BIOTRONIK Launches CardioMessenger Smart Portable Device For Pacemaker and ICD Patients

 BIOTRONIK, a global leader in cardio- and endovascular medical technology, today announced the launch of CardioMessenger Smart in the United States. CardioMessenger Smart is a portable monitoring device, about the size of a modern smartphone, that keeps pacemaker, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), and insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) patients connected to their physician remotely, enabling more efficient care management‑-anywhere in the world.

CardioMessenger Smart provides secure, fully automatic transmission of vital information from a patient's cardiac implant to their physician via BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring®. This includes daily, automatic reports and fully customizable alerts that can be programmed to the physician's specifications. As demonstrated by the TRUST1, COMPAS2 and IN-TIME3 clinical studies, Home Monitoring can significantly reduce hospitalization, stroke and mortality. CardioMessenger Smart recently received Food and Drug Administration approval.

"The clinical and economic benefits of remote monitoring have been well established over a decade of clinical studies," stated Dr. Niraj Varma, in reference to the 2015 Heart Rhythm Society Expert Consensus Statement on remote monitoring. "But these benefits are only realized if patients consistently use the technology. When we make the remote monitoring process easy for patients, we increase the likelihood of patient adherence, which has been demonstrated to improve health outcomes." Varma was lead investigator for the landmark TRUST Trial, which laid the foundation for the guidelines, and co-chair of the HRS committee.

The portability of CardioMessenger Smart helps ensure patient compliance and the consistent transmission of data necessary for physicians to identify and prevent potential cardiac events. CardioMessenger Smart is fully automatic, providing daily reports of cardiac activity via worldwide cellular networks to physicians without intervention from the patient.

"BIOTRONIK pioneered modern wireless remote monitoring technologies in the year 2000 and we continue to invest in advancements that make life more enjoyable for patients living with cardiac conditions," said Marlou Janssen, President, BIOTRONIK, Inc. "The TRUST study demonstrated that BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring delivers greater than 90% reliability1 of daily remote monitoring transmissions, providing more complete data for physicians to use in optimizing patient care. CardioMessenger Smart is BIOTRONIK's latest Home Monitoring innovation that provides market-leading performance."

5 Comments

How old is this press release?

by Lurch - 2016-06-13 10:32:48

Can't find it on their website and it sounds like what I was given with my implant a little over two years ago.  I have a device that resembles an old flip phone that transmits nightly and any time I have some type of intervention.  It is capable of being used through a landline or via cell service. 

Update

by admin - 2016-06-13 20:16:32

I don't know the exact date of the release.  It may be a month ago, but not 2-years.

We do not sell Biotronik stock and they do not advertise on our site.  It's simply for information to show what's new.  Similar updates from other manufacturers have been shared in the past.

Blake

How does the monitoring doctors get paid.

by marylandpm - 2016-06-13 22:04:44

I have a two lead Medtronics and I want to know when I go into AFib. I have asked the cardiologist and the EP why I can't get that info from a remote download and was told that there is no way for them to get reimbersed for providing that service. They monitor people that are in a life or death situation but AFib is not considered serious enought. So even if you have the capability to be monitored if you can't get access to the data what good is it. I think I should be able to look at the report online myself without going through a doctor. 

Patient Access

by Lurch - 2016-06-14 10:21:24

Being able to view the information provided by our devices is a very hot topic!  Many people (Hugo Campos, Google him and you will see a lot of the information regarding this topic) have been fighting for it for years.

IMHO that informatoin comes from a device implanted within my body and concerns my health, therefore, it should be available to me!  Apparently the medical establishment does not agree...

geez

by Cabg Patch - 2016-06-14 15:59:39

Blake does you a favor announcing some new technology on Biotronics products and it becomes another discussion about the rights to read your data...

Let me see a show of hands, how many of you genius' can actually interpret the data from your device. For that matter, can you change settings? Does it help, well no. You still have to see the doctor. Does the cell phone manufacturer give you the source code for your phone...no.

I've had this discussion with manufacturers and my doctors, frankly those of you who have remote monitoring are driving the cost of healthcare up unnecessarily.

Blake I for one appreciate your effort to keep the members apprised of advancements in technology affecting us. Thanks for all you do

You know you're wired when...

Your device acts like a police scanner.

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As for my pacemaker (almost 7 years old) I like to think of it in the terms of the old Timex commercial - takes a licking and keeps on ticking.