theme: are you ready to go wireless? rtx introduces next generation

RTX Health News 0105
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THEME: ARE YOU READY TO GO WIRELESS?
RTX INTRODUCES NEXT GENERATION OF RTX3320 WIRELESS
TELEHEALTH GATEWAY WITH RS-232 INTERFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RTX IS A WORLD CLASS CONTRACT DEVELOPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RTX HEALTHCARE SIGNS CONTRACT
WITH NORTH AMERICAN MEDICAL DEVICES MANUFACTURER . . . . . . . . . . . .
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PRODUCTS MADE BY RTX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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RTX HEALTHCARE AT MEDICA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Therasense FreeStyle Blood Glucose
Monitor automatically uploads its memory
to the Telehealth Gateway, simply by
plugging the cable into the device.
Uploading the information normally takes
less than 10 seconds. It works the same
way with the AccuCheck and OneTouch
devices from Roche and LifeScan.
During the MEDICA
show in Düsseldorf in
November 2004, RTX
introduced the second
generation of the
Wireless Telehealth
Gateway for remote
patient monitoring
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[ RTX introduces second generation
Now with RS-232 interface
Designed for home monitoring
RTX’s plan is to add more devices to the
RTX Wireless Telehealth Gateway, and
especially to add a range of commonly used
Blood Glucose Monitors from global leading
brands. To do this, the company has introduced the second generation of the RTX3320
PSTN Wireless Telehealth Gateway with a
RS-232 port for serial communication to a
range of Patient Monitoring devices.
The RTX Wireless Telehealth Gateway is
designed for home monitoring, e-health
and remote disease management applications. The device provides immediate
benefits to patients by utilising advanced
wireless and Internet technologies. These
have been carefully implemented for
seamless and automated operation with a
minimum need for patient interaction.
CUSTOMISE YOUR OWN GATEWAY
OR TELEMONITORING STATION
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Why start from scratch, when you can get
a headstart in the development of your own
Gateway or Telemonitoring Station by
working together with RTX?
If you have a need for a connectivity device from a wireless or wired
device, the RTX Telehealth Gateway is a good starting point. RTX
can customise software, hardware and mechanics according to your
specifications.
Read more on pages 4 and 5.
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The RTX Wireless Telehealth Gateway is available in two different models: The RTX3320 with
a built-in PSTN 56K fixed landline modem and the RTX3350 with a built-in GSM/GPRS wireless modem with internal antenna. Via the global Internet, the Wireless Telehealth Gateway
automatically uploads patient information to a webserver.
of Wireless Telehealth Gateway
As a result, the patients experience improved quality of life, convenience and
compliance in their daily monitoring.
FDA 510(k) clearance
for US market
RTX Healthcare announced in August
2004 that the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) had issued a 510(k)
Premarket Notification Clearance for the
first generation of the RTX3320 PSTN
Wireless Telehealth Gateway without RS-232 capability.
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List of currently supported biomedical devices
Via RS-232 or InfraRed
Via Bluetooth Wireless Technology
■ OneTouch Ultra
(Blood Glucose, Lifescan Inc.)
■ AccuCheck Complete
(Blood Glucose, Roche Diagnostics)
■ AccuCheck Advantage
(Blood Glucose, Roche Diagnostics)
■ AccuCheck Sensor
(Blood Glucose, Roche Diagnostics)
■ AccuCheck Compact
(Blood Glucose, Roche Diagnostics)
■ FreeStyle (Blood Glucose, TheraSense)
■ FreeStyle Flash (Blood Glucose,
TheraSense)
■ Piko-1 (Peak Flow, Ferraris)
■ A&D UA-767BT
Wireless blood pressure monitor
■ A&D UC-321BT Wireless personal
scale
■ IEM Stabil-O-Graph-Mobil
Wireless blood pressure monitor
■ IEM TC-100-Mobil Wireless scale
In our roadmap of new, supported
devices, RTX is currently working
on implementing ECG and SP02
and others.
Via RS-232, InfraRed or
Bluetooth, the Wireless
Telehealth Gateway now
supports a wide range of
biomedical devices
including leading brand
Blood Glucose Monitors.
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Custom solutions
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RTX is a worldwide recognised wireless
design company with a long track record of
providing design services, turnkey product
development services and OEM/ODM product
supply to customers including Panasonic,
Ericsson, Agilent and many others.
What’s your need?
[ Design Services from A - B…
…or Product Supply from A to Z
What is your experience
of designing wireless products?
Bringing poor working products to the
market can ruin the good reputation your
company has built up over many years.
If you are not experienced in designing
wireless products, it might be a wise
decision to partner with an experienced
company.
With more than 10 years of experience in
wireless designs, RTX offers unique and
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very powerful design capabilities in all
wireless design aspects.
RTX offers flexibility:
Choose the cooperation model
that fits your requirements
The majority of our customers either have
their own production facilities or rely on
external production, so RTX only designs
and tests the product. Some customers also
come to RTX with a full product specification, while others draw on our experience.
