Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Lumos DR-T Dual-Chamber ICD with Wireless Home Monitoring

Filed under: Cardiology

Loyola University has announced that its hospital is the first medical center in the U.S. to implant into a patient a new FDA-approved defibrillator which "automatically signals the doctor via wireless satellite transmission if the patient's heart beats abnormally or if the device malfunctions, e.g., battery failure."

German device maker Biotronik says that its device transfers ICD data automatically to the BIOTRONIK Service Center via the cellular telephone network. The report for the physician contains the following data:

* Detection in VT-1, VT-2, VF, SVT

* ATP counter

* Shock counter

* 30-J shock counter

* Information about the atrial and ventricular intrinsic rhythm

* Voltage of battery and system status with date of measurement

* Atrial and ventricular pace impedances with date of measurement

* Shock impedance with date of measurement

* Mean Ventricular Heart Rate

* Mean VES/h

* Number and duration of Mode Switching

* Date of the last VT/VF episode

The product page at Biotronik...

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