cardiac monitor

Singapore clears Australian firm Hydrix's AI-powered implantable cardiac monitor

By Adam Ang 02:19 am August 17, 2022

Singapore's Health Services Authority has approved for commercialisation an AI-enabled implantable cardiac device by Hydrix Medical, the medical technology business of ASX-listed company Hydrix. WHAT IT DOES The device called Guardian is a heart monitor implanted in the same manner as a single-chamber pacemaker. Unlike a pacemaker, this device monitors the heart's electric signal round the clock...

FDA clears Abbott’s smartphone-compatible cardiac monitor implant

By Dave Muoio 03:11 pm October 23, 2017

The FDA has cleared Abbott’s Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), an implantable device that continuously tracks patients’ heart rhythms and sends the data to a smartphone app via Bluetooth. With the clearance, Abbott will soon be rolling out the device in the US. The Confirm Rx ICM is placed just under the skin of the chest in a minimally-invasive outpatient procedure. Encrypted data...