remote physiological monitoring telehealth heart rate monitor sports physiology military founded 2003 new zealand headquarters annapolis md united states key people brian russell founder & ceo products zephyrlife bioharness 3 hxm bt hxm smart psm training echo website www.zephyranywhere.com zephyr technology corporation also known as zephyr is a privately owned manufacturer of advanced heart rate monitors remote physiological monitoring and wireless telehealth systems for remote patient monitoring . based in annapolis maryland and founded in 2003 zephyr developed one of the first commercially available wearable wireless and field deployable physiological status monitoring psm systems for use in training and high stress operational environments . the company now has research and development resources in the united states new zealand and india along with 31 distributors in more than 40 countries globally . zephyr manufactures a range of consumer and professional grade heart rate and fitness monitoring devices capable of measuring heart rate respiration heart rate variability activity level and 3 axis accelerometry . zephyr most recent product zephyrlife is one of the first entries into the emerging home telehealth and remote patient monitoring market . history edit in 2003 zephyr was founded in new zealand to help develop remote monitoring technologies to address the needs of coaches and athletes in their training . zephyr s engineers learned early on that there were particular challenges that such systems faced many of which were the same as those faced by first responders and military personnel . early and ongoing collaboration with fire departments nasa ames research center national guard civil support teams and multiple u.s. special forces units have allow zephyr to develop its bioharness and omnisense software which are capable of monitoring up to 50 test subjects at ranges of up to 1000 ft. in 2010 zephyr s bioharness and omnisense system were used to remotely monitor the health and medical status of miners trapped during the 2010 copiap mining accident near copiap chile . in 2011 under armour partnered with zephyr to monitor athletes during the 2011 nfl scouting combine . in 2012 zephyr testified to united states congress on behalf of nasa see references below in 2013 zephyr has partnered with organizations including massachusetts general hospital the national institutes of health qualcomm verizon wireless and 3m to develop and launch zephyrlife one of the first commercially available comprehensive remote patient monitoring systems for general care monitoring . in 2014 covidien ex tyco health purchased zephyr . zephyr has continued to sell products in its three areas of consumer pro sports defense and healthcare . in feb 2015 medtronic ticker mdt purchased covidien forming the largest medical device company in the world . references edit zephyr provides physiological monitoring of chilean miners during san jose mine rescue operation pdf . october 10 2010 . retrieved march 21 2013 . panasonic toughbook and zephyr technology s bioharness bt help free trapped chilean miners . october 10 2010 . retrieved march 21 2013 . zephyr testimony to us congress on behalf of nasa pdf . july 10 1012 . panasonic program evaluation of remote heart failure monitoring healthcare utilization analysis in a rural regional medical center . july 15 2014 . retrieved march 21 2013 . external links edit zephyr corporate site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title zephyr technology & oldid 738951310 categories companies established in 2003annapolis marylandtelehealthbiotechnology companies of the united statesactivity trackershidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 11 september 2016 at 23 34 . 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