Symbol Technologies (NYSE:SBL) today announced that it has signed a multi-year OEM agreement with Protocol Systems, Inc. to deliver wireless capabilities to its FlexNet patient monitoring network enabling medical professionals and caregivers to have mobile access to patients' vital signs, clinical data and information.
Protocol Systems' FlexNet seamlessly links multiple mission-critical devices, such as wireless portable monitors, ambulatory telemetry monitors and other mobile devices, to central surveillance workstations and/or remote PCs via the Internet.
"Our strategic OEM partnership with Protocol Systems, a proven leader in flexible patient monitoring solutions, is a key component of our overall strategy to deliver wireless solutions to the healthcare industry," said Harry B. Lerner, vice president of healthcare, education & hospitality. "Symbol's Spectrum24(R) is a perfect fit for the demands of the healthcare industry because one wireless backbone supports both voice and data communication from multiple devices with zero interference with hospital equipment and enormous positive impact on caregiver workflow."
FlexNet utilizes Symbol Technologies' Spectrum24 radio module operating in the 2.4 GHz band using spread-spectrum modulation, which conforms to IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet LAN standards. Utilizing this technology, FlexNet supports comprehensive and sophisticated patient monitoring networks and provides superior noise tolerance and communications integrity.
Unlike traditional RF telemetry, which can exhibit bandwidth limitations when supporting multiple patients, monitoring devices and vital signs parameters, FlexNet with Symbol's Spectrum24 technology offers a more robust and scalable solution. FlexNet can facilitate the communication of multiple monitoring devices fully configured with a comprehensive suite of vital signs parameters including heart rate, ECG, pulse oximetry, noninvasive and invasive blood pressure, respiration and capnography among others wirelessly. In addition, other devices gaining increasing use by clinicians such as Internet Protocol (IP) telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and wireless PCs may also be seamlessly and simultaneously supported on the same wireless FlexNet LAN and/or WAN.
"The healthcare industry demands that technology be reliable scalable and effective," said James P. Welch, vice president and general manager, Protocol Systems. "We're proud to recognize Symbol Technologies' proven track record as the leading provider of wireless capabilities. Integrating Symbol's wireless technology, based on the 2.4 GHz band, enables Protocol systems to deliver a true global patient monitoring solution to healthcare customers worldwide."
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