(Formerly Medtronic)

For more than 50 years Physio-Control, Inc., maker of renowned LIFEPAK® defibrillators, has been developing technologies and designing devices that are legendary among first response professionals, clinical care providers and citizens everywhere.

Our defibrillators set the standard upon which an entire industry was built. From the beginning, our product development was customer-driven. It still is.

Dr. K. William Edmark, a cardiovascular surgeon determined to reduce the number of sudden deaths during cardiac surgery, founded Physio-Control Corporation in 1955. His research, showing that a very brief electrical current could correct an abnormal heart rhythm, led to the development of the first commercial defibrillator. Building on Dr. Edmark's discovery, Physio-Control dramatically changed the face of emergency medical care.

With over 650,000 LIFEPAK® external defibrillators in operation worldwide, Physio-Control is the global leader in external defibrillation. Physio-Control currently holds more than 70 percent of the domestic emergency medical services (out-of-hospital) market and nearly 50 percent of the domestic in-hospital market. It is headquartered in Redmond, WA – a suburb of Seattle.

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