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| BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ -- SPECIAL REPORT
Net Care Nifty gadgets that actually improve medical care are coming online. Here are
some promising devices and the companies that make them:
DEVICE COMPANY FUNCTION
Vital signs Agilent Wireless device to take
monitor daily measurements of blood
pressure and heart rhythm,
and zap the information over
the Net to the doctor
Alere scale Alere Medical When this scale spots an
irregularity, such as weight
increase indicating fluid
retention, it sends a message
to a computer manned by nurses
Health Buddy Health Hero This toaster-sized device uploads
Network daily information about a patient's
illness, such as spikes in blood
sugar, to the physician's PC
Life Shirt Vivometrics This shirt comes with enough sensors
to track 40 bodily measurements 24
hours a day. A handheld device can
download the data over the Web
Chronicle Medtronic This device will automatically
pacemaker communicate with doctors via the
Net if the heart develops an
abnormal rhythm
DATA: COMPANY REPORTS
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