2008-05-14 Ortivus AB and Schiller AG join forces within the EMS sector; launches combined product offer and a market co-operation

Ortivus AB and Schiller AG have signed a co-marketing agreement to jointly address the EMS (Emergency Medical Service) market. The basis for the agreement is a mutually developed wireless interface between Ortivus pre-hospital information system MobiMed and SCHILLER’s ARGUS PRO LifeCare defibrillator. The combined offer represents a hitherto unparalleled combination of functionality, low weight and flexibility within the EMS sector.

The product solution will be demonstrated at SCHILLER’s booth (1121 G) at RettMobil in Fulda, Germany, May 14 -17, 2008.

There is a constantly growing need of ICT solutions including telemedicine, documentation (e.g. DIVI) and information management within the EMS sector. Today Ortivus MobiMed is one of the most comprehensive solutions available addressing these needs. At the same time EMS users also need qualified vital signs monitoring and defibrillation capabilities; functionalities that must be fulfilled without adding unnecessary extra equipment weight on the EMS personnel for instance when working outside the ambulance. Bundled together with MobiMed, and making use of the new mutually developed Bluetooth interface, the SCHILLER ARGUS PRO LifeCare defibrillator will in real-time transfer vital signs to the MobiMed ambulance tablet PC. This unit will in turn analyse, display and transmit the vitals together with for instance electronic patient record data (e.g. DIVI) to hospitals and emergency centres included in the MobiMed network. The defibrillator, including its monitoring facilities, thus becomes a fully integrated part of MobiMed.

To fully leverage on the opportunities brought forward by the combined offering Ortivus and SCHILLER have entered into a co-marketing agreement under which the parties will promote each other’s solutions.

-The interface and the combined offering will bring us into a paradigm shift within EMS. We are combining two state-of-the-art products into one very strong solution. Biphasic defibrillation with external pacing, monitoring, continuous transfer of monitored data, electronic patient record and information management, all at a total weight of less than 4,5 kilos is indeed a very compelling solution. Backed up by the co-marketing agreement we will now be able to address the market more efficiently, as well as to reach new markets and customers, says Johan Folkunger, VP Sales and Marketing at Ortivus.

-This interface will enable us to offer to customers the complete chain of resucitation with seamless integration of inovative products thus providing key benefits for our customers, says Dominik Doppler, VP Sales and Marketing & Business Development at Schiller AG.


For further information:
Johan Folkunger, Marketing & Sales Director, Ortivus, tel. +46 8 446 45 00, mobile +46 702 505 474, e-mail firstname.lastname@ortivus.com