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    Innovating for life

    With 20+ years of advancements and insights from 1M+ patients, the modern LifeVest® is the most proven, patient-preferred LifeVest ever.1

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    The modern LifeVest: #1 in patient compliance this decade

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    The most comfortable LifeVest ever

    With continuous innovation for patient comfort, the next generation LifeVest WCD garment marks the third advancement of the LifeVest system over the last five years. Patients rate the newest LifeVest® garment as more comfortable and easier to use.1

    • Lightweight,  breathable fabrics, designed for performance 
    • Flat seams, designed to be comfortable against the skin
    • Soft, double-plush straps
    • The most inclusive range of garment sizes from 26"–56"

    20+ years of LifeVest design enhancements have led to a median real-world Wear Time® of 23.4+ hours/day.2-4 

    LifeVest compliance measurement from 2020 - 202

    Comfort and safety you can measure

    LifeVest® ranks #1 in patient compliance this decade at 23.4+ hours/day (median) based on peer-reviewed publications and real-world data.2-4  

    When early SCD risk is high, the modern LifeVest WCD delivers incomparable safety, as shown across nearly 20,000 patients in SCD-PROTECT (2025).2

    • 0.5% inappropriate shock rate – the lowest reported in contemporary WCD literature
    • 99.7% of patients experienced no skin irritation requiring discontinuation
    • 0 deaths from VT/VF in the largest real-world study of LifeVest patients

    “It’s comfortable. It was extremely easy. People don’t even know you’re wearing it.”

    -Tanya, LifeVest patient

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    When early SCD risk is high, trust the proven efficacy of LifeVest

    SCD PROTECT2

    Early SCA risk persists in the contemporary era

    SCD-PROTECT, which featured a modern version of the LifeVest WCD, confirms the urgent need for SCD protection in both NICM and MI/CAD populations. Early SCD risk remained high, even with widespread use of GDMT.2 A recent study of >20,000 patients presented at AHA 2025 confirm these findings.5

    When early SCD risk is high, trust the proven efficacy of LifeVest

    • 97% first shock success rate6-9
    • >96% one-year survival10
    • 100% VT/VF conversion in an RCT11

    Results from the LifeVest RCT Trial

    The VEST Trial per-protocol analysis results demonstrated that patients that wore LifeVest realized significant mortality reductions in the first 90 days.12

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    AI-enhanced algorithm

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    Zero median false alarms at 90 days with advanced arrhythmia discrimination (AArD)13

    ZOLL® uses AI-based AArD technology to filter out non-physiological electrocardiogram (ECG) signals, reducing an already low rate of false alarms.

    • Zero median false alarms at a default threshold of 150bpm
    • Outcomes validated in a study of 96,000 real-world patients
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    Broad WCD coverage & the largest, most experienced support team

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    Patient access and support

    ZOLL has spent 20+ years building positive payer relationships and an extensive support network to help your patients with every step of their LifeVest journey:
    • The most comprehensive WCD coverage for Medicare, Medicaid, veterans, and commercial patients14
    • A range of financial programs provide access options for uninsured and underinsured patients
    • The largest, most experienced WCD support team
    • In-person training and support from representatives with extensive care experience
    • 24/7 multilingual support
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    See actionable arrhythmias with ECG Classifier

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    Highly accurate, FDA-approved classification of ECGs15

    1 in 14 patients experience an actionable arrhythmia during LifeVest use.6 Developed with machine learning, LifeVest ECG Classifier filters out noise and identifies arrhythmias that may require intervention — from ablation to ICD implant.

    See how ECGs captured by LifeVest enabled physicians to modify their patient’s treatment path.

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    The LifeVest Patient engagement app

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    Education, data & support during recovery

    The LifeVest Patient App helps patients get the most out of their LifeVest experience.

    • Track progress with access to their own Wear Time® and Activity data.
    • On-demand device education, success stories, and support resources – all at your patients’ fingertips.

    1. Data on file, 20c1184_a01. Garment Comparative Wear Test.
    2. David Duncker, Eloi Marijon, Marco Metra, Olivier Piot, Marat Fudim, Uwe Siebert, Norbert Frey, Lars Siegfried Maier, Johann Bauersachs, Sudden cardiac death in newly diagnosed non-ischaemic or ischaemic cardiomyopathy assessed with a wearable cardioverter-defibrillator: the German nationwide SCD-PROTECT study, European Heart Journal, 2025;, ehaf668,  https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehaf668
    3. Data on file, 90d0258_a01. 2021 Commercial Compliance Analysis.
    4. Garcia R, Combes N, Defaye P, et al. Wearable cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with a transient risk of sudden cardiac death: the WEARIT-France cohort study. EP Europace. 2020;23(1):73-81. doi:10.1093/europace/euaa268 
    5. MedAxiom. (2025, November 10). Largest real-world study of wearable defibrillators confirms strong effectiveness and safety performance of Kestra’s ASSURE Device. MedAxiom.  https://www.medaxiom.com/news/2025/11/10/news/Largest-Real-World-Study-of-Wearable-Defibrillators-Confirms-Strong-Effectiveness-and-Safety-Performance-of-Kestra-s-ASSURE-Device/ 
    6. Kutyifa V, Moss AJ, Klein H, et al. Use of the wearable cardioverter defibrillator in high-risk cardiac patients: Data from the prospective registry of patients using the wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WEARIT-II Registry). Circulation. 2015;132(17):1613–1619.
    7. Data on file, 90d0241_a01. Report of AArD Performance during 2019.
    8. Data on file, 90a0061_a01_revb. Clinical Evaluation Report for LifeVest Wearable Defibrillator, Model 4000, 2021.
    9. Chung MK, Szymkiewicz SJ, Shao M, Zishiri E, Niebauer MJ, Lindsay BD, & Tchou PJ (2010). Aggregate national experience with the   wearable cardioverter-defibrillator: Event rates, compliance, and survival. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 56(3), 194–203.
    10. Kutyifa V, Moss A, Klein H, et al. One-year follow-up of the prospective registry of patients using the wearable defibrillator (WEARIT-II Registry). Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2018;1–7.  https://doi.org/10.1111/pace.13448 
    11. Olgin, J. E., Pletcher, M. J., Vittinghoff, E., et al. Wearable Cardioverter–Defibrillator after Myocardial Infarction. New England Journal of Medicine. 2018; 379(13): 1205–1215. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa1800781 
    12. Olgin JE, Lee BK, Vittinghoff E, et al. Impact of wearable cardioverter-defibrillator compliance on outcomes in the VEST trial: As-treated and per-protocol analyses. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2020;1–10.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jce.14404
    13. Arkles J, Delaughter C, D’Souza B. A novel artificial intelligence based algorithm to reduce wearable cardioverter-defibrillator alarms. J Interv Cardiac Electrophysiol. 2023.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10840-023-01497-w 
    14. Based on commercial data as of March 2025
    15. Pre-clinical test data on file at ZOLL as of July 2020.

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