ZOLL Medical Corporation (ZOLL), incorporated in 1980, develops technologies and software that help clinicians, emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and lay rescuers advance the practice of resuscitation. ZOLL's Line of resuscitation products includes professional defibrillators, automated external defibrillator (AED), AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump, information management, fluid replacement and disposable electrodes.
On September 18, 2007, the Company acquired certain assets from Radiant Medical, Inc. (Radiant), a private medical technology company developing endovascular temperature therapy products. On April 10, 2006, ZOLL completed the acquisition of Lifecor, Inc. (Lifecor), a privately owned medical equipment company that designs, manufactures and markets a wearable external defibrillator system (LifeVest), and formed the subsidiary ZOLL Lifecor Corporation to manufacture and market wearable external defibrillator systems.
Professional Defibrillators
A professional defibrillator is used by trained healthcare professionals to defibrillate a person in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Healthcare professionals can review a patient's heart rhythm, and manually determine and set the level of energy (known as Joules) used to defibrillate. ZOLL's professional defibrillators also include monitoring parameters (such as oxygen saturation levels and blood pressure), to help assess a patient's condition. The M Series family of products was designed for both the hospital and pre-hospital markets. ZOLL sells 11 models of this device, including a model designed for critical care transport, and a model tested and certified for use on military aircraft. A large number of models reflect user selection and need for features and options, such as shock advisory capability, 12-lead ECG, diagnostic operation, or data transmission features. In March 2007, the Company received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell the ZOLL M Series with Real CPR Help technology. ZOLL's Real CPR Help allows rescuers to see and hear how well they are performing the rate and depth of CPR chest compressions.
The E Series family of products is a line of defibrillators for the pre-hospital environment, which also offers a range of similar monitoring and data features that are available on the M Series. The E Series is targeted towards advanced life support providers, and it includes all of the features of the M Series. R Series defibrillator, designed for hospitals, simplifies and speeds up deployment of pacing and defibrillation therapy. It also offers tools that can help clinicians improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance. The R Series also offers automated checks designed to help maximize the readiness of the R Series for clinicians. LifeVest Wearable defibrillator is worn by patients at risk for SCA. The LifeVest monitors the patient's heart continuously, and if the patient goes into a life-threatening heart rhythm, the device delivers a shock treatment to restore the patient's heart to a normal rhythm.
Automated External Defibrillators
An AED is a portable device that analyzes the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, allows a rescuer to deliver an electric shock to a victim of SCA. An AED can automatically determine the appropriate treatment for the victim, and provide rescuers with instructions usually via audio and text prompts. It consists of a main unit that provides controls and instructions, and detachable electrodes that the rescuer places on the victim's body. The AED Plus addresses circulatory support, and provides real-time feedback on the rate and depth of CPR chest compressions. The device also includes a graphical user interface, one-piece electrode pads and consumer batteries for operation. The AED Pro offers real CPR help, a display that allows users to see the patient's ECG. It also offers capabilities for basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) users. These features include ECG monitoring with standard ECG electrodes, and combined AED capability with manual defibrillation, with controlled access for ALS users. In August 2007, ZOLL announced that it has received clearance from the FDA to market and sell the ZOLL AED Pro with See-Thru CPR technology.
AutoPulse Non-invasive Cardiac Support Pump
The Company develops and markets the ZOLL AutoPulse, an automated, portable device that provides temporary circulation of blood to patients whose hearts have stopped pumping blood. It is comprised of a backboard and a load-distributing LifeBand that fastens across a victim's chest. The AutoPulse automatically calculates the patient's shape and size for maximum compression/decompression benefit without the need to enter patient information or make manual adjustments. The AutoPulse improves the consistency of circulatory support, while reducing the manpower required to perform CPR. The AutoPulse compresses the entire chest in a consistent hands-free manner, moving much more blood than can be moved with manual CPR chest compressions.
Information Management
The Company's ZOLL Data Systems subsidiary provides various software products to support an EMS organization's operation. ZOLL Data Systems develops and markets ZOLL RescueNet, an integrated suite of data management solutions that is designed to maximize specific business processes through the information presented via a common database. RescueNet is an integrated data management system that gathers and centralizes information, and links the pre-hospital chain of events into a single EMS system.
ZOLL develops and markets software for data collection related to resuscitation practices in hospitals. It offers a system called CodeNet to provide data collection during resuscitation and to later organize this data into useful information related to performance measures for resuscitation practices. CodeNet allows the electronic documentation of events during a cardiac arrest event in a hospital, with automatic time stamping. The individual patient record can be combined with the defibrillator record after the event, resulting in complete time synchronization of all interventions during a cardiac arrest event.
Fluid Replacement
Infusion Dynamics, a division of ZOLL, manufactures and markets the ZOLL Infuser (known as the Power Infuser in military settings), a small, lightweight device that provides controlled, rapid delivery of intravenous (IV) fluids to trauma victims. Primarily sold to the military, this product has applications in aeromedical transport, EMS and emergency room settings. The ZOLL Infuser utilizes a process to control the infusion of fluid into the patient to improve the resuscitation benefit. Its automated fluid control features are suited to the harsh conditions typically found on a battlefield or in EMS environments. The ZOLL Infuser helps provide circulatory support through IV fluid administration.
Disposable Electrodes
ZOLL offers a variety of single-patient-use disposable electrodes for use with ZOLL's line of defibrillators and AEDs. ZOLL's electrode product line includes proopadz Biphasic Multi-function Electrodes, specifically designed for use with the ZOLL Rectilinear Biphasic waveform for cardioversion of atrial fibrillation. In November 2006, ZOLL introduced the OneStep electrode system and stat-padz with Real CPR Help in conjunction with the launch of the ZOLL R Series. The OneStep System provides a single cable for pacing, monitoring and defibrillation. It also includes one electrode set, through which clinicians can monitor, pace, defibrillate and get real-time feedback on chest compressions, also known as Real CPR Help. During the fiscal year ended September 20, 2002, ZOLL introduced, in conjunction with its AED Plus defibrillator, the one-piece CPR-Dopadz electrode, which provides feedback on the quality of CPR compressions.
The Company competes with Medtronic Inc., Royal Philips Electronics, Cardiac Science Corporation, Welch Allyn, HeartSine Technologies, Defibtech, Physio-Control, Inc., Sansio, ESO Solutions, Golden Hour, Innovative Engineering, Healthware Technologies, Inc., Safety Pad Software, ImageTrend, Inc., eCore Software Solutions, Inc., PDSI Software, Inc., EnRoute Emergency Services (formally Geac Computer Corporation, Ltd.), DocuMed, Inc., Tritech Software Systems, Inc., Ortivus AB, RAM Software Systems, Inc., Intergraph Corporation, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., Emergency Reporting, Inc., Emergency Technologies, Inc. and AmbPac, Inc.
