Personal digital assistant-based, internet-enabled remote communication system for a wearable pneumatic biventricular assist device

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 842-845

  Nam, Kyoung Won ^b   Lee, Jung Joo ^b   Hwang, Chang Mo ^b   Choi, Seong Wook ^c   Son, Ho Sung ^d   Sun, Kyung ^a,b,d  

^a Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Mobile communication; Pneumatic ventricular assist device; Telemanagement

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; PNEUMATICS;

ASSIST DEVICE; CELLULAR PHONE; MEDICAL DEVICES; MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; PNEUMATIC VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; REMOTE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; TELE-MANAGEMENT; TELE-MONITORING; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

CELLULAR TELEPHONES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMONITORING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 36248970664     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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