Zoll Medical has won a contract with the US Department of Defense worth up to $400 million for vital sign monitors, according to a DoD release posted last Friday. The award comes as a $400 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery and indefinite-quantity contract to supply the Air Force and Army with deployable vital signs monitors. The contract has […]
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Zoll Medical, Myant ink next-gen LifeVest dev deal
Asahi Kasei Group company Zoll Medical said it inked an exclusive strategic multi-year deal with advanced manufacturing company Myant to develop technologies for future versions of Zoll’s LifeVest wearable defibrillator. The company’s LifeVest is designed to be worn by patients at risk of sudden cardiac death to monitor the heart continuously for abnormal heart arrhythmias […]
Philips, Zoll Medical close in on settling AED patent spat
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Zoll Medical say they’re close to settling a long-running patent spat over automated external defibrillator technology. Zoll and Philips have battled for years in the courts over their respective AED technologies. This case began when Philips sued Zoll in 2010, according to court documents, alleging infringement of six AED patents (a later suit, filed […]
Cardinal Health, Hamilton Medical, Zoll Medical score DoD contracts
Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) will receive $29.2 million under a new U.S. Department of Defense contract, with Hamilton Medical and Zoll Medical also securing contracts in the tens of millions of dollars. Cardinal Health’s contract win, announced Sept. 29, comes nearly eight months after Dublin, Ohio–based Cardinal Health secured a $2.25 billion surgical supplies contract […]
Philips wins $7m in mixed-bag patent spat ruling with Zoll Medical
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) has been awarded a net of $7.1 million in a mixed-bag decision in a patent infringement spat with Zoll Medical over patents related to defibrillation electrodes. Chelmsford, Mass.-based Zoll Medical said today it was awarded $3.3 million in damages from a federal jury in Boston, but that it was also ordered to pay […]
12 interesting wearables you should know
Wearable technology is probably one of those things you probably didn’t need but still wanted because people were always talking about the devices. Fitbit, Apple and Garmin are some of the main providers of health and wellness wearables. Each of them touts being able to track your fitness activity or measures your heart rate. However, consumer […]
Zoll Medical wins Health Canada nod for next-gen AEDs
Zoll Medical said this week it won approval from Health Canada for its Zoll AED 3 and Zoll AED 3 BLS automated external defibrillators and launched them in the region. Both newly-cleared AEDs provide real-time feedback to communicate appropriate timing for effective CPR through audible and visual prompts, which the Chelmsford, Mass.-based company said can be critical […]
Zoll Medical wins FDA PMA for Hospital Wearable Defibrillator
Zoll Medical said today it won FDA premarket approval for its Hospital Wearable Defibrillator. The Chelmsford, Mass.-based company’s HWD is designed to continuously protect patients at risk of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation during hospital stays. The wearable device is designed to automatically detect and treat such events. “The HWD offers hospital care teams a […]
Zoll Medical wins $400m contract with U.S. Defense Dept.
Zoll Medical landed a contract with the U.S. Defense Dept. worth $400 million to supply vital signs monitors, the Pentagon said yesterday. The 1-year deal includes 5 1-year extension options, according to a press release. There were 2 other bidders for the contract, which will see Zoll supply its vital signs monitors to the Army and […]
Japan clears Zoll’s Thermogard XP for sudden cardiac arrest
Zoll Medical said today its Japanese Subsidiary Asahi Kasei Zoll Medical won approval from Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency for its Thermogard XP temperature management system for patients in sudden cardiac arrest. Approval was based on a clinical trial in Japan conducted between 2013 and 2014 as the company sought approval for an indication […]
Asahi Kasei shuffles the deck at Zoll Medical | Personnel Moves
Japan’s Asahi Kasei Corp. (TYO:3407), which in 2012 paid $2.3 billion to acquire Zoll Medical, is shuffling the deck at the resuscitation device maker. Former CEO Rick Packer, who led Zoll for 13 years before overseeing the merger with Asahi Kasei, was promoted to primary executive officer and charged with building the healthcare business into “a 3rd […]