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CyberECG/electrocardiographic system, to monitor the cardiac rhythm through GSM (Global System for Mobile telecommunication)

A Hungarian SME offers a tele-medicinal technology to monitor the cardiac rhythm. The technology allows long-term, real-time observation of cardiopathics. The used device is miniature and lightweight. The signals are processed fully automatically; it has direct Internet connection without any computer. The wireless communication is based on GSM system. Co-operation partners are awaited.

A Hungarian company has been dealing with electronic and medical system design, software development, engineering and support since its foundation in 1996. It is mainly specialised in ECG (electrocardiogram) -related cardiology and health informatics.

The death of many people is caused worldwide by heart diseases and by diseases of vascular system. The rate of mortality could be reduced significantly by means of appropriate primary preventive medical examinations.

In the offered technology the cardiac signals registered by electrodes placed on the body of the patient are conducted to a measuring and processing instrument. The wireless communication is based on GSM-GRPS IP. (GSM = Global System for Mobile Telecommunications; GPRS = General Packets Radio Services, IP = Internet Protocol).
The signals of the instrument are forwarded by a GSM-type mobile phone through a connection to an Internet server. From this server, the data can be downloaded and analysed from any place in the world.
The measuring unit is able to perform a real-time preliminary processing of the measured signals, before their transmission and storage.

The program system consists of the following modules: a database management module for keeping a register on patients, a recording and monitoring module, a display module, as well as auxiliary modules for conversion, printing, registration and other purposes. The technology to be protected by copyright/trademark is even able to produce an alarm, in case of an irregular cardiac functioning. The technology includes an ECG knowledge basis, containing encyclopaedically all of the professional information related to the ECG, as well as collection of updated literature featuring the last achievements of cardiologic science.

Main Advantages:

The technology contributes to the improvement of life quality, because the patient can live his normal life even for months, not obliged to repeatedly take days off for medical examinations. The work of the physicians also becomes easier, because they can check the results anytime, anywhere: the cardiac waves can also be seen on the display of a mobile phone.

As the data obtained result from a medical investigation of practically unlimited duration, they offer statistically more reliable information of the real condition of the patient; therefore the technology represents a step forward in the fields of prevention, as well as finding exact diagnosis. The use of the system is a cost-saving one compared with traditional ECG instruments, offering the chance of this vital examination for more patients than at present. Based on the principle of managed care, this tele-medicinal method can substitute the expensive in-patient care and contributes to the reduction of health-care costs.

Innovative Aspects : The present personal ECG instruments (Holter system)  are only able to store the results of medical examinations performed in one or maximum two days. The patient shall subsequently visit his physician who analyses the ECG data, and dismisses his patient again. The suggested technology however transmits the collected data continuously via mobile phone to an Internet database. This is a unique technology in the world, observing the functioning of the heart continuously, combining the advantages characterising the Holter-type ECG, the event-recorder-type ECG, and trans-telephonic ECG.

Subject Descriptors : Medical imaging, Medicine, Communications networks, Satellite communications
Subject Index Codes : Medicine, Health, Telecommunications
Subject Class : Biology, medicine, IT, telecommunications
Market Applications : Diagnostic reagents, Health monitoring, care, Mobile communications, cellular radio
Stage of Development : Prototype/demonstrator available for testing
Remarks : IRC Data: BIONTO
Property Rights : Partnership/other contractual agreement(s)
Collaboration Sought : Marketing agreement, Information exchange/Training, Other
Collaboration Detail : - Type of partner sought: a service partner assuming transfer and adaptation of the technology in the country in question. - Specific area of activity of the partner: public health/cardiology - Task to be performed: consultation on technical adaptation of the technology to local health systems, training, organised for physicians working in the cardiology, ECG surveillance and rehabilitation wards of hospitals as well as clinics, contacting tele-medicinal service companies

Contact Details
  Contact Name : SZABO, Eszter
  Contact Organisation : Budapest University of Technology and Economics - National
Technical Information Centre and Library (OMIKK)
  Address : Gyorskocsi utca 5-7
  City : Budapest
  Region : KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG
Budapest
  Postcode : 1011
  Country : HUNGARY
  Telephone Number : +36-1-4575361
  Fax Number : +36-1-4575341
  Electronic Mailbox : szeszter@info.omikk.bme.hu

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