A new report from Kalorama Information found remote patient monitoring devices are the fasting growing medical device in the industry, in terms of growing yearly revenue. The Remote and Wireless Patient Monitoring Markets report found between 2008 and 2010, the growth rate of the medical devices was 23 percent, and is expected to double in the next four years.
Remote and wireless patient monitors can transmit a patient's vital signs to anywhere in a hospital building, or connect a patient's home with a provider's office to share patient data between locations. They are categorized along with minimally invasive surgical devices, specialty catheters and defibrillators, which have all grown in popularity and consumption in recent years.
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