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Life-saving inventor Shelley Savage wins two Business Worldwide Magazine Global Corporate Excellence Awards

 

Founder and CEO of CardioThrive, Shelley Savage has dedicated her career to saving lives. Her company’s patented invention, the PocketDefib™, has the potential to dramatically reduce the number of deaths caused by SCA (Sudden cardiac arrest) all over the world.  The prolific inventor and innovator has now been named by Business Worldwide Magazine as ‘Healthcare Technology CEO of the Year – USA‘ and ‘Visionary CEO of the Year – USA‘ in the 2023 Global Corporate Excellence Awards.

The Awards recognise and reward outstanding companies and their top executives for exceptional performance, innovation and ethical leadership in the global business and finance sectors.  These awards showcase respected industry players on a world stage, highlighting their contributions to international business while inspiring excellence in others.

Every day, over 1,000 people die of SCA in the United States alone, and all over the world it remains one of the leading causes of sudden death. Doctors want more Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to be available everywhere, but even though more are being installed in public spaces survival rates are still alarmingly low. Just 1% of people who experience Sudden Cardiac Arrest in public survive, partly due to low availability of equipment but also because of lack of training and/or confidence in how to use it. The average bystander hesitates to use public defibrillators because they don’t know what to do, and they worry about hurting the patient. Others freeze with shock and wait for someone else to take the initiative.

CardioThrive’s PocketDefib™ is a one-of-a-kind device that can be used by anyone, at any time. Measuring just 5″X 3″X 1 ½”, (slightly thicker than 2 iPhones stacked together) it’s easy to carry and simple to deploy —  just unwrap the packaging, pull the paddles apart, and apply them firmly to the victim’s chest. The machine will sense the heart rhythm and deliver therapeutic shocks until it returns to normal.

Despite a great deal of interest and positive feedback, development of the life-saving device hit a stumbling block when COVID-19 struck, leaving the project without funders. Shelley Savage found an alternative way to get the work completed on a low budget and ready for submission to regulatory bodies for approval.

To find out more about CardioThrive’s journey so far and for more detailed information on the PocketDefib™ AED , visit the company’s website at https://cardiothrive.com/.

For further details on the Global Corporate Excellence Awards, visit https://www.bwmonline.com/awards/

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CardioThrive Named Among 2021’s top 20 Companies to Watch by Business Worldwide Magazine

 

Nevada based company CardioThrive has been named as one of Business Worldwide Magazine’s Top 20 Companies to Watch in 2021.

The awards are a celebration of the trailblazing organisations who are changing the landscape in their respective industries, whether healthcare, banking, industry, construction, energy or other sectors. These companies are at the cutting edge of breakthrough technologies, innovation and new business structures, and they all have a shared goal of developing products and technologies that drive scalable models and disrupt markets.

Led by Shelley Savage, CardioThrive has developed a revolutionary new device that could save millions of lives around the globe. The pioneering PocketDefib™ is a real game changer for the world of healthcare, tackling important issues that prevent passersby from using defibrillators. Currently over 7 million people die of Sudden Cardiac Arrest every year, but a significant number of those deaths could be prevented with the quick use of a defibrillator.

Wall mounted defibs can now be found in an increasing number of public locations but using these life saving devices is so intimidating and complex that it puts many people off. CEO Shelley Savage’s invention is a fully automatic, pocket-sized defibrillator that requires no assembly and can deliver a full strength, lifesaving shock of 140 joules of energy in 20 seconds. In a situation in which every second counts, this could literally mean the difference between life and death for people all around the world.

CardioThrive’s innovative monthly lease model allows consumers to carry a fully functional AED for a low monthly rate, with all maintenance of the device included. No other AED manufacturer offers this, and Savage believes that this concept is key to increasing the out-of-hospital SCA survival rate. “Let’s face it. The current defibrillation device technology is simply not working. AED innovation essentially halted more than 25 years ago, and CardioThrive is taking a giant leap forward towards a solution to save more lives. Sudden cardiac arrest does not have to be a death sentence.” She told Business Worldwide Magazine.