Defibtech, LLC, a leading designer and manufacturer of AEDs such as the Defibtech LifeLine AED, has been ranked first in the medical equipment industry and seventh in North America in Deloitte & Touche’s Technology Fast 500 Program.
Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation. Health experts estimate that sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 400,000 people each year in the United States alone – more deaths than are caused by gun violence, traffic accidents, AIDS, and breast and prostate cancer combined.
Defibtech President Gintaras Vaisnys states that the company’s decision to market the company’s products only through distribution partners has helped the company to achieve profitability quickly and compete for business around the world. “We don’t compete with our own distributors by selling our product directly to end-users,” Vaisnys said. Today, Defibtech AEDs are used throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, China, India, Australia, South America, Africa, the Middle East and other parts of Asia.
The Defibtech AED has earned several major awards, including the Best Bang for the Buck Award, from Frost & Sullivan, an AED industry analyst. The AED’s outstanding design was recognized by The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), which selected the Lifeline to be in its “SAFE: Design Takes On Risk” exhibit. The Defibtech AED also received the Medical Design Excellence Award, presented by Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry magazine, and the Industrial Design Excellence Award, presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America and Business Week magazine.
