Les défibrillateurs Philips HeartStart ont été salués pour leur design innovant par de nombreuses récompenses.
| Année | | Récompense | | Organisme |
| 2007 | | Highest Rated Defibrillators 4 Quarters in a Row | | MD Buyline |
| 2006 | | Cor Vitae Award | | American Heart Association |
| 2004 | | First Place Reader's Choice Award | | Today's Facility Manager Magazine |
| 2004 | | Best Products of the Year | | Fortune Magazine |
| 2003 | | Best of What's New | | Popular Science |
| 2003 | | Best Innovations of 2003 | | USA Weekend |
| 2003 | | Technology Leadership Award | | Frost & Sullivan |
| 2003 | | New Care Setting of the Year Award | | Frost & Sullivan |
| 2003 | | Industrial Design Excellence Award (Gold) | | Industrial Designers Society of America |
| 2003 | | Medical Design Excellence Award | | Canon Communications LLC |
| 2002 | | Best Product of 2002 | | BusinessWeek/USA Today |
| 1998 | | Readers Choice Award | | Occupations Safety & Health |
| 1997 | | Gold and Silver awards | | BusinessWeek |
| 1997 | | Best of What's New | | Popular Science |
| 1997 | | German Red Dot Award for High Design | | Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen |
| 1997 | | Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) | | Industrial Designers Society of America |
| 1997 | | The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success¹ | | Peter S. Cohan's book cites Heartstream as one of American's most innovative technology leaders. |
| 1996 | | Finalist | | Computerworld Smithsonian Awards |
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