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What is Home Monitoring?
Dear Patient:
You have received a BIOTRONIK pacemaker
or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
(ICD) with Home Monitoring function.
Home Monitoring pacemakers and ICDs are
additionally equipped with a special trans-
mitter. This transmitter automatically
transmits medical and technical information
to a mobile device, the CardioMessenger.
The CardioMessenger works like a cell
phone and automatically transmits the
information received from your device as
encoded messages to the BIOTRONIK
Service Center.
The transmission power from your device is
low so as to not impair your health in any
way. Since the transmission range is short,
the CardioMessenger is needed to send
the information to the BIOTRONIK Service
Center.
At the Service Center, the data are processed
and can be viewed only by your physician
on a secured Internet site in the form
of a comprehensive report called a
Cardio Report.
Your doctor can use this Cardio Report to
decide whether your device settings need
to be updated or if your therapy plan needs
to be changed. Thus, Home Monitoring
serves as a practical diagnostic aid.
CardioMessenger.book Page 3 Monday, March 4, 2013 6:07 PM