COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Patients in the Columbus, Ohio area are among the first in the nation to have been implanted with the Sleuth ECG Monitoring System, the first wireless, implantable system for long-term monitoring of ECG (electrocardiogram) data. Patients who suffer from unexplained syncope, the medical term for fainting, now have a new option for obtaining accurate, timely diagnostic data to assist with the evaluation of cardiac arrhythmias and other serious conditions which may be causing the problem. Sleuth implantation procedures have been performed by Dr. Emile Daoud and Dr. John Hummel, both at The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus. Transoma Medical, Inc. manufactures the Sleuth system, which received FDA marketing clearance in October 2007.
