Cybernet
Medical has developed technology that specifically addresses the needs
of cardiac arrhythmia monitoring and pacemaker follow-up procedures.*
Arrhythmia
Monitoring:
Standard arrhythmia monitoring involves prescribing either a Holter
monitor or cardiac event recorder procedure. Both of these procedures
involve the patient wearing a device that measures and records the
ECG in their normal daily environment. A Holter monitor is worn for
24-48 hours while data is continuously collected. The cardiac event
recorder is worn for 30 days and records brief sections of data when
the patient feels a symptom and presses a button on the device. The
Holter monitor is returned with the stored data via mail, while the
event recorder data is transferred via phone (using an audio signal)
after every symptom and/or every few days.
Pacemaker
monitoring:
Patients with implanted pacemakers must have their pacemaker checked
on a regular basis to ensure proper operation and sufficient battery
power. This is conducted via tests over the phone, involving a device
that measures the patient's ECG and transfers it using an audio signal.
A magnet is used by the patient to switch the pacemaker into diagnostic
mode for conveying status information through the ECG.
Cardiac
Service Companies:
For both of these procedures, many physician practices employ a cardiac
service company to manage the patients and the associated data, and
then provide reports to the physician.
The
devices and techniques currently used for these cardiac monitoring
procedures do not take advantage of the communication and Internet
technologies that are becoming standard practice in many other industries.
These technologies include:
Cybernet
Medical brings this technology to the cardiac monitoring application
through two essential product areas:
1.
A wireless ECG device (currently in the prototype stage)*
2. A Web-based Cardiac Service Management System*
Potential
benefits of these products include:
