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First Cell Phone Based Post-Operative Orthopedics Surgery Monitoring Kit Announced by GENTAG and The CORE Institute

Significant post-operative orthopedics costs savings and improved outcomes for patients are expected

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

GENTAG, Inc., Third Technology Capital Investors and The CORE Institute announced the first fully integrated medical grade wireless monitoring kit for post-surgery applications compatible with the new generation of Near Field Communications (NFC) cell phones. The kit allows patients to self-monitor for excessive swelling in the surgery area or inside casts with their cell phones after hospital discharge (compartment syndrome monitoring). Significant post-operative orthopedics costs savings an...

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