The FDA granted premarket approval to Zoll Corporation’s hospital wearable defibrillator.
Zoll Corporation announced the approval in a news release on March 9.
The defibrillator is intended for patients at risk of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation during their hospital stay.
If the device detects a life-threatening rhythm, it alerts patients before delivering a shock, which allows conscious patients to delay the shock, according to Zoll. The device is designed device delivers a shock within 60 seconds of detection.
Zoll Corporation said its hospital wearable defibrillator uses the same detection algorithm and defibrillation waveform as the company’s LifeVest wearable defibrillator.
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