page_title: Microlife Corporation
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Microlife Corporation / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Mircolife BP B6 Connect is the blood pressure monitor for your health.
context_page_description: Microlife Corporation is a medical diagnostics company that specializes in the development and manufacture of blood pressure monitors, digital thermometers, asthma management devices, heat therapy aids, blood glucose management devices and weight management devices. Microlife is currently the world's largest manufacturer of digital medical thermometers and a major provider of electronic blood pressure monitoring devices. The company maintains international divisions throughout the world.
context_section_description: Microlife was founded in Taipei, Taiwan in 1981. It was known as the "Micro Idea Instruments Co." upon its founding. Its first product was a digital medical thermometer and, in 1985. The company added blood pressure monitors to their product lines in 1995. A branch office was opened in Switzerland in 1996, and the first office in the United States was opened the following year. In 2002, Microlife acquired Maine-based Biddeford Blankets. Four years later, it acquired the Golden, Colorado-based medical diagnostic equipment manufacturer, HealtheTech. That same year, Microlife was awarded the Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Differentiation Innovation. In 2007, Microlife was one of numerous medical companies to be included in Microsoft's HealthVault.
  In 2009, the company became the first medical diagnostics manufacturer to produce a blood pressure monitor that detected both hypertension and atrial fibrillation (both of which are warning signs for stroke). the firm entered into a partnership with PharmaSmart in 2012 in an effort to expand their reach  in the United States  In 2013, the firm received the Red Dot Design Award for its A6PC blood pressure monitor with stroke detection, . and the award for Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership from Frost & Sullivan. In 2015, it won a German design award  .In 2018, Microlife received the Red Dot Design Award for its NC200 infrared thermometer.
  The company teamed up with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a cost-effective blood pressure monitoring device (Microlife CRADLE VSA)  designed for use in low- and middle-income countries. It has been used in countries like Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania.
caption: Microlife B6 connect blood pressure monitor with Afib detection.[[1]]
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