By Phil Boeyen, ShareChat Business News Editor
Tuesday 23rd January 2001 |
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The company says the technology aims to provide a seamless, secure and error-free way to monitor cardiac patients in the home, office or in remote areas.
Using a wireless link a sensor patch worn by the patient is connected to a monitoring device and remote monitoring centre.
The system incorporates the use of standard wireless communications links such as Bluetooth and other wireless local area network technologies in addition to GSM and 3G mobile phone networks.
Chief technology officer, Bruce Satchwell, says with the recent granting of the patent the company is in a strong position to commercialise new products utilizing next generation wireless technology.
"The use of these networks allows communication of vital medical information to assist in health management or for medical emergencies in any location. The granting of the patent allows us to demonstrate the system publicly for the first time."
The company says recent market research indicates over 11 million Bluetooth enabled products will be shipped in 2001, indicating rapid acceptance of this technology as a standard.
Bluetooth is a high-speed, low-power microwave wireless link technology designed to connect phones, laptops, PDAs and other portable equipment together with little or no work by the user. It has been created by a group of around 1500 mobile phone, portable computer and chip companies including Ericsson, Nokia, IBM, Intel, Toshiba and Microsoft.
MicroMedical is a Queensland-based company with two main divisions. Its Cardiac e-health division makes portable cardiac monitoring and cardiac telemedicine systems while its VentrAssist business is in the process of developing a revolutionary implantable artificial heart.
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