IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM Selected by Rescue Alert for Their Medical Alarm Systems
Business Wire, Feb 23, 2010
FOSTER CITY, Calif. — IAR Systems, a leading provider of software tools for embedded systems,
has been selected by Rescue Alert, a manufacturer of personal medical
alert systems aimed at helping people with medical conditions. Rescue
Alerts new product is called the MXD Personal Response System. It
comes in the form of a base unit combined with a small transmitter
button worn on a wrist band or on a necklace. The MXD device features
two way voice communications between the user and the monitoring
service, has a transmitter range of up to 600 feet, is waterproof and
can operate on the base units backup battery for up to 90 hours. A coin
lithium battery in the transmitter button may last up to five years.
This personal medical alert system allows at-risk adults to call for
help simply by pushing their transmitter button and talking to the
monitoring service attendant over the two-way speaker.
Were pleased that the IAR development tool for ARM was the final
choice of Rescue Alert after trying other established vendors, said
Nadim Shehayed, General Manager of IAR Systems US. This strengthens the
fact that IAR Systems is committed to providing not only high quality
development tools but also top-of-the-line customer service to the
medical field and related health care products, he added.
Rescue Alerts personal medical alarm systems aim is to help people
continue to live safely and securely in their homes as they age or
develop medical challenges, said Richard Bangerter, Rescue Alerts
President
waterproofing systems
Leave a Comment