The president of a company in Hokkaido has developed a children's toy resembling an automated external defibrillator, or AED, to reduce the fear associated with using the lifesaving device.
The toy sold out soon after going on sale last autumn, but it will be available for purchase again next March.
The Toy Cocoro, named after the Japanese word for heart, "kokoro," was developed by 37-year-old Kyosuke Sakano, president of an industrial machinery repair and inspection company in the Hokkaido city of Kitami. Its main unit is connected by cords to two pads resembling electrode pads on an AED.
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