MOBILE-BASED REMOTE MANAGING OF ARTIFICIAL HEART USING PDA PHONE
K W Nam, J J Lee, K. Sun · ASAIO Journal · 2006
We developed a real-time remote managing system for an artificial heart using CDMA-based PDA phone. It can both telemonitor and telecontrol the operating status of an artificial heart. The system consists of an artificial heart controller that contains cellular phone module, a PDA phone, and a gateway server computer that connects an heart controller and a PDA phone via TCP/IP network. Using this managing system, a medical staff can connect to the artificial heart controller remotely anytime, anywhere, see the operating status of an artificial heart, and adjust control parameters of the heart controller if needed. For security and reliability, several techniques are involved that checks communication error and user identification. Developed system showed satisfactory performance at in vitro and animal experiments. Using this mobile-based remote managing technique, more efficient outpatient treatment are possible. And also, the technique used for artificial heart remote managing can be applied to various medical fields.