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Medical Device engineering
Regardless of your cooperation model,
customers of RTX Healthcare will always
benefit from our expertise in Medical
Device engineering. RTX Healthcare
works according to the cGMP requirements/QS regulation and has a quality
system in place that meets the requirements of ISO 13485.
Experienced in low cost solutions
Originating from the telecommunications
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RTX SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NORTH AMERICAN
MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURER
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November 2004. RTX Healthcare has signed a turnkey
development contract with a North American Medical
Device manufacturer to design and develop a wireless
and handheld medical device.
The device will be used for remote
patient monitoring and diagnostics,
and will have the size and shape of
a mobile phone and include a
graphical display. RTX is to
deliver a turnkey product design
including electronics, software and
mechanical engineering. Due to
confidentiality reasons, the
customer's name and detailed
information about the application
cannot be disclosed.
Design and test
Handover
Development of
specification
Design and test
Handover
Strategic
roadmap
Development of
specification
Design and test
Handover
Strategic
roadmap
Development of
specification
Design and test
Production
at EMS
Specification from customer
industry, RTX is experienced in the design
of low cost consumer products like cordless
phones, Bluetooth headsets and GSM handsets. RTX Healthcare benefits from this
corporate competence and very often the
cost model can be significantly reduced by
selecting the right design, components and
manufacturing strategy from the beginning.
Going into production
only with building manufacturing test
equipment (MTE). For turnkey product
development projects, RTX can deliver the
complete setup, including MTE, and
hereby perform a complete verification and
pre-validation before moving the set-up to
a manufacturing facility. Today, RTX has a
long and proven track record of bringing
products to production in China, Taiwan,
Mexico, USA and many other countries.
Box
shipment
RTX’s broad cooperation model,
designed to fit the individual needs
of our customers.
As part of RTX's range of products and
services, RTX has a department working
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Olympia Cordless DUALphone
Wireless Telephone
Line Extender
With an annual volume of more
than 300,000 units, the Wireless
Telephone Line Extender is
currently one of the best selling
RTX products. The device replaces the regular phone line
for example between a set top
box and the phone plug on the
wall with a wireless solution.
The product is distributed
through various channels including the Australian satellite
TV provider Foxtel.
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RTX has developed the Cordless
DUALphone – the first cordless Internet
phone on the market using Skype™. The
phone is a wholly RTX owned product, although it is marketed in the
Olympia brand name.
The Olympia Cordless DUALphone is a cordless phone that can be
connected to a normal phone socket and a USB port on a PC. The
display shows whether your friends who also use Skype™ are online.
If they are, all you need to do is press the appropriate green button
and talk to them for free – no matter where they are in the world.
GSM phone
In recent years, RTX has developed a number of
GSM/GPRS and TD-SCDMA handsets for the European
and Far-Eastern cellular handset markets. The handset
shown in this picture is a ready-to-go GSM handset
developed in close co-operation with Vertical Products
in Austria.
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Not everybody knows what RTX Healthcare stands for, and often the
best way to make an RTX corporate introduction, is to provide
some examples of projects and products already made by RTX.
[RTX Inside ]
AT&T 2.4GHz
cordless home phone
With the development of more than
250 different DECT and 2.4 GHz
cordless phones over a period of
about 10 years, RTX is the world’s
most experienced design company
in cordless phones. The picture
above shows an AT&T cordless
phone developed by RTX.
The phrase “RTX Inside” is often used
among RTX colleagues, but the product
brand name “RTX” is not known in the
market at all. However, the product examples below give some brilliant examples of
known products in the market that are
originally designed and developed by
RTX. Some of them are owned by RTX,
even though they are marketed in third
party brand names.
Nonin Medical, AVANT® 4000
Powermeter reading
over GSM
For the North American Medical
Device Manufacturer Nonin Medical,
RTX developed the wireless technology
for the world’s first Bluetooth pulseoximeter AVANT® 4000.
In cooperation with RTX,
Nesa is one of the first Danish
companies to start installing
remote-read electricity meters.
The meters communicate with
the power companies via text
messages and will save Nesa
money on manual meter
reading. Furthermore, the
electricity meters are expected
to have an effect on power
production, saving the power
companies a lot of money.
Agilent Technologies
Bluetooth Tester
As part of an OEM contract, RTX supplies the Agilent
Bluetooth tester to Agilent Technologies. The Bluetooth
tester is developed and produced by RTX.
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[ Medica 2004 ]
In November 2004, RTX Healthcare
attended the annual medical exhibition
“MEDICA” in Düsseldorf, Germany.
An overwhelming interest in RTX
Healthcare products and services was
shown through out the Medica show.
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The great advantage to customers is that RTX is
a one stop shop for wireless products
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[ Contact RTX with your ideas!]
Why not contact RTX with your ideas for
new and innovative wireless products?
With 180 R&D engineers and more than 30
ongoing projects, RTX is heavily involved
in the development of new platforms and
products for many applications and
customers throughout the world. The
common denominator for the majority of
these projects is the development of
wireless products. Your ideas combined
with the technology of RTX can bring the
products of tomorrow on the table before
you know it!
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