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Show A HEART-TO-HEART TALK , 1 II I I Thanks to an advanced management system for pacemaker patients, it is now possible to have a heart-to-heart talk with your physician even though he is hundreds or even thousands of miles away. The system, which provides pro-vides for better patient management during all stages of treatment, allows communication com-munication about the patient's pa-tient's pacing system never before available. Known as the Quantum system, the information it sends is received re-ceived by a micro-computer called the Quantum decoder, placed over the patient's pacemaker. This information is then displayed through a direct L.E.D. numerical read-out in the decoder. A hard copy printout is also available for a permanent per-manent record. The patient may also transmit this same data by telephone to the physician or a pacemaker monitoring follow-up system like Intermedics Trace-A-Pace. With the use of a uniquely small telephone transmitter provided free by Intermedics, Intermed-ics, a diversified manufacturer manufac-turer of medical products, the patient can send not only a heart tracing but may now send over 12 real-time pacemaker functions |