After receiving CE Mark approval last week, Biotronik, a developer of wireless remote monitoring technology for patients with cardiac devices, announced today the world’s first implantations of the new Lumax 540 implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) devices in 11 hospitals in seven countries.

The new Lumax 540 platform is part of Biotronik´s most technologically advanced tachycardia product portfolio, providing extended therapy options- for individualized patient device programming as well as Biotronik Home Monitoring technology for wireless remote monitoring of patient’s cardiovascular status. A comprehensive set of diagnostic capabilities are further technical advancements included on the Lumax 540 devices to help physicians identify clinically relevant atrial fibrillation and early detection of worsening heart failure status.

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The Fifth ACM International Workshop on Performance Evaluation of Wireless Ad Hoc, Sensor, and Ubiquitous Networks will take place on October 27-31, 2008, in Vancouver, Canada.

Wireless ad hoc, sensor, along with ubiquitous networks have recently witnessed their fastest growth period ever in history, and this trend is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. However, as such networks become increasingly complex, performance modelling and evaluation will play a crucial part in their design process to ensure their successful deployment and exploitation in practice.

This workshop aims to share and exchange experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of wireless ad hoc, sensor, and ubiquitous networks with a specific emphasis on their performance evaluation and analysis.
Check the CFP for list of topics of interest.
Important Dates
Paper Registration: May 20th, 2008
Full paper: June 1st, 2008
Acceptance notifcation: July 1st, 2008
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