Aerotel Medical Systems has announced that the company’s innovative location-based personal alert system, GeoSkeeper has received the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Certification as well as Industry Canada (IC) certification.
In order to start offering the GeoSkeeper to the growing market of medical alert and personal security in the near future, Aerotel has started negotiations with several security and medical alert service providers in North America. To provide peace of mind for elderly, chronically ill, children or lone workers, as well as their relatives and caregivers, The GeoSkeeper personal safety and location system is specifically designed, the company stated in a press release.
“GeoSkeeper offers a real solution to the needs of the North American medical alert and personal safety sectors," said David Rubin, Aerotel Medical Systems president and CEO. "Adding GeoSkeeper to Aerotel's family of products sold in this market will enable Aerotel to further expand its presence in the North American market for the benefit of both patients and healthcare providers.”
In the lucrative North American markets of the USA and Canada, the approvals pave the way for Aerotel to start offering the GeoSkeeper system. GeoSkeeper is already being sold in other markets around the world, including Israel, Europe, Asia-Pacific and South America. Offering a wide variety of telemedicine solutions, including its personal handheld electrocardiogram (ECG) systems, homecare data hubs, and telemedicine remote monitoring software solutions, Aerotel has been active in the USA and Canada for more than a decade.
In July 2011, Aerotel Medical Systems and Cinterion, a provider of cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication and a Gemalto company, won the Connected World Magazine's gold Value Chain Award in the home health category for Aerotel's e-CliniQ system and the Connect-CELL telehealth homecare hub. Connected World Magazine's Value Chain Awards honor the most successful corporate adopters of M2M technology and the solution providers that make their success possible, the Companies noted.
Edited by
Amanda Ciccatelli
