EarlySense to launch contact-free patient monitoring system in Europe

EarlySense announced today that the Company will launch its contact-free patient monitoring system in Europe at MEDICA in Duesseldorf, November 16 - 20, 2011. Live demonstrations of the EarlySense system will be available at the EarlySense booth (Hall 16 / Booth G37) throughout the conference.

The company also announced today it will hold a press meeting at the EarlySense booth on Thursday, November 17 at 3 p.m. and a special Patient Safety Workshop on Friday, November 18 at 3 p.m. in Hall 3/CCD South, Room 12. The workshop will be hosted by company CEO Mr. Avner Halperin and patient safety industry expert Eyal Zimlichman, M.D., a researcher from the Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA, USA. Both will be available for interviews by the press at this time.

The EarlySense system automatically and continuously records and documents a patient's cardiac, respiratory and motion parameters using a contact-free compact sensor placed under the patient's mattress and which never touches the patient. The system alerts the nursing staff, when thresholds are crossed. The system also alerts, if there are significant changes in a patient's condition, if a patient needs turning in order to avoid pressure ulcers or if a patient has left or fallen off the bed.

All patient information is displayed on a bedside monitor, at the nurses' station and on a large screen display in the department. In addition, in order to ensure timely care, nurses receive alerts on their hand held devices.

The EarlySense system is FDA cleared and has a CE mark for hospital and home use.

EarlySense CEO Mr. Avner Halperin stated, "Changes in heart and respiratory rates are the first indicators of patient deterioration. By catching these changes early, medical teams can proactively intervene and provide care that will help keep patients out of intensive care and improve their recovery time. Both of these outcomes ultimately lead to financial benefits for the hospital as well. In addition, the system facilitates effective management of patient care through its management and communication tools. No other system in the market offers the same benefits as the EarlySense system, which is quickly becoming the industry gold standard."

Clinical studies in the U.S. and Europe have shown that the EarlySense system has helped medical teams to reduce the number of patient falls by 62%, and hospital-developed pressure ulcers by 74.7%. The EarlySense system was successfully launched in the U.S. earlier this year.