Medtronic and Samsung are expanding their partnership to go beyond diabetes management. The two giants are looking to accelerate the development of digital health solutions for people suffering from chronic pain, movement disorders, incontinence, and other conditions who could benefit from neuromodulation therapy.
The alliance will leverage Samsung’s deep understanding of consumer technology and mobility to develop advanced tools, based on the Android platform, aimed at improving how patients and physicians interact with and receive data from Medtronic’s clinically-proven neuromodulation systems. By integrating neuromodulation therapies with Samsung technology, Medtronic seeks to deliver real-time health data to physicians and patients so they can more effectively manage the therapy, track symptoms and wirelessly monitor data received from Medtronic devices.
By integrating neuromodulation therapies with Samsung technology, Medtronic seeks to deliver real-time health data to physicians and patients so they can more effectively manage the therapy.“Medtronic has a track record of developing meaningful patient innovations, and this collaboration is the first step to providing more personalized patient care and arming patients and physicians with the best consumer-relevant technologies,” said Tom Tefft, senior vice president and president of Neuromodulation, which is part of the Restorative Therapies Group at Medtronic.
Going forward, the alliance is intended to focus on enabling patients implanted with neuromodulation therapies to use smartphones, wearables or tablets, to securely and wirelessly transmit real-time data from their device to their physicians. This in turn would allow physicians to more quickly make informed, data-driven treatment decisions.
“These future solutions will help better manage the health of patients by providing them with advanced, easy-to-use tools that securely deliver real-time data to their physicians,” added Dave Rhew, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Healthcare and Fitness for Samsung Electronics America.