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About Remote monitors for medical devices

 

Remote monitors for medical devices give doctors critical information and patients peace of mind - which adds up to a useful marketing tool for companies.

 

A new wireless remote monitoring system after having a combination pacemaker-defibrillator implanted has recently been implanted in a 69-year-old retiree suffering from heart failure. All the device-check information that used to require an office visit can be picked up by the wireless receiver by her bed and sent to the doctor via Company's computers.

 

Since the high-profile recalls that medical device companies have been experiencing , remote monitoring is a way to assure patients and doctors that the device is working properly - especially when it comes to common, detectable problems like a low or dead battery.

 

Heart device companies also see their remote systems as marketing tools to sway doctors to recommend their products to patients.

 

Convenience and comfort aren't the only advantages of the remote monitoring system. Diagnostic tools are being added to devices that can measure heart rhythm, fluid in lungs, blood pressure and other conditions. Soon, doctors will be able to not only perform device checkups but also to monitor their patients' health if need be on a daily basis.

 

But with these advances come new problems. How can heart clinics handle the flood of information coming from these systems about their patients?

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(Posted on Sun, Mar. 19, 2006 and available on http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/14126260.htm )

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