Welch Allyn Expands Suite of ECG and Stress System Offerings with Introduction of CP 300(TM) Electrocardiograph

November 11, 2009 8:30 AM EST

Laptop-Style Device Provides Affordable Full-Featured ECG Solution for Multispecialty Clinics

SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Welch Allyn, a leading manufacturer of frontline medical products and solutions, today introduced a full-featured electrocardiograph (ECG) with the convenience of a laptop. In addition to administering patient tests and managing patient information, the Welch Allyn CP 300(TM) electrocardiograph, developed through an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partnership with Schiller AG, offers single-key operation, a full-color 15" flip-screen display, flexible report formatting and a full-featured stress option.

"With increased demands on their time and pressures to keep down costs, caregivers today need an enhanced level of flexibility in their devices like never before," said Elsa Wells, regional category manager, cardiopulmonary, at Welch Allyn. "One of our top priorities is to bring more affordable full-featured ECG and stress testing options to clinicians. The new CP 300 electrocardiograph effectively bridges the gap (cost, size and complexity) between today's low-end and high-end ECGs that offer even more comprehensive benefits to multispecialty clinics that perform a high volume of testing."

The Welch Allyn CP 300 is a noninterpretive 12-lead resting ECG with an optional interpretation software package that offers physicians a "second opinion." It has a full alphanumeric keypad with dedicated function keys for quick access to common functions and a 15" TFT full-color display for easy patient data entry and waveform monitoring. In addition to PC-based hardware that runs on a Windows(R) XP platform, the unit comes equipped with an integrated high-resolution thermal printer that generates standard full-sized reports in customizable formats and an integrated graphical electrode test with "checkpoints" to aid electrode placement and check lead quality. The device also offers 40 GB of storage capacity to manage large volumes of test records.

The CP 300 also offers a full-featured stress option with a complete exercise ECG test system. In addition to full disclosure of all 12 leads, it features dedicated function keys to streamline the testing process. Users can choose from six predefined commonly used stress protocols or use the protocol editor to create their own. The device's ST measurement reference point can be modified at any time during or after the test to calculate ECG measurements at regular intervals and/or display ST measurements on Average Complex and Tabular views.

"Clinicians are trying to do more with less these days, so easy-to-use devices that can administer tests and manage patient information from one platform are in high demand," Wells added. "Our flexible electrocardiograph offers the best of both worlds--simple, accurate testing and intuitive data management in a convenient laptop-style format. This device offers tangible benefits like simple hook-ups, lead previews and single-key operation, but it's the intangible benefits like ease of use, reliability and speed that physicians and patients will appreciate the most."

The CP 300 is the latest addition to the Welch Allyn suite of cardiopulmonary devices, including:

    --  CP 50(TM) ECG (International only, available November 2009)
    --  CP 100(TM) ECG
    --  CP 200(TM) ECG
    --  PC-Based Resting ECG
    --  PC-Based Exercise Stress ECG
    --  PC-Based Spirometer
    --  ABPM
    --  Holter Systems

For more information about the CP 300 electrocardiograph, please call 800.535.6663 or visit http://www.welchallyn.com/products/en-us/x-19-pe-96-1253029919163.htm.

About Welch Allyn

Founded in 1915 and headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. (USA), Welch Allyn is a leading global manufacturer of medical diagnostic equipment and a complete range of digital and connected solutions. With 2,500 employees working in 26 different countries, Welch Allyn specializes in helping doctors, nurses, and other frontline practitioners across the globe provide the best patient care by developing innovative products, breakthrough technologies, and cutting-edge solutions that help them see more patients, detect more conditions, and improve more lives. More information about Welch Allyn and its complete line of connected products and solutions may be found at www.welchallyn.com.

About Schiller AG

Schiller AG is a leading international manufacturer and supplier of electrocardiographs, long-term ECG and blood pressure recorders, spirometers, medical IT solutions, patient monitors and external defibrillators. The company was founded by Alfred E. Schiller in 1974. More than 700 employees work for the Schiller group in 28 subsidiaries around the world. Schiller has subsidiaries providing exclusive service centres in 15 countries and representatives in more than 100 countries worldwide. Visit www.schiller.ch for more information.

    Source: Welch Allyn

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