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TOMSK, July 13 – RIA Tomsk. The Tomsk Company JK Medical
developed electrocardiograph of the size of a flash card for monitoring of
heart and blood vessels work; the device is cheaper than import analogs,
provides accurate diagnosis and is the smallest in the world, the chief
developer Vladimir Zhankov reported to RIA Tomsk.
"ELSKAN"
is the smallest compact cardio registrar in the world. It can carry out
monitoring of cardiovascular activity for seven days, using one small battery
weighing four grams. Everything is optimized for the lowest cost", – he
told.
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According
to Zhankov, the Tomsk cardio registrar consists of a processor of the size of
a flash card, a set of disposable covers and electrodes. During monitoring the
patient carries the processor on a lace on a neck, and electrodes are fixed on
a breast by special flypapers. Data from electrodes come to the processor, are
processed in the online mode, and information remains in memory of the device.
"The
Problem of "a Holter monitor" (wide spread portable
electrocardiograph) is that a doctor has to see electrocardiograph's record in
a day, what takes more than an hour. Our cardio registrar is founded on a
"clever" processor which registers only aberrations that allows to
reduce labor costs of a doctor at a result assessment till 15 minutes", –
the CEO of the company Alexander Kostrikin noted.
He
explained that, considering the small volume of final information, a patient
can send it on the Internet to a doctor and receive results quicker. The small
size of the device gives a chance to hide it under clothes and to lead usual
life. The easy-to-use Tomsk device allows to carry out monitoring at home. It
will allow to survey about 100 million residents of the Russian Federation for
3-4 years.
The
development is already patented in Russia, after obtaining the registration
certificate the authors expect to let out the first trial series in number of
100 copies for the Russian clinics. Doctors of Japan, the United Arab Emirates,
and Vietnam are also interested in the Russian mini-cardio registrar.