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Black Box Organ Monitor

Implants Record Irregular Heart Rates

March 1, 2003

Cardiologists are now implanting heart monitors under the skin that record and save irregular heart rates. A data reader swiped across the patient's chest picks up the wireless signal given off by the implant to retrieve the data.


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