Avive is an automated external defibrillator manufacturer based in Brisbane, California.[1]

History

Avive was started in 2017 by Rory Beyer and Moseley Andrews under the name Revive. At the time, Beyer and Andrews were students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[2][3] During the development phase, Beyer met Sameer Jafri, founder and president of the Saving Hearts Foundation, who then co-founded the company.[3]

In June 2020, Avive raised $7 million in funding from multiple investors, including the Laerdal Million Lives Fund.[4]

In March 2022, Avive raised $22 million in Series A funding, with investments from Questa Capital, Catalyst Health Ventures, and Laerdal Million Lives Fund.[3][5]

In October 2022, the Avive AED received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[2]

4 Minute City program

Avive has also developed the 4 Minute City program to address the dismal survival rates from Sudden Cardiac Arrest.[6] The program collaborates with citizens, EMS agencies, and community stakeholders across multiple cities to ensure an Avive AED is accessible within 4 minutes of a cardiac arrest incident.[6][7] In association with RapidSOS, 911 telecommunicators in the 4 Minute City locations can dispatch Avive AEDs to suspected cardiac arrest incidents.[8]

In 2021, Avive announced the city of Jackson, Tennessee as the first 4 Minute City Program partner, in collaboration with Friends of Heart, The City of Jackson Fire Department, West Tennessee Healthcare, and others.[6][9][10] Two years later in the summer of 2023, Avive launched the first 4 Minute Cities in Jackson, Tennessee;[11] Forsyth County, Georgia;[12][13] and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.[14][15][16]

Device

The first iteration of Avive's automated external defibrillator (AED) was developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students Rory Beyer, Moseley Andrews, and Priscilla Agosto in 2017 as a part of a senior capstone design course at the university.[3][2] Their initial project was a defibrillator fully powered by a smartphone.[3] Beyer and Andrews further developed electronic circuits capable of delivering sufficient power from a rechargeable battery, the size of a cell phone. Their work led to the production of the Avive Connect AED, a defibrillator weighing slightly over two pounds.[3][17] The device was designed with assistance from San Francisco-based industrial design firm, NewDealDesign.[1]

Awards and recognition

In August 2023, the Avive Connect AED won two International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) in the service design and medical and health categories.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "This tiny defibrillator turns your neighborhood into a communal ER". fastcompany.com. May 30, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Startups take root in senior capstone class". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. January 17, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ron Leuty (March 16, 2022). "Shock the world: Startup snares $22M for plan to democratize defibrillation". Bayereainno. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via bizjournals.com.
  4. ↑ Cromwell Schubarth (June 26, 2020). "The Funded: Founder may take Social Capital public, compares it to Berkshire Hathaway". Silicon Walley Business Journal. Retrieved October 17, 2023 – via bizjournals.com.
  5. ↑ "Staying Avive gets $22m". Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Latham, Angele. "Jackson to give AEDs to citizens to help save lives with 4-Minute City program, first in nation". The Jackson Sun.
  7. ↑ "News | Forsyth County Among First In Country To Implement 4 Minute City™ Program". www.forsythco.com.
  8. ↑ "RapidSOS Aims to Prevent More Heart Attacks With New Deal". GovTech. August 3, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Caitlin Roach named new 'Friends of Heart' executive director". February 15, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Jackson organizations work together to create a '4-Minute City'". April 11, 2021.
  11. ↑ Shields, Brandon. "Jackson on its way to becoming a 'four-minute city'". The Jackson Sun.
  12. ↑ "Forsyth County takes next step to become '4 Minute City'". www.forsythnews.com.
  13. ↑ "How local leaders are working to make Forsyth County a '4 Minute City'". www.forsythnews.com.
  14. ↑ Hermitt, Joe. "4 Minute City Program - pennlive.com". pennlive.
  15. ↑ Creason, Naomi (February 9, 2022). "New initiative brings AEDs, CPR education to Cumberland County". The Sentinel.
  16. ↑ Wenner, David (January 9, 2023). "Central Pa. community set to become national leader in lifesaving care that saved Damar Hamlin". pennlive.
  17. ↑ Atherton, Kelsey D. (December 2, 2022). "The most helpful emergency services and defense innovations of 2022".
  18. ↑ "Avive Connect AED - Industrial Designers Society of America". Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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