equipment headquarters redmond wa u.s. key people brian webster chairman president and ceo products medical equipment for use in prehospital hospital emergency and military settings in treatment of cardiac emergencies website www.physio control.com physio control corporation was founded in 1955 by dr. karl william edmark as a manufacturer and distributor of emergency defibrillation and automated cpr equipment . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit 1955 founded by karl william edmark 1980 acquired by eli lilly and company 1 1994 acquired by bain capital 1998 acquired by medtronic for 538 million 2 2006 medtronic announces physio control s spin off 3 2011 company taken private in 2011 via a 487 million acquisition by bain capital 4 2016 stryker announces agreement to acquire physio control international inc. for 1.28 billion 5 products edit the company s products are primarily for the emergency treatment of sudden cardiac arrest sca events . the lifepak line of defibrillators includes both advanced units for acls trained personnel as well as automated external defibrilators aeds for use by first responders and the general public . additionally the company produces an automated chest compression system called the lucas 2 . while this system may be used in the field it has also been used in the hospital setting to prolong human life while surgical or other procedures are accomplished . 6 references edit physio control international corp. history . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved august 20 2013 . medtronic to acquire physio control . latimes.com . retrieved november 21 2013 . http www.xconomy.com seattle 2011 11 17 physio control breaks away from medtronic via 487m acquisition by bain capital luke timmerman november 17 2011 . physio control breaks away from medtronic via 487m acquisition by bain capital . xconomy.com . retrieved august 20 2013 . stryker announces definitive agreement to acquire physio control international inc. for 1.28 billion pdf . physio control newsroom . 16 february 2016 . retrieved 16 february 2016 . carissa loethen august 20 2013 . woman revived after 42 minutes clinically dead . austin360.com . retrieved august 20 2013 . external links edit companies portal official website this article about a medical pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title physio control & oldid 744042912 categories medical devicesmedical equipment manufacturershealth care companies of the united statesmedical company stubshidden categories use mdy dates from april 2012all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 19 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view