Remote Programming of Implantable Cardiac Devices Utilizing Real-Time Active Telemedicine

Telemedicine is the exchange of medical information from one site to another in order to improve patient health and well-being. Telecardiology is the application of telemedicine to cardiology. With over one million pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) implanted every year, the need for a telecardiology system that can remotely interrogate and program pacemakers has increased over the past decade. Current advances in telecardiology can greatly increase the quality of life of a patient with a pacemaker. Interrogation of pacemakers occurs every six to twelve months and involves examining the battery capacity and peak voltages of pulses that are transmitted to the chamber walls inside the heart. Current telecardiology techniques only allow the cardiologist to remotely monitor a patient. The system of real-time active telecardiology implemented in this thesis allows for remote interrogation and programming capabilities through a Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer. The system samples touchscreen location data from a commercial-off-the-shelf touchscreen controller and transmits this information to a remote programmer which registers the data as a touch. Through this method, the cardiologist is able to remotely control a Medtronic 2090 Programmer with little change to the workflow of the cardiologist and at minimal cost to the hospital

Current Issues and Recent Advances in Pacemaker Therapy

Patients with implanted pacemakers or defibrillators are frequently encountered in various healthcare settings. As these devices may be responsible for, or contribute to a variety of clinically significant issues, familiarity with their function and potential complications facilitates patient management. This book reviews several clinically relevant issues and recent advances of pacemaker therapy: implantation, device follow-up and management of complications. Innovations and research on the frontiers of this technology are also discussed as they may have wider utilization in the future. The book should provide useful information for clinicians involved in the management of patients with implanted antiarrhythmia devices and researchers working in the field of cardiac implants

Technical Workshop: Advanced Helicopter Cockpit Design

Information processing demands on both civilian and military aircrews have increased enormously as rotorcraft have come to be used for adverse weather, day/night, and remote area missions. Applied psychology, engineering, or operational research for future helicopter cockpit design criteria were identified. Three areas were addressed: (1) operational requirements, (2) advanced avionics, and (3) man-system integration

Spacelab user implementation assessment study. (Software requirements analysis). Volume 2: Technical report

The engineering analyses and evaluation studies conducted for the Software Requirements Analysis are discussed. Included are the development of the study data base, synthesis of implementation approaches for software required by both mandatory onboard computer services and command/control functions, and identification and implementation of software for ground processing activities

Aerospace medicine and biology. A continuing bibliography (supplement 231)

This bibliography lists 284 reports, articles, and other documents introduced into the NASA scientific and technical information system in March 1982

Impediment sensitive-role based access control

This paper introduces a variation to the Role Based Access Control (RBAC) model called Impediment Sensitive RBAC (IS-RBAC) to be used for implantable and closely-worn medical devices. The IS-RBAC represents impediments including instrument failures, user failures, and environmental situations. IS-RBAC accommodates the impacts that the three types of impediments convey on two foundation set definitions, namely, the data set and the set of user role assignments. With these new definitions, IS-RBAC model strengthens the weaknesses caused to the protection of data from user and instrument failures and environmental situations, mitigates threats from users with elevated user role privileges, and ultimately helps prevent potential harm to data owners. Implantable and closely worn medical devices (instruments) offer substantial examples to illustrate applicability of the IS-RBAC model. This paper presents instrument and user failures and environmental situations associated with instrument Socio-Technical Systems including a modern heart pacemaker, insulin pump, hearing aid, and several smartphone sensory applications

Hammer v. City of Sun Valley Clerk\u27s Record v. 1 Dckt. 43079

https://digitalcommons.law.uidaho.edu/idaho_supreme_court_record_briefs/7588/thumbnail.jp

Space power distribution system technology. Volume 1: Reference EPS design

The multihundred kilowatt electrical power aspects of a mannable space platform in low Earth orbit is analyzed from a cost and technology viewpoint. At the projected orbital altitudes, Shuttle launch and servicing are technically and economically viable. Power generation is specified as photovoltaic consistent with projected planning. The cost models and trades are based upon a zero interest rate (the government taxes concurrently as required), constant dollars (1980), and costs derived in the first half of 1980. Space platform utilization of up to 30 years is evaluated to fully understand the impact of resupply and replacement as satellite missions are extended. Such lifetimes are potentially realizable with Shuttle servicing capability and are economically desirable

Mariner Mars 1971 project. Volume 1: Project development through launch and trajectory correction maneuver

The mission objectives, requirements, and space design for Mariner Mars 1971 are discussed along with the prelaunch and launch operations. The first trajectory correction manuever is also described

Future Computer Requirements for Computational Aerodynamics

Recent advances in computational aerodynamics are discussed as well as motivations for and potential benefits of a National Aerodynamic Simulation Facility having the capability to solve fluid dynamic equations at speeds two to three orders of magnitude faster than presently possible with general computers. Two contracted efforts to define processor architectures for such a facility are summarized