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COMPANY PROFILE

corpuls – this name stands for cutting-edge medical technology with the highest quality standards.
Nevertheless, the early days with company founder, Günter Stemple, were rather modest: it was in his hobby room in Kaufering, Upper Bavaria, in 1982, that he laid the foundation for "GS Elektromedizinische Geräte G. Stemple GmbH" – corpuls – with his first defibrillator.

The objective of corpuls has always been to develop and build extremely robust and sophisticated devices for preclinical and clinical cardiotherapy. For this reason corpuls has remained thoroughly committed to quality “Made in Germany”, highly qualified engineers and Kaufering as a business location, even in these times of globalisation and increasing cost pressure.

THE CORPULS PHILOSOPHY

We see ourselves as a company with social responsibility and as a responsible member of society. Our day-to-day aim is to work innovatively on top-quality products that can save lives. We intend to grow sustainably and thus secure the continued survival of the company in the long term.
Our mission statement is aligned with these maxims. They are the foundation for every single corpuls employee, underpinning our day-to-day work.

There’s no reason why the best technology shouldn’t also be visually appealing - and we’ve proved this with our corpuls cpr. In 2016 our chest compression device received the Red Dot Design Award, adding to our long tradition of award-winning corpuls devices and company awards:

“Top Ten Of The Year” from Industrie Forum Design 1995 for the corpuls 08/16
Medical technology category winner INDUSTRIEPREIS 2011
Finalist in the 2012 German innovation award in the Medium-sized Enterprises category
Finalist in two categories in the MEDTEC Europe Award 2012
Selected Landmark 2012 in the Germany – Land of Ideas competition
Bavaria’s Best 50 innovation award

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Company history

More than 35 years in Defibrillator Expertise

1982

Foundation

Günter Stemple founds the company GS Elektromedizinische Geräte G. Stemple GmbH in Kaufering. His aim is to revolutionise the German market with an innovative portable defibrillator. The corpuls 200 and corpuls 300 lay the foundations for a success story.

1982

Innovation is of capital importance

The corpuls 200/300 series was ahead of its time. It was the most lightweight product on the market, while still being extremely robust and functional. corpuls 200/300 was specifically targeted towards the preclinical sector and as a pioneer had a reliable power supply and a functional on-board charging system for vehicle installation.

1984

Pioneers of telemedicine

A revolution is playing out on board a merchant ship off the coast of South America. For the first time, a single-channel ECG is being sent around the world to Germany. And at a time when telemedicine was unheard of. The technology: created by corpuls.

1992

Next generation

A new corpuls generation, the 08/16, is launched. Nothing like any of the competitor products, but just as robust as the legendary corpuls 200/300 series. Its fold-down screen and energy management set new standards. corpuls 08/16 was also the first device for the preclinical sector with a 12-channel ECG. The functions SpO2, NIBP, CO2, 2x IBP and TEMP could also be added.

1995

Awarded design

The corpuls 08/16 is now officially a design object, receiving the design price from the Forum Industrie Design Hannover.

2007

Modularity as innovation

The year of separability: the new corpuls3 is presented to the public at the medical technology trade fair MEDICA. The first and only device that can be split up wirelessly into its separate parts: monitor, patient module and defibrillator module. corpuls3 thus sets new standards for decades to come in medical technology for emergency medical services...

2011

Handy and multifunctional

The corpuls3 gets a little brother: the corpuls1. The compact and lightweight defibrillator/patient monitor is specially designed for the requirements of the fire brigade, first responders, patient transport and emergency management.

2012

Modularity made easy

The second generation of the corpuls3 and the new defi module SLIM further simplify work for first responders thanks to their light weight.

2012

Telemetry in Emergency Medicine

What began on board the Humboldt Express in 1984 is taken to a new level with the telemetry solution corpuls.web LIVE. The browser-based application optimises collaboration between the emergency services on the scene and the specialists in the clinic more than ever before.

2015

Compression without compromise

The corpuls cpr founded in 2015 a unique generation of chest compression devices for emergency services and clinics for the fastest possible patient care, even for children eight years old and above.

“Quality is when the customers come back instead of the products!”

The best possible quality, service life and robustness, geared towards the specific conditions of emergency calls – this has always been our standard for our defibrillators, patient monitoring systems, chest compression devices and software solutions.

Even in the development phase, we already have tomorrow in mind as we make our devices compatible with future software and hardware updates. As a result, corpuls products remain at the cutting edge of technology even decades later, and are certified accordingly.

THE MOUNTING – LET’S PLAY IT SAFE!

The safety of the patient and of the staff in the rescue vehicle during transport takes top priority. Almost all corpuls devices comply with the European DIN EN 1789 (Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances), parts of the RTCA DO 160 (Environmental Conditions and Test Procedures for Airborne Equipment) and the MIL-STD 810 (US technical military standard that specifies the environmental test conditions for military equipment).