November 27, 2019 - ZOLL and Visiomed Sign Deal to Integrate Leading Emergency Care Solutions

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ZOLL AND VISIOMED SIGN DEAL TO INTEGRATE LEADING EMERGENCY CARE SOLUTIONS

Integration Empowers Emergency Care Teams to Drive Better Communication, Accuracy, and Speed in Delivering Patient Care in the French Market

November 27, 2019—CHELMSFORD, MASS.— ZOLL^® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions; and Visiomed Group, a developer of innovative health products and services, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between ZOLL and BewellConnect, the e-health subsidiary of Visiomed Group. The collaboration focuses on developing a mobile health solution that integrates ZOLL RescueNet^® AmbulancePad with BewellConnect VisioCheck^® for the French market. The goal is to improve overall efficiency of mobile emergency care teams encompassing clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, and lay rescuers.

"I am excited by this collaboration with ZOLL," said Michel Emelianoff, Deputy CEO Visiomed Group. "It is a significant step in fulfilling the strategy announced a few weeks ago by Visiomed Group around the development of its Mobile telemedicine segment, and our customers are already showing deep interest in this integrated solution. With 40,000 light emergency vehicles serving the French market, the impact we can have on emergent healthcare is considerable."

ZOLL develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and resuscitation. Designed for emergency care professionals, AmbulancePad is a leading patient charting application (electronic Patient Care Record, or ePCR), allowing users to optimize documentation, data collection, and communication.

VisioCheck^® (a class IIA-certified and FDA approved medical device is a mobile telemedicine station that measures vital physiological constants(pulse, bloodpressure, temperature, oxygen saturation, ECG) and transfers data in real time. It can provide teleconsultation by video conference. Compact and light (less than 300g), VisioCheck is ideal for mobile emergency care teams.

Through the integration of these solutions, the rich data set generated by the VisioCheck station will be uploaded to the AmbulancePad chart in real time, creating a more accurate and complete record of treatment and patient vitals. The goal is to significantly improve pre-hospital coordination, improve accuracy, and reduce time required for documentation. Clinicians in the SAMU will now have the complete record as the AmbulancePad ePCR is sent in advance of the patient's arrival.

"The pace of innovation in healthcare is breathtaking," said Alex Moghadam, president of ZOLL Data Systems. "The integration of these two powerful solutions enables a multiplier effect—not only improving accuracy and efficiency for emergency care teams, but directly driving improved patient care by giving clinicians a complete record of the patient's pre-hospital care and status."

About ZOLL Medical Corporation

ZOLL Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group company, develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, therapeutic temperature management, and ventilation, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, as well as lay rescuers, treat victims needing resuscitation and acute critical care. For more information, visit www.zoll.com.

About Asahi Kasei

The Asahi Kasei Group is a diversified group of companies led by holding company Asahi Kasei Corporation, with operations in the material, homes, and health care business sectors. Its health care operations include devices and systems for acute critical care, dialysis, therapeutic apheresis, transfusion, and manufacture of biotherapeutics, as well as pharmaceuticals and diagnostic reagents. With more than 30,000 employees around the world, the Asahi Kasei Group serves customers in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/en/.

About Visiomed Group

Founded in 2007 and based in Paris, VISIOMED GROUP develops and markets innovative health products and services focused on prevention and well-being, medical self-diagnosis and support for the chronically ill. Its mission: to put innovation at the service of the health of all, starting from the needs of each one.

BewellConnect is Visiomed Group's connected health subsidiary. At the crossroads of the medical world and technological innovation, BewellConnect offers a complete ecosystem of e-health and telemedicine solutions for the public and health stakeholders. BewellConnect covers the entire healthcare path through a wide range of connected medical devices generating reliable and contextualized data related to an expert artificial intelligence system. This data can be operated from a remote medical monitoring platform for healthcare professionals and a mobile application for the public. More information on www.visiomed-group.com and www.bewell-connect.com.

Copyright © 2019 ZOLL Medical Corporation. All rights reserved. AmbulancePad, RescueNet, and ZOLL are trademarks or registered trademarks of ZOLL Medical Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Asahi Kasei is a registered trademark of Asahi Kasei Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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