title: The evolution of the implanted pacemaker's window to the world.
abstract: An implanted pacemaker can only communicate with the outside world through its window, i.e., the clinical programmer. Since its inception, the pacemaker has evolved from a non-programmable device to a complex device. Therefore, programming a modern implantable pacemaker could be very challenging for non-experienced or infrequent users. Various programmer-based automatic functions have been developed to reduce programming time and complexity and to obtain accurate measurements. With increasing interests in the telecommunications and information exchange, these programmer-based automatic functions are pushing forward a future vision that automatic pacemaker follow-up procedures via telecommunications are possible for patients located in any corner of the globe.
authors.affiliation: Telectronics Pacing Systems, Englewood, CO, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Steinhaus
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000639:trends; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface