Integrated Circuits Understanding radio protocols and requirements is the first step in successfully using wireless communication in medical applications. Carl Falcon Table I. Wireless system ...

Table I. Relevant U.S. and European standards (click to enlarge). Wireless systems enabled by low-power radio technology are delivering mobility, comfort, and higher levels of patient care. Both ...

A group of researchers is kicking off an effort to define a broad wireless RF communications standard for medical electronics devices. Riding the coattails of a nearly decade-long effort to establish ...

InnerWireless has announced compatibility between its Horizon Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and Philips’ family of IntelliVue Telemetry System featuring Smart-hopping technology. The company’s ...

Hospitals and clinics around the world are adopting wireless medical products at an ever-increasing rate. In the U.S., the reservation of frequencies for both implantable and telemetry devices has ...

With an aging population across much of the globe that is increasing the volume of patients in hospitals and pushing current systems beyond their limits, hospital administrators are being asked to do ...

The global medical device connectivity market is expected to reach $33.5 billion by 2017, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 37.8 percent, according to a report from Transparency Market ...

Can you be killed by code? Karen Sandler of the Gnome Foundation believes so. Software has plenty of holes, why should software behind a pacemaker be any different? Sandler has an implanted medical ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. ” Engineers seeking to define a broad wireless RF communications standard for medical devices ” ventilators, defibrillators, patient monitors and other acute-care electronics ” will ...

Cardiac issues are just one reason you might have telemetry monitoring. You might need it after surgery, recovery from a stroke, or if you have blood clots.(Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images.) Telemetry ...