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RDT specialises in the design and manufacture of medical monitors for use in the remote medical management space and to enable the user to electronically share all patient data real-time and/or post event.

RDT’s highly innovative devices provide the optimal monitoring platform today, establishing new precedents in patient monitoring and providing clinicians with a new generation of advanced medical capability not available on any other vital signs monitor.


Tempus IC Professional™ is more than just a monitor™. It is a new concept in vital signs monitoring that sets a new precedent in pre-hospital patient care and is already in use with USA Special Forces.



Whilst it delivers all the integrated features and capabilities of a world class vital signs monitor, it is revolutionary in size, weight, ruggedness, battery life, battery management, ReachBak™ telemedicine, ease of use and P2P™ data collection and report sharing capabilities.

All this additional functionality is delivered using the small, compact core monitor, significantly reducing the amount and complexity of equipment that needs to be deployed and ensuring that maximum benefit is realised from your investment in the system.



    Designed with the remote user in mind, Small, rugged & lightweight, the monitor features an easy to use, easy to navigate touch driven interface and incorporates a full set of monitoring features including:

  • Pulse oximetry
  • Non-invasive blood pressure
  • Wireless tympanic temperature
  • 3 Lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Optional 12 Lead electocardiogram recording
  • Optional capnography
  • Water & sand resistant to IP66
  • 7-hour battery life*
  • Multiple ways of reviewing patient data, including 4 waveform colour display
  • The facility to easily switch between patients in multi-casualty situations
  • A truly daylight readable, touch-driven display
  • Optional unique real-time data, voice & video communications

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    * subject to storage and conditions of use



    Moving forward, RDT is finalising Tempus Pro™ to provide a number of new features, all of which are aimed at pre-hospital care users. These are expected to be available in 2012 and include:Ultrasound
  • A range of clinical, user & performance improvements, including whole new feature sets, in the same form factor & weight
  • 5 Lead (in addition to the current 3 & 12 Lead) electrocardiogram
  • Impedance respiration
  • 1 channel of contact temperature & optional 2nd channel
  • Optional 2-4 channels of invasive pressure
  • Optional video laryngoscopy
  • Optional ultrasound for performance of the FAST exam
  • Increased operating temperature range
  • Additional alarm capabilities



RDT’s i2i™ response centre technology means Tempus can be configured to send data to your chosen medical support.

Your chosen provider can also link your personal physician, other consultants or specialists in to the real-time medical data using RDT’s TempusWeb™ feature.

Through the ability to receive pictures and moving video, i2i brings the patient as close to the physician as possible. This approach is enhanced by the system’s unique annotation feature which allows text and graphics to be placed onto pictures and transmitted back to the Tempus user.

RDT’s technology provides a secure database that stores all data that is received. The database interlinks the records of the same patient, including notes about treatment recommendations or drugs the patient is on, enabling quick and easy cross-referencing for the physician during medical incidents.

All vital signs readings received by the Response Centre from the Tempus are automatically formatted into an end-of-bed style chart for quick review of the patient’s trends.

A complete suite of ECG analysis tools is provided at the Response Centre to enable the detailed diagnosis of the patient’s cardiac condition.

Video images and annotation radically improve the quality and depth of communication. Still video pictures of the casualty can be annotated and sent back to the remote location. This is invaluable in providing written or graphical illustration of verbal instructions.

As well as being accessible in real time, all patient data is available offline for subsequent detailed analysis and post incident follow up.




    Tempus Pro™ is a flexible telemedicine system designed for use over whatever bandwidth you have available. Its wide range of communication capabilities enables the transmission of simultaneous voice, video* and data over:

  • Satellite – VSAT, Iridium & Inmarsat (Aero, Maritime & Land Mobile), Thuraya & virtually all aviation satcom systems
  • WiFi & wired Ethernet
  • Integrated cell phone
  • Telephone & serial connections

  • Data is transmitted to RDT’s secure Global Network Operations Center and can be accessed by your medical service provider from anywhere in the world, using RDT’s i2i™ response center software.



Additonally TempusWeb™ enables a personal physician, specialist or other third party to be securely linked in to the incident via RDT’s website.

Finally, with RDT’s unique Advanced Data Robustness (ADR) technology ensuring reliable satellite connectivity with no data being lost in transmission, you can be confident that you will have the most reliable and highly communications-enabled telemedicine system in the world.

* voice and video capabilities are dependent on communications bandwidth. Please contact RDT for more information.


Communications



    The Tempus system is uniquely intended to allow users to perform whole new diagnostic processes on patients in pre-hospital care settings using the same battery and display already being used.

    Examples under development and expected to be available in 2012 include:

    Ultrasound for FAST exam

  • Small, compact, Tempus-powered 3.5MHz ultrasound probe for FAST exam or general abdominal examinations
  • 7.5MHz ultrasound probe for enhanced-FAST exams, line placement & vascular examinations
  • Structured process to remind user of the elements of the exam
  • Automatic creation of a FAST exam report for automatic inclusion in the record of care
  • FAST exam report can be transmitted to colleagues real time or post event using optional integrated ReachBak technology
  • This removes the need to carry a separate ultrasound device, display and battery

  • Video laryngoscope

  • A range of MAC & D-blades available to enable video laryngoscope images to be visualised on the Tempus display
  • View vitals, including capnography & ECG, while intubating the patient
  • Particularly useful with difficult intubations e.g. patients wearing neck braces or in confined spaces
  • Still images can be captured and automatically included in the record of care
  • Still images can be transmitted via the optional integrated ReachBak technology
  • This removes the need to carry a separate ultrasound device, display and battery

Ultrasound

Video laryngoscope



The Tempus system is designed to be scalable to enable you to select the most appropriate configuration for your immediate operational or budget requirements.

Additional features such as 12-lead ECG, ReachBak™ or, in the future, ultrasound or video laryngoscopy can be enabled in the field without the need to return the unit to RDT.

This enables your monitor to evolve as your operational, budget or training needs change.

In response to user-driven requirements, RDT will be continuing to expand capabilities with new software features and external peripherals that will be field upgradeable.

This will allow you to leverage even more from your investment in the future.

Tempus IC Professional



Users can be fully trained on the Tempus monitor within half a day. A variety of training options are available to suit the needs of each customer that RDT can custom develop with your training department. RDT’s training courses have been delivered successfully with over 4000 Tempus users.

Typically customer’s prefer us to organise train-the-trainer courses and to help develop materials that complement existing training resources.

Sessions are interactive and are designed specifically to meet the needs of all usrs, including those who are non medical or intermittent users. This ensures that users are able to use Tempus even 12 months after initial training.

Because the device is so intuitive to use and the integrated iAssist™ help process is so comprehensive, you should not require refresher training. However, this very much depends on each customer’s individual protocols.