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Major Hospital Pilot Deployment of Toumaz Wireless Plaster to Monitor Vital Signs Underway

SensiumVitals monitor is a disposable, ultra-thin plaster which continuously monitors the patient's heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Toumaz Limited has started to pilot its digital vital signs plaster, SensiumVitals, in a major U.S. hospital. The SensiumVitals monitor is a disposable, ultra-thin plaster which continuously monitors the patient’s heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature whilst in hospital. This significantly increases patient surveillance compared to current practice, which involves manual measurement of vital signs every six to eight hours. The device, which also has an alert capability, enables pat...

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