Zoll Medical AED Plus
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Automated external defibrillator shipments are expected to begin this summer following 510(k) clearance, announced March 26. Zoll's first offering for the public access defibrillator market, the device incorporates Rectilinear Biphasic waveform technology and also is the first AED to feature a single electrode pad and run on off-the-shelf batteries, according to Zoll. A patent infringement suit filed by competitor Cardiac Science March 28 in California federal court relates to Cardiac Science's '919 and '299 patents for electrode packaging and sensor technology, and seeks an injunction on sales and unspecified damages. Zoll says it is "confident that the AED Plus does not infringe these patents"...