Zoll Good

We recently were appointed to be the only authorized distributor of Zoll products for hospital and medical services markets in the Island of Luzon (Philippines). I feel great because we just came out from a relationship which turned out very bad for us, with Metrax - yes, that very unprofessional company which took our money but did not deliver.

Anyway, although we are not concerned with Metrax now, I can only gloat in comparing the two companies. Whereas Metrax products are mostly unknown in the US, and little known worldwide (except in Germany, I suppose), Zoll declared that their M-Series defibrillator is the number 1 hospital defibrillator in America in 2004. Also, whereas Metrax has gone bankrupt, Zoll declared that they are without debt and they have in fact extra cash enough to buy other companies related to medical emergencies and resuscitation (they recently bought the manufacturer of the AutoPulse). Finally, whereas Metrax's name did not mean anything to defibrillation, Zoll's name came from Dr. Paul M. Zoll, the inventor of cardiac pacing from which came defibrillation (see Zoll's works here)!

I am doubly happy that we now have a very good defibrillator to sell (Zoll's M-Series and the AEDPlus) that can stand up to and has so many technical advantages over our closest ompetitor (Medtronic's Lifepak20 and LifepakCRPlus). At least, something good has happened out of the mess that Metrax did us.

Note: The photo of Dr. Paul M. Zoll, founder of Zoll Medical Corporation is from the Heart Rhythm Foundation website.