SleepApneaDisorder/ [ Press Release ] / FRANKLIN, Mass. -A standard, pre-operative protocol for patients undergoing bariatric weight-loss surgery is a test for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is a potential cause of life-threatening perioperative complications. Bariatric patients across the U.S. are praising the ability to be tested from the comfort of their own bed using the well-established WatchPAT device for home sleep testing. Read the rest of this entry

According to a new report by iData Research , the leading global authority in medical device and pharmaceutical market research, the U.S. patient monitoring market is expected to reach almost $4 billion by 2017. Multi-parameter vital-sign devices represented the majority of the patient monitoring market in 2010, with the home telehealth segment growing over 17% in 2010 and the hospital wireless telemetry monitoring segment growing at high double-digit rates. The second largest segment of this market was pulse oximetry, which is expected to exceed $934 million by 2017. Read the rest of this entry

Cinterion and one of its partners – Royal Philips Electronics – recently jointly won the ‘Best Embedded End-to-End Service Award’, part of the GSMA’s embedded mobile competition, for its Respironics System One sleep therapy solution. The M2M solution integrates one of Cinterion’s award-winning Evolution platform modules and marries mobility and reliable two-way wireless communications with advancements in sleep apnea therapy to help millions of patients and their healthcare providers who must meet rigorous new reporting standards. Read the rest of this entry