Defibtech Wins a Connecticut Quality Improvement Award (CQIA) Innovation Prize

Guilford, CT - October 13, 2008 - Defibtech announced today that it has won a CQIA Innovation Prize, for its Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Training Devices, in the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award's 21st annual award series.

The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership is America's first state level award to use the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria for Performance Excellence and the only state award among 32 other state quality awards that sponsors an annual Innovation Prize. The award promotes and recognizes performance excellence in CT organizations. This year, Defibtech's training devices were deemed worthy of the award.

Defibtech has two training devices, which aid in training a user how to properly use an AED: a Standalone Trainer AED and a Training Kit. The Defibtech Trainer AED simulates the rescue AED in form and function. All rubberized exterior surfaces are red, instead of black, to clearly distinguish the unit as a training device.

The Training Kit allows a rescue Defibtech™ AED to be converted into an AED training device. The Training Kit includes a Training Battery Pack (clearly distinguished by its red color), a Training Software Card (which converts the rescue unit into a training unit) and Training Pads (which do not deliver a shock but which look and fell like real defibrillation pads).

When these devices were introduced into the market this high level of design and functionality had not been seen in AED training devices. "The Defibtech™ Trainer AED and Training Kit raised the bar for training products in the AED market," said Defibtech President Gintaras Vaisnys.

This 2008 award is the third time that the CT Quality Improvement Award Partnership awarded Defibtech with an Innovation Award. In 2004 Defibtech was recognized for its Lifeline™ AED and in 2006 an award was presented to Defibtech for the DefibtechMD™ AED Management Program.

About Defibtech

Defibtech relentlessly pursues one goal: making the best automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the world at affordable prices. Defibtech designs and manufactures the Defibtech™ AEDs which include the Lifeline™ and ReviveR™ models. Defibtech's products are sold through its network of distribution partners in the United States and around the world. Defibtech is headquartered in Guilford, Connecticut and manufactures all of its defibrillators in the United States in a state-of-the-art ISO 13485:2003 certified facility. For more information about Defibtech and its products, visit www.defibtech.com or call 1-866-DEFIB-4-U (1-866-333-4248).

About The CT Quality Improvement Award Partnership

A Connecticut nonprofit corporation, the CQIA is an active partnership among the private sector, state and municipal governments, and the educational community, which annually sponsors a three-tiered awards program that recognizes organizations for their accomplishments.

The Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc., America's first state-level quality award, was founded in 1987 using the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Performance Excellence criteria in an effort to advance innovative programs that improve quality, performance excellence, and marketplace competitiveness.

Contacts:
Defibtech, LLC
Greg Slusser
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
866-333-5641
greg@defibtech.com

For General Inquiries and Support:
Defibtech Sales:
866-333-4248
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