Gintaras Vaisnys and Glenn Laub, college friends, both graduates of Yale University decided to create a public access defibrillator after they were introduced to one by a salesman.

“It was a very clunky-looking device,” Vaisnys said. “And we looked at it and said, ‘Why does this thing cost $4,000? (£2500) It will never get adopted by the public that way.’ And we realized it was a unique opportunity.”

The partners’ insight: They had the precise combination of medical knowledge and product development experience to seize the opportunity.

That was back in 1999 and the company shipped it’s first AED in 2002

• Over 50,000 of the Defibtech AED’s have been sold worldwide since its introduction in 2000, including big blue chip companies such as Coca-Cola, Air France, United Nations, JJB, Renault, Marriot Hotels, Chicago Bulls, New York Times, Google, Paramount Pictures and McLaren Formula One Racing Team.
• The Lifeline AUTO and VIEW have both just been launched by Defibtech in 2010 and offer the customer added benefits to the Lifeline AED, with the VIEW being a revolutionary new AED offering visual assistance via a full colour video screen.
• The Lifeline AED was proven to be the easiest to use AED on the market in a study by the University of Illinois, where it was tested against the other 4 leading defibrillator manufacturers and came out top in terms of speed and ease to deliver a successful shock.

Latest News From Defibtech

Defibtech Lifeline View nominated for Design of the Year Award! Thursday, 05 April 2012 13:21 The defibrillator, with a full colour video instruction screen, is being exhibited at the London Design Museum with the rest of the nominations until 4th July 2012. Read more

'A very happy Father's Day:' Son saves dad's life with portable defibrillator Wednesday, 22 June 2011 16:08 Wayne Millen worried for years that he'd die of a sudden heart attack. Read his amazing story we found in the US Read more

Medical Device Maker Looks Beyond Hospitals Tuesday, 01 February 2011 13:58 When Glenn Laub and Gintaras Vaisnys decided to launch Defibtech a decade ago, it could have been a terrible time to start manufacturing and selling automated external defibrillators. Read more

Defibtech Lifeline AEDs win "Design of the Decade" award Saturday, 01 January 2011 11:07 One of defibshops best selling defibrillators the Defibtech Lifeline wins the prestigeous "Design of the Decade" award Defibtech’s Lifeline™ family of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) was honored with a Design of the Decade Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), winning a silver award in the category of Most Successful Integration of New Technology. Read more

Madrid-Barajas Airport Deploys 65 Lifeline Defibrillators Friday, 07 August 2009 00:00 The Madrid-Barajas Airport has deployed 65 Lifeline® automated external defibrillators (AEDs) within alarmed heart rescue stations that notify airport management when medical emergencies require an AED. Defibrillators can save victims of sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in Europe. Read more