PROJECT TEAM
Lars Grønlykke, MD, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
THE NEED
Every year, around 5,000 people experience OHCA in Denmark, but only 600 survive. Although bystander CPR rates have risen to 80%, defibrillation before ambulance arrival remains at just 8.7%. As 70% of OHCAs happen in private homes where AEDs are rarely accessible within 3 minutes, survival rates remain low despite the rising number of public AEDs.
THE SOLUTION
HOME-AED introduces a single-use, portable, and affordable AED specifically for home and private car use. By removing unnecessary advanced features, service agreements, and high costs, HOME-AED prioritizes immediate availability and simplicity. Designed to deliver multiple shocks during a single cardiac arrest event, the device aims to significantly improve early defibrillation and survival rates.
Home AED - Rigshospitalet
Call 2 - 2022
500.000 DKK
Clinical Area
Cardiology/Emergency Care
Technology
MedTech
PROJECT SUMMARY
HOME-AED is a compact, low-cost automated external defibrillator designed for private homes and cars, ensuring rapid access to life-saving defibrillation where most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) occur. By focusing on core, evidence-based functionality, it aims to increase early defibrillation rates and improve survival.
CLINICAL IMPACT
By providing immediate defibrillation in private homes, HOME-AED can dramatically improve survival rates from OHCA—potentially increasing 30-day survival from 14% to over 70% when combined with early CPR. It also reduces dependency on public AED placement and ambulance response times, ensuring faster, life-saving treatment.