What is SMARTER PACEMAKERS ? What are the advantages it provides?
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Hello, I heard about smarter pacemaker from a friend of mine. What is SMARTER PACEMAKERS ? What are the advantages it provides? Please help in in understanding the smarter pacemaker from it's application standpoint and also the added advantages it can provide in comparison with conventional one.
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@labani The artificial pacemaker, which dates back over 100 years, is still a critical piece of medical technology: over a million patients use them. By delivering electrical impulses to heart muscle chambers, they can prevent or correct life-threatening heart arrhythmias. Remotely monitoring these devices is an essential part of their functionality. Traditionally, that monitoring has been far from optimal, relying on complex interfaces that the patient may not fully understand. In 2021, pacemakers will get a little bit smarter. By enabling pacemakers with Bluetooth technology, they can be linked with smartphone-based mobile apps that patients better understand and utilize. That, in turn, will improve remote monitoring, and, as a result, patient outcomes. Medtronic, one of the largest medical technology companies in the world, has already rolled out its next-gen patient monitoring system for pacemakers.