AT Patient Assistant. The InCheck AT Patient Assistant is a small handheld device that tells patients when their heart is experiencing atrial fibrillation. Patient's can then use the device to initiate their own atrial therapy, outside of the physician's office or clinic. When used with the InCheck AT Patient Assistant device, the system helps patients restore sinus rhythm at the touch of a button, allowing them to resume the activities of daily life. Trio, a suite of arrhythmia management tools that help physicians know the patient's condition, protect the patient from the effects of atrial arrhythmias, and deliver therapies to restore the patient's normal heart rhythm.
Atrial fibrillation is the world's most common sustained heart rhythm problem.
Severe AF symptoms include fatigue, shortness of breath, chest pains, heart palpitations and difficulty breathing, which may prevent patients from participating in activities such as shopping, climbing stairs, lifting and cooking. There are a number of patients whose lives are severely affected by atrial arrhythmias who have not received adequate help from medications in reducing their symptoms. My patients who've needed external cardioversion therapy to end atrial arrhythmia episodes have found that this therapy results in fewer hospitalizations. They feel better after using the implanted therapy and appreciate the control the patient-activated device gives them in managing their heart rhythm. Jack Wills from Pennsylvania is one of the many patients with severe atrial fibrillation who believes this new device therapy has improved his life dramatically.