Cybernet Medical Eases Remote Management of Healthcare Patients.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 New Cybernet MedStar(TM) Kits Include Peripheral Components Giving Customers a Single Outlet for Purchasing Comprehensive Health Data Management Systems Cybernet Medical, a leading developer of biometric monitoring technology and medical devices for outpatient care, today announced the availability of a new wound care camera and three new mobile monitoring MedStar(TM) Kits -- the CHF CHF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swiss Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. MedStar Kit (congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. ), COPD COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD abbr. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) MedStar Kit (chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), and the Diabetes MedStar Kit. Delivered in a pre-wired and pre-configured portable service case for easy transport and use, the new MedStar kits include all the technology necessary for the remote acquisition and management of patient health data, including peripheral measurement components such as a blood pressure cuff, or the new wound care camera. "One of our main objectives when offering telemedicine technology is to make the entire process as simple and easy as possible. In the past, we've supplied our customers with the technology for managing and transferring patient data, but relied on third party vendors to deliver the measurement components, such as a spirometer spirometer /spi·rom·e·ter/ (spi-rom´e-ter) an instrument for measuring the air taken into and exhaled by the lungs. spi·rom·e·ter n. or pulse oximeter," said Chuck Jacobus, Ph.D., CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cybernet Medical. "With our new MedStar Kits, we've included these peripheral components, which we believe will help reduce the amount of leg work customers are required to do before deploying our systems." The MedStar interface device and accompanying collection server, together called the MedStar System, is designed to improve in-home patient chronic disease management. Purpose-built for home care, hospitals and disease management companies, the MedStar device and its Web-based electronic patient record management system is a low-cost solution for transmitting data acquired in the patient's home to remotely located caregivers. All MedStar Kits include a special pre-wired/pre-configured MedStar portable service case, cables and accessory items, a guide to operations, a one-year manufacturer's warranty, and Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-6:00 PM EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy , standard customer support. Congestive Heart Failure Mobile Monitoring Kit -- MedStar 200 -- Blood Pressure Monitor -- Scale -- SV500 Pro XL Videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. -- Wound Care Camera Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder Mobile Monitoring Kit -- MedStar 210 -- Blood Pressure Monitor -- Scale -- Pulse Oximeter -- Spirometer -- SV500 Pro XL Videophone -- Wound Care Camera Diabetes Mobile Monitoring Kit -- MedStar 300 -- Blood Pressure Monitor -- Scale -- Glucose Meter -- SV500 Pro XL Videophone -- Wound Care Camera About Cybernet Medical Cybernet Medical is an innovative, technology-based company focused on changing the way chronic care patients are monitored and diagnosed. Through research funded by NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , National Institute of Health and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. government agency administered by the Department of Defense (see Defense, United States Department of). (DARPA DARPA: see Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) The name given to the U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency during the 1980s. It was later renamed back to ARPA. ), Cybernet Medical has developed and patented electronic devices, networked databases and Web-based user interfaces for the collection and management of physiological data. For more information on Cybernet Medical, visit the company's Web site at www.cybernetmedical.com, or call 734-668-2567. |
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