July 11, 2017 — iRhythm Technologies Inc. announced a collaboration with the Stanford Machine Learning Group that...
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This channel includes news and new technology innovations ECG, electrocardiogram systems. These systems are also referred to as EKG, or eletrokardiogram from the original German term, where ECG was first developed.
News | Wearable Sensors | June 01, 2017
June 1, 2017 — Northwell Health recently announced a new partnership agreement with Peerbridge Health Inc., to...
Technology | Implantable Cardiac Monitor (ICM) | March 15, 2017
Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Reveal LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor With TruRhythm Detection
March 15, 2017 — Medtronic plc announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Reveal...
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An example of the new generation of cardiac monitoring device that is replacing Holter monitoring is the Cardea Solo wearable sensor. The FDA-cleared device automatically analyzes data when the device is turned back into the physician's office and automatically produces a draft summary report. This technology can simplify the workflow by eliminating the need for third-party involvement.
Feature | Atrial Fibrillation | September 13, 2018
Rapid advances in technology to monitor atrial fibrillation (AF or Afib) are enabling clinicians to access real-time...
Videos | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | February 01, 2017
This video, provided by Medtronic, demonstrates the CardioInsight electro-anatomical mapping system. It was cleared...
A screen shot of the waveforms and the the 3-D electo-mapping models created using the noninvasive CardioInsight system.
Technology | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems | February 01, 2017
February 1, 2017 — Medtronic received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for the CardioInsight...
News | ECG | January 31, 2017
January 31, 2017 — Heart Test Laboratories Inc. (HTL) has successfully raised $12 million by way of a Common Stock...
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An example of an automated summary cardiac monitor report from Medicalgorithmics' PocketECG system. Most of the the report parameters can be opened as separate pages with additional automated report summaries and graphical data charts.
Blog | Remote Monitoring | June 20, 2018
There is a movement toward real-time, remote cardiac monitoring with the latest generation of...
The latest version of GE’s Muse ECG management system allows integration with other vendors’ ECG, stress testing and Holter monitoring systems.
Feature | ECG Management Systems | January 30, 2017 | Dave Fornell
The movement from paper electrocardiogram (ECG) review to electronic ECG management systems in the past decade has...
News | Electronic Medical Records (EMR) | January 26, 2017
January 26, 2017 — Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have devised a new way to...
News | Atrial Fibrillation | January 04, 2017
January 4, 2017 — A smartphone application made it possible to use the iPhone camera to detect atrial fibrillation...
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The Medicalgorithmics PocketECG Holter monitor offers real-time, remote, wireless ECG recording and tracking. Real-time data review may be able to help diagnose an arrhythmia quickly, reducing the amount of time the patient needs to be monitored. Also, 24/7 data offers a more complete picture of the patient's health, rather than fragments of data from older Holter and event monitor systems.
Blog | ECG Wireless Remote Access | June 06, 2018
There is a shift occurring in...
The FDA has concerns about the cybersecurity of implantable medical devices with wireless connections for patient monitoring or adjustments to how the device functions. Changing the function of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) using wireless access to the device could present a major patient safety issue.
News | Cybersecurity | December 29, 2016 | Dave Fornell
As wearable and implantable patient monitoring or therapy devices become more sophisticated with advanced wireless...
Technology | ECG | October 11, 2016
October 11, 2016 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 510(K) Class II clearance to a web client...
News | Holter Monitoring Systems | September 27, 2016
September 27, 2016 — BioTelemetry Inc. announced in late August that the company has received CE mark approval of...
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An example of the new generation of inexpensive, wearable cardiac monitors that are seeing increased usage. This is the Cardiac Insight Cardea Solo device. After the monitoring period is over, the wearable patch is torn open to retrieve a data pod that is inserted into a reader to download the data. The software automatically creates reports based on the data, complete with waveforms for various cardiac measures.
Blog | Cardiac Diagnostics | May 10, 2018
News | Cardiac Diagnostics | September 13, 2016
September 13, 2016 — The American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) last week released a new position...
News | Patient Monitors | May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016 — Corsens Medical Ltd. announced it has successfully completed filing of a Pre-Marketing Notification (...
Siemens released the Sensis Vibe hemodyanamics system at ACC.16. The newer system offers better integration of cath lab data into cath lab reports and the electronic medical record (EMR).
Feature | ACC | April 25, 2016 | Jon Brubaker, MBA, RCVT, Tom Watson, BS, RCVT, and Sabrina Newell MS, RCS
There were several trends seen in new cardiovascular technologies showcased on the expo floor at the 2016 American...
