Patients with defibrillators take wireless technology to heart

Iria · Aug 6, 2006, 06:10 PM

Source: USA Today
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BOSTON — Two-time heart attack survivor George Harrison believes he's got the next best thing to having a doctor in his home around the clock. It's a gray plastic box resembling a combination phone/answering machine that the 76-year-old has kept on his nightstand the past four months.

While the retired purchasing director for the New York City Housing Authority sleeps, his bedside monitor automatically picks up radio signals from the defibrillator inside his chest and detects how well the device — and his heart — are working.

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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Patients with defibrillators take wireless technology to heart Source: USA Today _________ BOSTON — Two-time heart attack survivor George Harrison believes he's got the next best thing to having a doctor in his home around the clock. It's a gray plastic box resembling a combination phone/answering machine that the 76-year-old has kept on his nightstand the past four months. While the retired purchasing director for the New York City Housing Authority sleeps, his bedside monitor automatically picks up radio signals from the defibrillator inside his chest and detects how well the device — and his heart — are working.