Non-Invasive Technology Monitors Cardiac Output

A highly accurate, portable cardiac output monitor provides a noninvasive window to cardiac and hemodynamic function.

The Cheetah Reliant monitor provides continuous tracking of cardiac output and other key parameters of cardiac function such as ventricular ejection time, heart rate (HR), and cardiac contractility. The system is based on noninvasive cardiac output monitoring (NICOM) technology, which uses traditional impedance technology that analyzes changes in voltage of electrical currents traversing the patient's chest, in combination with proprietary bioreactance technology, which analyzes frequency related effects. The hybrid analysis helps deal with electrical noise interference, patient movement, respiration, and electrode misplacement.

As a result, NICOM enables a highly precise, accurate, and responsive measurement of cardiac function and hemodynamic status. The system can be used in various clinical settings, including hemodynamic monitoring, heart failure, perioperative care, and hemodialysis, as well as outpatient applications such as cardio-pulmonary-stress testing (CPX) for chronic heart failure (CHF) evaluation and during optimization of bi-ventricular pacemakers. The Cheetah Reliant monitor is a product of Cheetah Medical (Tel Aviv, Israel), and has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

"Across the world, the healthcare environment struggles to provide quality care to an aging population while dealing with efficiency and economic constraints,” said Yoav Avidor, M.D., CEO of Cheetah Medical. "There is a global push to reduce invasive, costly procedures that can lead to complications and require a highly skilled physician to deploy. Hospitals seek better solutions in terms of efficiency, cost and scalability to more patients who can be treated in less acute settings, without impacting quality of care.”

Cardiac output monitoring has been shown in the context of specific treatment algorithms to reduce morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stay in a number of conditions including perioperative care, intensive care, and trauma while also providing clinical value in heart failure and dialysis.


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