Remote Monitoring

Remote cardiac monitoring technologies enable patient health to be tracked outside the clinical setting. It can be used for longer term monitoring to help diagnosis arrhythmias or other cardiac conditions. Remote monitoring also can keep tabs on chronic conditions such as heart failure or hypertension and alert clinicians to worsening symptoms to avoid an acute care episode or hospitalization.

Motivation helps heart patients stay active
Alexander Fanaroff, MD, said the late-breaking BE ACTIVE clinical trial presented at ACC.24 offers a blueprint for how to get patients to be more physically active.
New ACC President Cathie Biga wants to improve quality reporting in cardiology
Biga, who originally trained as a nurse, specializes in the business side of cardiology. She also emphasized the increasing importance of AI and other new technologies.
New research underway on credit card-sized heart monitor that synthesizes 12-lead ECGs
The portable device uses HeartBeam's patented 3D vectorelectrocardiography (3D VECG) technology to capture signals from three different projections and deliver a synthetic 12-lead ECG.
FDA clears first over-the-counter wearable device for continuous glucose monitoring
The newly cleared device is worn on the back of the arm and sends data directly to the user's smartphone.
Early feasibility study for implantable heart failure monitor moves forward
Startup vendor FIRE1 completed patient enrollment in its U.S. early feasibility study for a heart failure remote monitoring device that directly measures fluid volume inside the IVC.

Report: Private equity firm exploring deal worth more than $7B to acquire 2 Medtronic businesses

Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, is reportedly working to buy the two business units and turn them into a brand new company.

October 2, 2023

GE Healthcare's Portrait Mobile wireless and wearable monitoring solution

GE HealthCare earns FDA clearance for new remote patient monitoring device

The newly cleared device was designed with patient freedom and flexibility in mind.

August 18, 2023

money business cash flow dollar. Kingsway Financial Services, a Chicago-based holding company with subsidiaries in several industries, has acquired New Jersey-based Digital Diagnostics Imaging (DDI) for $11 million. The transaction was funded with $5.4 million in cash and $5.6 million in debt financing.

PaceMate gains a key investor in its heart monitoring technology

Lead Edge Capital is a well-known tech investor that has previously worked with such groups as Spotify, Duo Security and Toast.

July 25, 2023

Permanent pacemakers after TAVR: Tracking the impact of modern self-expanding valves

Researchers explored data from more than 3,000 TAVR patients, presenting their results in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

July 21, 2023

Medtronic recalls nearly 350,000 implantable heart devices after 22 injuries

The FDA has categorized this as a Class I recall, meaning the use of these devices could cause “serious injuries or death.”

July 18, 2023

dissolvable heart monitors for AFib designed by Northwestern and George Washington

New dissolvable heart monitors could help cardiologists battle AFib

The new-look devices are soft, flexible, transparent and roughly the size of a postage stamp.

July 7, 2023

FDA approves Abbott’s Aveir dual chamber (DR) leadless pacemaker system, the world’s very first dual chamber leadless pacing solution for treating patients with abnormal heart rhythms.

FDA approves world’s first dual-chamber leadless pacemaker system

The minimally invasive system is made up of two pacemakers that send signals back and forth to one another. One pacemaker is placed on the patient's right ventricle, and the other is placed on the patient's right atrium.

July 5, 2023

Abbott awards $2.6M to American Diabetes Association for CGM research

The three-year grant will help the ADA fund two pilot programs and engage with healthcare professionals and other industry leaders.

June 26, 2023

Remote Monitoring

Motivation helps heart patients stay active

New ACC President Cathie Biga wants to improve quality reporting in cardiology

New research underway on credit card-sized heart monitor that synthesizes 12-lead ECGs

FDA clears first over-the-counter wearable device for continuous glucose monitoring

Early feasibility study for implantable heart failure monitor moves forward