EXHIBIT 1
         to Schedule 13D/A
                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                  Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees, in
compliance with the provisions of Rule 13d-1(k)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that the Schedule 13D to which this
Agreement is attached as an Exhibit (the "Schedule 13D"), and any amendments
thereto, will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission jointly on
behalf of the undersigned. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
Dated:  ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇
                        ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ACQUISITION/RECAPITALIZATION FUND, L.L.C.
                        By:     Perseus Acquisition/Recapitalization
                                Management, L.L.C., its Managing Member
                        By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C.,
                                its Managing Member
                        By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                                Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                        PERSEUS MARKET OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.
                        By:     Perseus Market Opportunity Partners, L.P.,
                                its General Partner
                        By:     Perseus Market Opportunity Partners GP, L.L.C.,
                                its General Partner
                        By:     Perseus, L.L.C.,
                                its Managing Member
                        By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C,
                                its Managing Member
                        By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                                Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                                Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       CARDIAC SCIENCE CO-INVESTMENT, L.P.
                       By:     Perseus Acquisition/Recapitalization
                               Management, L.L.C., its General Partner
                       By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C.,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       PERSEUS ACQUISITION/RECAPITALIZATION MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
                       By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C.,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       PERSEUS MARKET OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS, L.P.
                       By:     Perseus Market Opportunity Partners GP, L.L.C.,
                               its General Partner
                       By:     Perseus, L.L.C.,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       PERSEUS MARKET OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS GP, L.L.C.
                       By:     Perseus, L.L.C.,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       PERSEUS, L.L.C.
                       By:     Perseuspur, L.L.C,
                               its Managing Member
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       RAPPAHANNOCK INVESTMENT COMPANY
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       PERSEUSPUR, L.L.C.
                       By:     /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Secretary and Treasurer
                       ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
                               /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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                               Name:  ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
                               Title: Attorney-in-Fact