Medtronic to Acquire Corventis Mobile Cardiac Telemetry May 20th, 2014 CardiacMonitoring.com has caught wind that Medtronic is looking to acquire Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) company manufacturer called Corventis.  This is the most recent news as Corventis has been very quiet for several years after the big introduction of their wearable Mobile Cardiac Telemetry monitor called […]

First Implanted Wireless Heart-Failure Monitor June 9th 2014 The (recently) FDA approved CardioMems wireless heart-failure monitor from St. Jude was successfully implanted on a cardiac patient at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. This marks the first successful performed procedure in the U.S for this new implantable hemodynamic monitor designed to observe pulmonary artery pressure […]

eCardio Partners with Chinese Cardiac Monitoring Company May 29, 2014 eCardio announces a new strategic agreement with Chinese remote cardiac monitoring company Yocaly.  Yocaly, known as Shandong Yocaly Information Science & Technology Co. Ltd. is an ambulatory cardiac monitoring company located in Jinan, China.  The strategic agreement with eCardio appears to focus on advancing eCardio’s […]

FDA Approves CardioMEMS Wireless HF Monitor May 28th, 2014 The FDA announced that is has granted approval for the first wireless cardiac monitor that measures heart rates & pulmonary artery pressure for patients diagnosed with Heart Failure. The CardioMEMS device is revolutionary as it can assist clinicians in remotely monitoring patients that have been admitted […]

TiEcon Awards InfoBionic MoMe Top Start Up May 23, 2014 The Silicon Valley Technology Conference (Ticon) is renowned conference hosted annually by TiE Silicon Valley which features innovative technologies and entrepreneurs from more than 2,800 start-ups from 27 countries across all industries. At the Ticon this week, InfoBionic™ was awarded a finalist for their projected […]

iRhythm Raises Additional $17 Million for Zio™ Patch Cardiac Monitor May 22nd 2014 iRhythm Technologies has raised an additional $17 million for their long term continuous ECG monitoring device called the Zio Patch.  This round of investment funds is led by a Danish life sciences investment firm called Novo A/S.  The additional investment money is designed […]

Smartphone ECG Monitor Detects Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) May 19, 2014 Another study released at the Heart Rhythm Society’s Annual meeting reveals a new Wireless Cardiac Monitor used for monitoring patients for Atrial Fibrillation after an ablation procedure has been performed. The device is made by AliveCor a company that specializes in integrating wireless cardiac monitoring […]

Long Term Continuous ECG Monitoring Improves Detection for A Fib May 12, 2014 New evidence was released at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting from iRhythm Technologies about several clinical studies using the company’s long term continuous ECG monitoring technology aimed at the identification of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias. The results of several studies […]

Study: Remote Monitor Doubles Survival Rate May 9th, 2014 St. Jude Medical released some impressive news at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting that patient adherence to the St. Jude Medical Merlin™ Remote Monitoring System saw a (greater than) 2 times the probability of survival than patients without the remote monitoring system. This study was conducted […]

Physical Activity Improves Heart Rate Variability May 6th 2014 A study released today in Circulation demonstrated that physical activity improves specific segments of heart-rate variability among older adults. A recent study suggests that “any physical activity is better than none” and contributes to the risk reduction of MI and heart failure in people aged 65 […]