Just one day after St. Jude Medical announced their Merlin@home wireless USB adapter, Medtronic joins the crowd with their solution for remote implantable cardiac device monitoring over the air. The M-Link cellular accessory securely sends data from the implanted devices to the clinic via the CareLink Network using cellular signals, rather than a telephone landline. To support the use of the system, Medtronic also presents the results of a trial using the CareLink Network, showing a significant reduction in time from clinical event to clinical decision, hospital stays and reduced costs per hospitalization.
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May 11th, 2010 
Wouter Stomp Cardiology, Telemedicine