Healthcare monitoring company EarlySense said that the results of a clinical study of its EverOn system conducted at the Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv will be presented at the European Respiratory Society in Berlin on October 6, 2008.
“We are looking forward to sharing our clinical findings with the participants of this conference,” said EarlySense CEO Avner Halperin. The presentation will be by Dr. Patrick Sorkine, Dr. Nimrod Adi and Dr. Yossi Ben-Ari
EverOn is a continuous, contact-free, patient supervision system that measures patient parameters and alerts upon patient change in clinical condition. There are no leads or cuffs to connect to the patient, who has complete freedom of movement and is not burdened by any irritating attachments. EverOn detects heart and respiration rates as well as bed entries and exits, and patient movement.
The device sounds an alert when a pre-set parameter threshold is crossed. EverOn also displays and records real time data on a continuous trend-line. The trend line display is designed to assist clinicians in predicting the progression of a patient’s health and consequently avert critical events.
The address was delivered by Dr. Eyal Zimlichman of the Department of Internal Medicine B, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. The title of the presentation was “Continuous Monitoring of Respiratory Diseases in Hospitalized Patients: Can we Predict Outcomes?”
In a recent presentation in Europe, Dr. Eyal Zimlichman of the department of internal medicine at Sheba Medical Center and of the Sackler faculty of medicine, Tel-Aviv University, said, “From our experience, we would indeed suggest that continuous heart rate and respiration rate supervision should be used with patients with respiratory conditions to alert for acute deterioration and provide clinicians with ongoing data that is correlated with a patient's clinical status and consequently predicts health outcomes.”
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on October 2, 2008
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