title: Personal digital assistant-based, internet-enabled remote communication system for a wearable pneumatic biventricular assist device.
abstract: Currently, personal mobile communication devices have become quite common, and the applications of such devices have expanded quickly. Remote communication systems might be employed for the telemonitoring of patients or the operating status of their medical devices. In this article, we describe the development of a mobile-based artificial heart telemanagement system for use in a wearable extracorporeal pneumatic biventricular assist device, which is capable of telemonitoring and telecontrolling the operating status of the ventricular assist device from any site. The system developed herein utilized small mobile phones for the client device and adopted a standard transmission control protocol/Internet protocol communication protocol for the purposes of telecommunication. The results of in vitro and animal experiments showed that the telemanagement system developed herein operated in accordance with the desired parameters.
authors.affiliation: Korea Artificial Organ Center, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Won
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: Jung Joo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chang Mo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Seong Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Ho Sung
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Kyung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D040421:Cell Phone; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D020407:Internet; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013685:Telecommunications