January 2011

Brain cooling could aid stroke recovery

Cooling the brain of patients who have suffered a stroke could dramatically improve their recovery, a group of Scottish doctors has said. Dr Malcolm Macleod, head of experimental neuroscience at the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh and his Scottish team are joining European Stroke Research Network for Hypothermia (EuroHYP), a group of European researchers from more than 20 countries. They seek funding for a Europe-wide trial involving 1,500 stroke patients.

MARKET.BONUS

As one of the first Austrian companies EMCOOLS has recently received a bonus for research and development projects. Doris Bures, Federal Minister of the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit) and the Austrian society for research (FFG) has awarded EMCOOLS for future oriented research with a € 10.000 market bonus.

Best Practice in Communication

Many innovations fall through due to poor communication. Together with the Center for Innovation and Technology (Z.I.T.) in Vienna and Winnovation EMCOOLS has followed the six steps towards successful communication, becoming one of Austria´s best practice company in the field of innovative technologies.

Award for Clinical Research

Dr. Thomas Uray at the Medical University of Vienna was awarded with the Dr. Wolfgang Houska Prize for outstanding clinical research achievements with the EMCOOLS cooling technology.

Award for best innovation

In 2007 EMCOOLS was awarded the "Wiener Zukunftspreis" for best innovative products. The city of Vienna and "NEWS" honour the most innovative research projects.

EMCOOLS COOLING SYSTEM SUCCESSFULY INTRODUCED IN CROATIA

Dr. Marijan Kirin, Head of the Intensive-Care Medicine Department at the University Hospital Dubrava, Croatia, appreciates the benefits of the EMCOOLS cooling technology. He successfully introduced EMCOOLS Flex.Pads for the treatment of hypothermia after cardiac arrest to prevent negative long-term effects and improve survival and neurologic outcome.

BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CAMPAIGN ON THE VIENNESE CENTRAL SQUARE

Viennese children demonstrated the importance of basic life support as they eagerly reanimated their teddy bears and dolls. EMCOOLS supported the initiative "Leben retten" and participated in the "mass resuscitation" on April 28, 2011, on central square to the beat of Strauss' "Radetzky March". The 7-year-old Pia reassuringly affirms that saving lives is not too hard at all. EMCOOLS agrees.

EMCOOLS - SAVING LIVES IS "EASY AS PIE"

In Austria each year around 15,000 people suffer from cardiac arrest - merely 1% survives. These figures are shocking considering that saving lives is "easy as pie". A simple cardiac massage could prevent loss of life in half of the cases. The initiative "Leben retten" promotes teaching basic life support already in elementary schools. EMCOOLS supports this important project and visited the "Staying Alive Flashmob" and the "Survivors Party" on April 28, 2011.

EMCOOLS: LATEST DEVELOPMENT FOR STROKE PATIENTS

In the previous year EMCOOLS started a program to develop a novel cooling device designed for fever reduction in stroke patients. With this device EMCOOLS has once again taken a pioneering role. The so-called Stroke.Pad will soon be tested in a Europe-wide clinical study of the „European Stroke Research Network for Hypothermia“.

COLD TIMES IN CRITICAL CARE

Moderate to deep hypothermia makes cardiac surgery possible and mild therapeutic hypothermia with the EMCOOLS cooling technology improves survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

FDA CLEARANCE FOR THE EMCOOLS COOLING SYSTEM

EMCOOLS Pad has been granted clearance to the US market by the FDA on October 12th, 2010. The FDA has determined the substantial equivalence of the EMCOOLS Pad to predicate devices already legally marketed in the US. The FDA clearance is a huge step forward for EMCOOLS and will help us significantly to enter the next level of growth.

PRE-HOSPITAL COOLING IN VIENNA

In April 2010 the magazine TREND presented innovative medical products, which were developed in Austria. The EMCOOLS Pad was one of them.

Improving survival and quality of life

The ambulance service in the German county Dahme-Spreewald has introduced the mobile surface cooling device in an attempt to improve survival rates and quality of life for cardiac arrest patients.

Patient cooling in the German county Dahme-Spreewald

Since October 1, 2009 the ambulance service in the German county Dahme-Spreewald treats cardiac arrest patient with a novel patient cooling system. Four emergency vehicles in Lübben, Luckau and Königs Wusterhausen have been equipped with the EMCOOLS cooling device.

Pioneering role in pre-hospital cooling

The emergency service in the German county Dahme-Spreewald has taken a pioneering role in the treatment of cardiac arrest patients with therapeutic hypothermia. Four ambulance cars in the region have been equipped with the EMCOOLS patient cooling system.

Patient cooling in the out-of-hospital setting

Unique in Germany: The Johanniter-Ambulance Service" in the county Dahme-Spreewald introduced a novel cooling technique which protects cardiac arrest patients from ischemic injury. „With the EMCOOLS Pad the patient's core body temperature can be lowered to 33°C within two hours", says Frank Schwertfeger, medical director of the emergency service in Lübben.

Therapeutic Hypothermia in the Vienna ambulance service

The Viennese ambulance service was one of the first to introduce the EMCOOLS cooling system into their emergency vehicles. The initial experience of the Viennese emergency physicians was a key contribution to improving its suitability for the pre-hospital application area.

Innovative product technology

In recent years a number of innovative companys have entered the Austrian medical technology sector. The "Industriemagazin" reports on some recent success stories such as EMCOOLS, the innovative start-up based in the South of the Austrian capital.

Vienna's appeal as a high-tech location

50 top innovative companies presented their latest high-tech innovations at the "Wiener Forschungsfest" held at the Viennese Town Hall Square in October. EMCOOLS - Emergency Medical Cooling Systems took the opportunity to introduce the novel latest development in mobile patient cooling.

Stay cool

Dr. Jasmin Arrich and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Behringer present data on therapeutic hypothermia and different cooling methods. They highlight the benefits of EMCOOLS Pad: cooling rate of 3.3°C/hour, quick and easy application and patient safety just to mention some key benefits.

Innovative surface cooling system saves lives

EMCOOLS Pads is an innovative surface cooling system which provides a lot of benefits to the emergency medicine sector. The cooling pads provide a highly efficient cooling capacity, are extremely easy to use and don't require any external power supply during the cooling process. The Viennese ambulance service is one of the first to carry the cooling system on board of the ambulance cars.

A promising business concept

In the company's fourth year EMCOOLS has opened a technology center in the south of the Austrian capital. Journalists of the local newspaper joined the party.

THERAPEUTIC HYPOTHERMIA ON THE RISE

The non-invasive EMCOOLS surface cooling system improves neurologic outcome in post-resuscitation patients. The therapy is still on the rise since the international recommendation by ILCOR 2002, outlining the positive impact of mild therapeutic hypothermia. Among numerous cooling devices the EMCOOLS surface cooling system is especially suitable for pre-hospital use.

Austrian cooling technology

A brilliant Austrian invention improves the chances of cardiac arrest patients to survive without neuronal damage.

The future of emergency medicine

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fritz Sterz reviews the international guidelines for resuscitation. In cooperation with the technology company EMCOOLS he develops special cooling pads for rapid and safe therapeutic hypothermia treatment.

Mobile cooling for stroke patients

EMCOOLS develops and markets cooling technologies for efficient therapeutic hypothermia treatment. Possible new areas of application are currently being reviewed together with a group of scientific experts.

Cooling the body after cardiac arrest

Mild therapeutic hypothermia is the most advanced concept for the threatment of the post resuscitation syndrome. The EMCOOLS surface cooling system has been developed to improve survival and quality of life after acute ischemic events.

Hypothermia against the post-resuscitation syndrome

Together with leading Austrian physicians, the start-up EMCOOLS has developed cooling pads for rapid temperature reduction in cardiac arrest patients.

Medical world sensation

The Viennese physician Dr. Fritz Sterz has developed a novel cooling device which allows for patients to be cooled in the emergency vehicle.

Improving survival of cardiac arrest patients

Since 2005 the guidelines for emergency medicine recommend mild therapeutic hypothermia for cardiac arrest patients. The EMCOOLS cooling system has been designed with the medical guidelines in mind.

Novel non-invasive surface cooling method

Cooling with EMCOOLS Pads proved to be feasible and safe for rapid induction of mild therapeutic hypothermia in human-sized pigs.

Ambulance service cools cardiac arrest patients

The Viennese ambulance service has started to cool patients with EMCOOLS Pads immediately after cardiac arrest allowing for the cooling treatment to start in the out of hospital setting and follow through to intensive care.

Novel cooling technology

A team of physicians of the medical university of Vienna developed a promising cooling device for efficient hypothermia treatment together with EMCOOLS - Emergency Medical Cooling Systems AG.