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Just in case you did not know: In CleveMed’s Movement Disorders Division we design and manufacture medical devices to help study movement disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. As an ongoing process in development, we’re always interested in receiving feedback to gain additional insight in movement disorders, especially from those using our devices. Some of you have participated in some of our research projects in the past (like one of our medical devices being currently developed with local hospitals, which uses a small wireless motion sensor placed on the finger to record symptoms of Parkinson’s disease).

CleveMed has established a Movement Disorder Focus Group for individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and we are inviting you to join. As a participant, you’ll be in the know about future opportunities to get hands-on experience with our medical devices, test them out, and provide valuable feedback. Sessions are about an hour long, and allow you to learn more about how we are working to improve patient therapies. Lunch is always on us!

If you are interested in joining our Movement Disorder Focus Group call us at 216-361-5423 and ask for the focus group coordinator.

PS: CleveMed is located at 4415 Euclid Ave Cleveland, OH 44103. We look forward to seeing you at the CleveMed Movement Disorder Focus Group!

Sincerely,
Thomas Mera
Senior Biomedical Research Engineer

You’re driving a car that’s barreling toward a ramp at 90 miles an hour. You take off and are flying through the air for just over a second, landing on the other side at a force of 6 G’s (that’s more than the g-forces experienced by Blue Angel’s pilots!). What kind of physiological reaction do you think your body would experience?

CleveMed had the opportunity to work with ESPN and find out the answer to that very question. We were invited to measure the physiological changes in a rally car driver completing a record breaking 250 foot jump. To measure this, we used the BioRadio 150, a wireless programmable physiological monitor. The BioRadio is compact, subject worn and can record up to 14 channels of data including ECG, EMG, EEG, respiration, acceleration and more.

At a site in California, we used the BioRadio to measure ECG, heart rate and respiration from the driver while he completed a series of jumps. The device was mounted inside the car to also measure the g-forces. Data was wirelessly transmitted to a PC in the car where the data was stored.

Interested in seeing the jump and the physiological changes that occurred along with it? Click HERE to view the video!

To see how Mic Iver RPSGT saves the night, check out this video!
www.clevemed.com/adventureRPSGT

On a less playful note: The Sapphire PSG sleep platform is small and wireless, integrating the headbox, amplifiers, transducers (of a typical PSG System), and data telemetry into one hand-held unit to transmit data from the patient. When using wireless PSG equipment, like the Sapphire PSG, there are fewer components, meaning easier setup and lower risk of individual component failure. Even setups outside of the lab become more feasible, and a comprehensive sleep diagnostic service can come to the patient.

Also, with wireless PSG, the patient is untethered, can get up during the sleep study and move around freely, to get a drink of water, use the restroom, etc, without needing to be untethered by the sleep tech each time; ultimately leading to a better night’s sleep for the patient, and potentially eliminating first night effect.

Poor quality of sleep tends to accompany common illnesses, and life stressors (including family and social structure changes); patients tend to visit their primary care physician (PCP) who has knowledge of these factors that are related with their sleep problems. Symptoms and complaints associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea are often expressed at a higher frequency in the primary care practice setting.

Patients often go to a sleep lab for OSA diagnosis & evaluation. On many instances, the primary care physician looses direct contact with his/her patient’s sleep condition and overall care path. An alternative to sending patients to a sleep lab test is to begin the diagnosis and management process within the primary care setting, by utilizing newer technology that makes sleep diagnosis portable and more readily accessible.

CleveMed’s sleep study network connects the primary care physician to sleep technologists, and board certified sleep physicians, so that the primary doc is able to be involved in the patient’s continuum of care. Here’s how:

This way, the PCP can maintain management of his/her patients’ sleep apnea and associated conditions.