Personal digital assistant-based, internet-enabled remote communication system for a wearable pneumatic biventricular assist device.
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.
Nam
Kyoung Won
KW
Korea Artificial Organ Center, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Jung Joo
JJ
Hwang
Chang Mo
CM
Choi
Seong Wook
SW
Son
Ho Sung
HS
Sun
Kyung
K
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