Medtronic to market Powerheart hospital monitor:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Medtronic Physio-Control is to market Cardiac Science's Powerheart fully automatic hospital bedside defibrillator-monitor in the US and Canada. Medtronic has also gained an exclusive licence for the Irvine, California-based company's proprietary tachyarrhythmia detection and discrimination software. Medtronic will integrate the software into existing and future LIFEPAK defibrillator/monitor products for the US and Canadian hospital market. Medtronic Physio-Control is Medtronic's defibrillator division - formed after Medtronic's acquisition of Physio-Control earlier this year.