The electrode patch, pictured at right, includes a Bluetooth radio that communicates to a PDA (a nifty looking Treo). This wireless sensor configuration has a number of advantages. Obviously, it's wireless. The disposable BioPatch provides full 12-lead data (via the EASI algorithm) from 6 leads, and you get a full 24 hours of 12 lead […]
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) today announced record revenue for the
quarter ended January 27, 2006, of $2.770 billion, a 9 percent increase
over the $2.531 billion recorded in the third quarter of fiscal year
2005. Medtronic's implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) revenue grew 21%, and the Medtronic CareLink Network continued to expand, with close to 60,000 patients now being monitored […]
We are in the midst of the largest hospital building boom in the US since World War II. New construction and renovations are reshaping the health care delivery system in response to new technology, research on the impact of hospital design on patient safety, and patient demographics. Pictured at right is the new UCLA Westwood […]
