Choosing the industry innovator has important advantages for your program
There are tangible benefits to partnering with the innovator.
Consider the implications of:
1. Keeping you at the forefront of the state-of-the-art and science of resuscitation, as new potentially life-saving discoveries are incorporated into new devices.
2. Protecting and prolonging the life of your technology investment.
Philips is the AED industry’s innovator, ranked as one of the world’s most innovative companies by BusinessWeek. Philips leads the AED industry in number of patents.
And in an unprecedented move, we took our most precious patent, defibrillation of infants and children, and gave it away to our competitors. Because Philips believes a child’s life should not depend on the luck of the AED brand that arrives at their side.
Here are some of the defibrillator innovations Philips introduced:
- An AED user interface optimized for laypeople, which truly opened the door to the public access defibrillation movement
- Biphasic AED
- Defibrillation of infants and children
- High-peak current/low energy therapy; highly potent, yet gentle to a fragile heart.
- Over-the-counter purchase
- CPR coaching
- Compensation for body resistance when delivering a shock
- AEDs on airlines
- Elimination of pulse check
- Shock <8 seconds (typical) after CPR for better shock success
- SMART CPR for more refined advice on whether to shock first or perform CPR first, according to guidelines