Biotronik Pacemaker That Sends Emails, SMS and Faxes Gets FDA Approval

The CardioMessenger^® functions like a cell phone and you keep it with you. Below are a couple of links from prior articles. The cellular connection here is what we need to be aware of and how it functions.

Biotronik Home Monitoring – Wireless Cardio Implant that Connects To Sends Email, SMS and Faxes now Available Europe

Biotronik Home Monitoring – Cardio Implant that sends email, SMS or faxes

The world of devices that report data continues to grow and so does the occupation of being a cardiologist with additional capabilities of data being sent for analysis. BD

Biotronik, a manufacturer of implantable cardiac devices and the provider of wireless remote monitoring technologies, has received FDA clearance for its Evia pacemaker for distribution in the US.

Biotronik Evia is the device that provides therapies for physiologic pacing packaged into a device that is 20% smaller than current can size and which has integrated wireless remote monitoring. Evia provides patient management with the integration of the clinically proven Biotronik Home Monitoring system.

Biotronik claimed that Evia has the capability to cellularly transmit required patient and device data, including IEGM Online HD, to perform a complete remote follow-up. It is the smallest pacemaker with integrated wireless remote monitoring. The technology is fully compliant with Heart Rhythm Society and European Heart Rhythm Association device follow-up specifications.

Evia includes Biotronik’s Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS), which is the advanced and physiologic rate regulation algorithm available on the market. CLS integrates into the natural cardiovascular loop by measuring changes in myocardial contraction dynamics and translating them into appropriate heart rate regulation, emulating a healthy sinus node, the human heart’s natural pacemaker.