November 9, 2009
Mayo testing remote health monitor
Mayo Clinic is testing a remote health monitor device, or “guardian angel,” it developed with a Swiss company that could snag a piece of a multimillion-dollar market. STMicroelectronics, which has engineers in Rochester working with doctors, is collaborating with Mayo on a device that monitors a patient’s heart rate, blood pressure, activity levels and […]
November 5, 2009
Mayo Clinic to Telemonitor Heart Patients
Mayo Clinic is moving toward becoming more of a virtual hospital. The not-for-profit complex just announced a telemedicine collaboration this morning with a Swiss semiconductor company, STMicroelectronics, to monitor the condition of cardiac patients from outside their hospital rooms… A trial involving 10 patients begins today (Nov. 5). These patients will be monitored while […]
Tags: STMicroelectronics, telemonitor