SHL's CardioSen'C transmits ECG results to your physician

There's a growing number of devices that not only monitor one's health, but can also transmit pertinent information back to remote caregivers, but SHL Telemedicine's latest gizmo takes things a step further by beaming your ECG results directly to your physician's mobile phone. The oddly-named CardioSen'C is a portable heart-monitoring system that gathers information from twelve electrodes strapped to one's chest and upper body, and once activated, transmits the results of the electrocardiograph instantly to a user-selected handset. Unlike similar systems already available in the US, SHL's iteration will be aimed at the Israel / European markets initially, and while we aren't exactly sure how much coinage such an advanced machine will cost to wear, you should probably make sure your insurance covers spontaneous service calls before you start lighting your doc's handset up with ECG results.

[Via Israel21c]

[António Ferreira @ Mar 28th 2007 7:20AM]

I don't know which system is available in the US (as mentioned in the article), but at my home University, we are working on an this http://www.hitech-projects.com/euprojects/myheart/ project. It clearly aims at prevention of heart diseases, and in doing so, it encompasses a lot more than just the hardware. It has a considerable platform associated with it. Is there really room for so many, possibly high-priced, systems?