstrated its first Lifepak branded defibrillator, Lifepak 33, in November 1968 and began commercial sale of the unit the next year in 1969. [5] [6] The Lifepak 33 was the lightest defibrillator available at launch, weighing 34 pounds. The defibrillator was referred to by media as a "90-day wonder" due to the entirety ...

4. Karl W. Edmark - Wikipedia

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   Karl William Edmark (1924–1994) was an American cardiovascular surgeon, inventor of the DC defibrillator, [1] inventor of the Edmark damped sinusoidal defibrillation pulse, [2] and founder of the company Physio-Control. [3] [4] [5]

5. Medtronic - Wikipedia

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   In 1998, Medtronic acquired Physio-Control for $538 million. [12] In 2014, Integra LifeSciences announced it was acquiring instrumentation lines from Medtronic for $60 million. The deal included Medtronic's MicroFrance and Xomed manual ENT and laparoscopic surgical instruments, as well as a manufacturing facility in France. [13]

6. Cardiac monitoring - Wikipedia

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   Examples of monitor defibrillators are the Lifepak 12, 15 and 20 made by Physio Control, the Philips Heartstart MRx, and the E, R, and X Series by ZOLL Medical. A Welch Allyn PIC 50 monitor/defibrillator from an Austrian EMS service.

7. Defibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). [1] [2] A defibrillator delivers a dose of electric current (often called a counter-shock) to the heart.