ZOLL Medical Corporation

ZOLL Medical knows how to get your heart pounding. The medical equipment firm makes noninvasive cardiac defibrillators and pacing devices used in emergency situations to resuscitate hearts that have stopped beating. ZOLL Medical also makes disposable electrodes for use with its products, as well as related information technology software. The company's products are used primarily by hospitals, paramedics, and other emergency medical personnel. It sells its wares through a direct sales force in the US and through sales representatives and distributors in some 140 countries around the globe. ZOLL Medical manufactures its products at four facilities in the US.