Remote monitoring system device support

How the remote monitoring system works

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Your LATITUDE home monitoring system gives your healthcare team access to your implant data between scheduled office visits. It is designed to improve the convenience and quality of your care, while giving you a well-founded sense of security.

Important to know

  • The LATITUDE Communicator checks your implant based on a schedule set by your doctor. The Communicator does not conduct continuous monitoring.
  • This data is sent to a secure website for your doctor to review.
  • LATITUDE does not reprogram or change any functions of your implant. Your implant still works even if your Communicator is not working.
  • The Communicator does NOT contact 911 during a health emergency. If you are not feeling well, call your healthcare provider or dial 911.

Sending your data to your doctor

Your Communicator wirelessly reads information collected by your implant and either sends this information to your doctor automatically or prompts you to send it at scheduled times. Depending on your system, LATITUDE can monitor and send your weight and blood pressure data, giving your doctor useful information in making your treatment decisions.

If you have a CRT, pacemaker or ICD implant

Your Communicator automatically collects information, such as how much energy is left in the battery, at scheduled times and sends it to your healthcare team. There may be times that the system prompts you to send data yourself.

Using your Communicator

If you have an EMBLEM S-ICD implant

Your healthcare team will set up a schedule for how often your Communicator should check information about your defibrillator and your heart condition. The white heart button will flash when it‘s time to check it and prompt you to send your data by pushing the button.

Using Your Communicator

Protected medical information

You can feel confident knowing LATITUDE uses advanced security methods to protect your medical information. Only authorized healthcare providers can access your information through the secure clinician website.

Health and safety benefits

In addition to making monitoring more convenient, LATITUDE can also substantially improve survival. Our LATITUDE study found that patients using LATITUDE home monitoring over the five years of the study had a 50% relative risk reduction of death compared to patients who only went to the clinic for implant checks.1

We're here to help

Our LATITUDE Patient Services team is happy to help answer all your questions about using your LATITUDE system.

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LATITUDE™ Communicator for the LATITUDE NXT Patient Management System
Important Safety Information

The LATITUDE™ Communicator is part of a remote monitoring system that gives your health care provider access to your implanted device data via a Clinician website. The Communicator and the LATITUDE NXT Patient Management System are not intended to assist with medical emergencies. If you are not feeling well, call your physician or 911. The Communicator does not provide continuous monitoring. The Communicator does not reprogram or change any functions of your implanted device. Only your health care provider can do this during an office visit. Patients may experience anxiety as a result of being remotely monitored.

The Communicator is designed with options to connect to the Clinician website. You can only use one connection method at a time with your Communicator (Cellular, Internet, Hotspot, or Standard Telephone). Using more than one connection method at a time may result in your Communicator failing to connect to the Clinician Website. The Communicator is designed to work only with the implanted device of the patient for whom it was prescribed. It will not work with other patients’ implanted devices and should be used only as authorized by the prescribing physician. The Communicator is not for use with any pulse generator other than a Boston Scientific device. Ask your physician if you have questions about any risks with using the Communicator or your implanted device.

It is very important that the Communicator remain plugged into an electrical outlet that has power. Your communicator should remain connected to a telephone line, ethernet adaptor or cellular adaptor. Some household appliances and other sources of electromagnetic energy could interfere with the communication between your Communicator and your implanted device. You should be at least 12 inches (30 cm) away from televisions, VCRs, DVD players, personal computers, and other electronic equipment, when you are using the Communicator. Place your Communicator within 10 feet (3 meters) from your bedside or where you sleep. If this is not possible, place your Communicator where you spend a considerable amount of time each day. It is recommended that you install a surge protector in the electrical outlet to which the Communicator is connected. Rx only

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References

1. Saxon, Leslie A.; Hayes, David, L; Gilliam, F. Roosevelt, et al . Long-Term Outcome after ICD and CRT Implant and the Influence of Remote Device Follow-up: The ALTITUDE Survival Study. Circulation, December 2010. Accessed from http://circ.ahajournals.org/ on December 1, 2010.