Wireless Implant Could Warn Doctors Of Heart Attacks

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Times   |  Adam Sherwin   |   May 8, 2008 08:19 AM


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The Bluetooth wireless technology that allows people to use a hands-free earpiece while making a mobile telephone call could soon alert the emergency services when someone has a heart attack, Ofcom predicts.

The communications regulator said that sensors could be implanted into people at risk of heart attack or diabetic collapse that would allow doctors to monitor them remotely.

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