Philips Innovation

Philips in Healthcare. Philips is a diversified health and well-being company, focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovations. As a world leader in healthcare, Philips creates value through meaningful innovations and improving lives with sense and simplicity

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Philips services in many countries worldwide. Philips has been a leader in healthcare for over 100 years. And we are a leader in driving major advances in technology with over 100,000 patents and design rights in our name.

Philips in Resuscitation. With a full resuscitation portfolio, Philips provides care from home-to-hospital. With a legacy of cardiac care dating to 1961, is a pioneer and driver of lay-person defibrillation, bringing meaningful innovation:

• 1^st biphasic AED
• 1^st US airline save
• 1^st AED for children and infants
• 1^st AED designed specifically for home
• 1^st and only over the counter AED
• 1^st AED to implement a ‘Quick Shock’ algorithm. Our AEDs are typically able to deliver a shock in less than 8 seconds after CPR.
  

#1 AED worldwide. With almost 1 million devices logging over 36 billion service hours, no wonder our Philips AEDs are the #1 in market share globally:

• Designed for reliability, exceptional ruggedness, and ease of use.
• Multiple design awards
• Large body of peer-reviewed, published out-of-hospital human data
• Performs over 90 self-tests for readiness daily, weekly or monthly.
• Helped set up the early defibrillation programs of the top US airlines, the nation's busiest airports, and more than 85 percent of the US Fortune 100 companies.
• The effectiveness of Philips therapy is backed by a wealth of evidence with more than 40 studies demonstrating effectiveness across the entire spectrum of patient profiles.