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RHYTHMx™
RHYTHMx Technology - Makes Hard Decisions Fast
The
RHYTHMx technology offers the most advanced, smartest software analysis
algorithm in the industry. The RHYTHMx technology is the intelligence
behind the Cardiac Science's Powerheart hospital and public access defibrillation
products, and is designed to continuously monitor, detect, and advise
defibrillation therapy to treat cardiac arrhythmias.
- Specificity and Sensitivity - clinical results with the RHYTHMx technology
demonstrated 100% sensitivity (correct identification of shockable rhythms)
and 99.4% specificity (correct identification of non-shockable rhythms).
- RHYTHMx technology differentiates between shockable life-threatening
cardiac rhythms such as ventricular arrhythmias (VT/VF) and supraventricular
tachyarrhythmias (SVT), plus distinguishes non-shockable cardiac arrhythmia
events.
- Non-committed device - If the RHYTHMx technology detects a shockable
rhythm and charges, but recognizes a rhythm change, the Cardiac Science
device automatically disarms, informs the user that that the rhythm
has changed, and reanalyzes the patient's heart rhythm.
- Post-resuscitation monitoring - RHYTHMx technology continues to monitor
the patient's heart rhythm post resuscitation, to instantly detect the
reoccurrence of a life-threatening arrhythmia. If cardiac arrest recurs,
the Cardiac Science device will charge automatically and advise the
operator to deliver a defibrillation shock.
- Synchronized shock - RHYTHMx technology automatically synchronizes
shock delivery whenever possible to the patient's electrocardiogram
R-wave. If unable to synchronize it will deliver an unsynchronized shock.
Synchronization of a defibrillation shock has been shown to be more
effective in converting patients out of life threatening arrhythmias.
- RHYTHMx Technology that allows a medical director or physician to
pre-program detection rates for shockable cardiac arrhythmias such as
VF, VT and SVT.
Cardiac
Science Products with RHYTHMx Technology include:
- Powerheart
AED G3
- FirstSave
AED G3
- Powerheart
CRM Cardiac Rhythm Module
For more information, on how the RHYTHMx technology works with Cardiac Science
AEDs, please download the Analysis Algorithm White Paper.
 Analysis
Algorithm White Paper [ 697KB ]
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