Japan Lifeline
Corporate brand
UnclaimedJapanese medical device company that develops and sells cardiovascular and cardiac rhythm management products.
Last updated September 16, 2026
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Overview
Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. is a Japanese medical device company established in February 1981 in Toshima, Tokyo, and now headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It develops and sells products for arrhythmia, heart failure, cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease, including pacemakers, PTCA balloon catheters, artificial heart valves, vascular grafts, ICDs and ablation catheters. Its shares were registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association in December 1997.
History
Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. was established in February 1981 in Toshima, Tokyo, and launched cardiac pacemakers. In the 1980s it opened sales offices in Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Sendai and Hamamatsu, and in March 1989 launched a PTCA balloon catheter. In the 1990s it launched artificial heart valves (1990), vascular grafts (1991), PTCA guide wires and guiding catheters (1994), artificial heart-lung machines (1994), and artificial lungs and EP catheters (1995). In December 1997 its shares were registered with the Japan Securities Dealers Association as over-the-counter traded securities, and in February 1998 it launched a coronary stent. In the 2000s it launched in-house PTCA guide wires (2001), ICDs (2001), in-house ablation catheters (2003), in-house EP catheters (2004), and CRT-D devices (2006); in 2007 it concluded an exclusive sales agreement for Sorin Group CRM products and merged with Sorin Group Japan; in 2008 it moved its head office to Shinagawa, Tokyo; and in 2009 it made JUNKEN MEDICAL Co., Ltd. a subsidiary.
Products and positioning
Contributes to the realization of a healthy society through the latest and most suitable medical devices.
Cardiac pacemakers
PTCA balloon catheters
Artificial heart valves
Vascular grafts
PTCA guide wires
PTCA guiding catheters
Coronary stents
ICDs (implantable cardioverter defibrillators)
Ablation catheters
EP (electrophysiology) catheters
CRT-D devices
Artificial heart-lung machines
Artificial lungs
Recent events
Reported
CardioFocus and Japan Lifeline expand distribution partnership[6]
CardioFocus announced an expansion of its existing agreement with Japan Lifeline. The agreement extends the distribution timeframe for Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and Japan Lifeline takes an equity position in CardioFocus.
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