Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Cambridge, MA – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of ...

Amsterdam, the Netherlands –Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the Food and Drug ...

Sept. 23, 2004 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a home defibrillator for sale without a prescription; a C-reactive protein assay to determine the risk of coronary heart ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

Hundreds of thousands of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) made by Philips Healthcare might not deliver a needed shock to the heart in an emergency, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said ...

Washington(CBS.MW) -- The Food and Drug Administration Thursday granted market clearance to Philips Medical Systems' HeartStart Home Defibrillator for use without a prescription. The action marks the ...

Royal Philips Electronics, a Dutch company whose U.S. medical device operations are in Andover, has won clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the HeartStart Home Defibrillator ...

Certain HeartStart automated external defibrillator devices made by Philips Medical Systems might be unable to deliver needed defibrillator shocks in a cardiac emergency, the Food and Drug ...

WASHINGTON -- People can soon plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. Government approval of the ...

You've all seen the dramatic scenes on TV or in movies: An emergency medical technician or emergency-room specialist gets a cardiac-arrest case, and time is precious. The specialist quickly readies ...