From the July 2012 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine


“Especially when you have to move equipment to a patient’s side, size and weight are key. Sometimes you can get small size, but you have to compromise the screen or features. Here, you have it all and you don’t have to give up anything to get the small size and the light weight,” says Hamilton.

He also points out that the device has two new capabilities: the ability for paramedics to communicate over wireless and to export data onto a USB port.


Phillips claims its new HeartStart FR3 is the smallest and lightest on the market for professional responders at less than four pounds. Some improvements in the device focus on workflow solutions for the users — all based on feedback from EMTs working with Philips’ devices out in the field. One improvement Froman points to is the pre-connected pads. “The engineers have found a way to take the bags off the pad so it removes a step from the workflow when time is of the essence,” he says. The device also has a bilingual capability that Froman thinks will give certain communities access to a wider range of responders.

“As we observe clinicians and ask for feedback to put into our products, over time, some of the features like Q-CPR that we have in the hospital and emergency medical space might migrate into other spaces. We fully expect that to happen,” he says.

DOTmed Registered 2012 - July - DMBN: Defibrillators Companies

Names in boldface are Premium Listings.
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Katherine MacCall, Soma Technology, CT
Leslie Roberts, Altra Medical, FL
Allyn Cutts, American Med Supply, FL
Moshe Alkalay, Hi Tech Int'l Group, FL
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Ronald Tarr, MEDELCO, FL
Todd McCuaig, LS Inc, IL
Alda Clemmey, Saffire Medical, MA
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John Gladstein, Medical Device Depot, MD
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Robert Schirano, Finger Lakes Medical Supply LLC, NY
Lawrence Maroney, Integris Equipment, NY
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International
Mads Vittrup, AGITO Medical, Denmark
DOTmed 100
Manohar Khot, Varsha Electrtotech, India

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