Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, MA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of ...

Sept. 23, 2004 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a home defibrillator for sale without a prescription; a C-reactive protein assay to determine the risk of coronary heart ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators are warning the public that certain cardiac defibrillators recalled by Philips Healthcare may fail to deliver a needed shock in an emergency. Defibrillators are ...

I am very sad to remind all of us once again but “Life is short”, and unfortunately we never know when the unexpected strikes. So to my mind we should try our best and always be ready to help ...

FDA has cleared the first of a new generation of AEDs intended for home use.(click to enlarge) It has been more than two years since legislation was passed to require increased public access to ...

People can soon plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. Government approval of the first ...

Defibrillators designed for use at home – though considered a new, very small area of the homecare products market – boast the highest forecasted annual growth in the homecare segment, according to ...

The recent government approval of an at-home defibrillator could reasonably be expected to save lives. After all, 61 million Americans have heart disease and most cardiac arrests happen at home. But ...