A. Ernest Whiton

Part of Asahi Kasei Corp., ZOLL Medical U.K. Ltd. is a medical device and British software solutions company that has been in operation since 1993. The company is based in Runcorn, UK. ZOLL has been a leader in developing emergency care solutions that help save lives. The company's founder, Paul M. Zoll, was a Harvard-educated physician who pioneered the operative removal of foreign bodies from the heart and great vessels during World War II. ZOLL's products include AEDs, defibrillators, hospital equipment, emergency medical equipment, medical devices, public access defibrillation, and EMS defibrillation equipment. The ZOLL X Series monitor/defibrillator is designed for EMS and comes equipped with real CPR help technology, which triples the odds of a patient surviving cardiac arrest. ZOLL also offers comprehensive software, services, and training to ensure that rescue equipment is always ready to help save lives.

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ZOLL Medical Corp. develops and markets medical devices and related software solutions for emergency care. It provides products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, and therapeutic temperature management. The firm provides technologies which help fire professionals, clinicians, and rescuers in providing critical care and resuscitation treatment. It also designs software that automates data documentation and management for both clinical and non-clinical information. The company was founded by William Bright, Rolf S. Stutz, Paul M. Zoll, Leigh Stein, and Thomas M. Claflin in 1980 and is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA.