Confirm Rx ICM for Monitoring Patient Heart Rhythms
A resident of Dublin, Ohio, Zariq Siddiqui is a sales director at Abbott Laboratories Inc. In this role, Zariq Siddiqui manages the sale and distribution of the company’s products, such as Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM). Confirm Rx ICM is a smartphone-compatible continuous heart monitor designed to help patients monitor their heart rhythms easily and effectively. Before, patients with heart arrhythmias faced limitations with regard to monitoring their heart rhythms and sharing this information with their doctors in real time. Confirm Rx removes these limitations. The new device monitors the heart rate to detect signs of atrial fibrillation while the patient continues to live his or her life normally. The slim device is implanted just under the skin to collect data on heart rhythms and then transmits this data via Bluetooth to the patient’s smartphone. From the phone, the data is then transmitted to the Merlin.net Patient Care Network where the patient’s doctor can ...