The last few years have seen a rapid expansion in the number, type, range and power of fixed and portable communications technologies. During this time UK-based Remote Diagnostic Technologies (RDT) Ltd, makers of the Tempus remote medical system, has been successfully transmitting clinical grade medical data using both legacy and developing communication technologies. Confirms Graham Murphy, RDT’s Managing Director: “I can confidently say that there is no product – in or out of the medical arena – that can communicate seamlessly over as many communication technologies as Tempus.”
Already flying on more than 20 different types of aircraft, including Boeing’s Business Jet, Bombardier’s Global Express, Embraer’s Legacy and Gulfstream’s GIV/GIV-SP, GV, G450 and G500 aircraft, Murphy states that the successful testing on one of Gulfstream’s new ultra-high-speed Broad Band Multi-Link (BBML) data system equipped demonstrator planes and subsequent installation on the second BBML-equipped aircraft illustrates just how cutting-edge RDT’s equipment is.
Tempus is helping save lives for major USA corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and private owners by allowing someone with no medical experience to send a sick person’s blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen level and breath gas to ground-based physicians. This enables doctors to respond to any remote medical incident, allowing confident action to be taken by staff and crew based on hard medical facts that could make the difference between life and death.
Demonstrated at NBAA 2006, RDT were delighted with the response from the corporate jet market to this ground-breaking technology that CEOs, owners and executives can see adds clear value when handling medical incidents remotely.