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Medtronic.com

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Healthcast™ Portfolio

A medical-grade wearable device designed for continuous vital sign monitoring of skin temperature, respiratory rate at rest, and heart rate at rest, along with a broad range of other biometrics.

Overview

Helping you prioritize. When everything is a priority.

You have an unwavering commitment to delivering quality of care to all patients. But with staffing shortages and clinician burnout, that task has become more challenging.

Part of the Healthcast™ intelligent patient manager, a portfolio of remote monitoring and connectivity solutions, the BioButton ® multi-parameter wearable † is designed to empower clinicians by helping simplify their workflow and reduce burnout, so that they can prioritize care for patients who need it the most.

Built for continuous vital sign monitoring of skin temperature, resting respiratory rate, and resting heart rate, along with a broad range of other biometrics, the BioButton ® wearable helps you stay in sync with every patient's vital sign data and responding to their changing needs, no matter where they are, in-hospital or hospital-to-home.
It's our commitment to always look out for patients - and always look out for you.

Reduce burnout, empower clinicians‡

Reduced need for manual vital sign collection¹

Decreased manual documentation time¹

Clinically actionable notifications without alarm fatigue²

Improve patient satisfaction‡

Fewer nighttime spot checks that wake patients³

Eliminating the need to disconnect from a bedside monitor for certain parameters

Improve outcomes in hospital‡

Using continuous wearable remote patient monitoring on the medical-surgical floor can enable earlier intervention through earlier identification of adverse patient physiologic trends, which can lead to:

Shorter hospital length of stay⁴

Fewer unplanned ICU admissions5,6,7

Fewer rapid response team activations3,5,7

Decrease in complication rates⁶

Improve outcomes at home‡
Remote monitoring of patients once they are discharged can help clinicians address and treat issues quickly, which may:

Reduce mortality⁸

Reduce unplanned readmissions, especially on patients with chronic illness such as COPD or CHF⁸

‡ Based on studies done on devices using same or some of the same monitoring parameters as the BioButton ®* multi-paramter wearable

Small, discreet, and simple-to-apply, self-adhesive device

Non-invasive, remote patient monitoring solution that's worn on the patient's upper left chest

Up to 16-day continuous battery life§

Tracks and captures 1,440 vital sign measurements per day, including clinically relevant parameters of skin temperature, respiratory rate at rest, and heart rate at rest

Personalized baseline alerts help reducing clinical alarm fatigue

Integrate with existing EMR systems in hospitals

Configurable acute and post-acute modes

Secure, purpose-built BioHub™ platform or BioMobile™ app, along with BioButton®* multi-parameter wearable device, allow clinicians to monitor vital signs of patients who have been discharged from the hospital

BioButton®* device and its supporting systems are HIPAA-compliant and adhere to strict privacy and security standards

§ BioButton ®* device in post-acute configuration mode

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The BioButton® is a multi-parameter wearable for continuous, connected monitoring capable of measuring up to 1,440 vital sign measurements per day.

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2024

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BioButton is a wearable device by Medtronic that continuously monitors one's vitals signs; this includes skin temperature, respiratory rate at rest, heart rate at rest, and other biometrics (Biobutton®* Multi-Parameter Wearable, n.d.). Together with remote patient monitoring, BioButton is part of Medtronic's Healthcast™ intelligent patient manager portfolio; this medical grade device "helps you stay in sync with every patient’s vital sign data and responding to their changing needs, no matter where they are, in-hospital or hospital-to-home" (Biobutton®* Multi-Parameter Wearable, n.d., Overview section). It's as simple as a small adhesive sticker that is attached to the BioButton device and then placed onto the patient's chest; this may reduce nursing burnout by decreasing manual vital sign collection and can improve patient outcomes by helping to identify any early interventions through adverse patient trends (Biobutton®* Multi-Parameter Wearable, n.d.). BioButton launched during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and was initially a single use device that could be disposed after 90 days, but starting in 2022 a re-launch was done where the BioButton can be re-used for even years with periodic charging (Park, 2022).

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Video: The Burden of Intermittent Monitoring

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Video: The Burden of Intermittent Monitoring

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Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group

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Remote Wearable Monitoring Byte 3: The Burden of Intermittent Monitoring

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Video: Detecting Patient Deterioration Earlier

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Video: Detecting Patient Deterioration Earlier

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Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group

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Remote Wearable Monitoring Byte 5: Detecting Patient Deterioration Earlier

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BioButton in use at Houston Methodist Hospital where I have had firsthand experience in utilizing this technology.

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A Virtual Intensive Care Unit at Houston Methodist

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Press and hold the BioButton™ button for 2 seconds. Proceed when the light blinks repeatedly.

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Place on the upper left chest. 2 inches below the collar bone.

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Place the BioButton on the exposed adhesive. Turn over and remove remaining adhesive backing.

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Apply pressure for at least 15 seconds and done.

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Non-invasive, small, and discreet

Re-usable and easy to take on and off

Reduced vital sign documentation and collection

Decreased alarm fatigue for nurses

Less nighttime disturbances for patients when collecting vital signs

Tracking of patient's vital signs trends and baseline levels

May lessen need to initiate rapid responses

May shorten hospital stay

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Possibility of not placing BioButton back on after bathing or procedures

Not linking the BioButton to the EMR

Placing the BioButton without turning device on

Not replacing/charging battery

Adhesive sticker may irritate some patients

Adhesive sticker may not apply well to clammy or hairy skin

Small enough to lose or misplace

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The hospital I work for currently uses the Biobutton and it has been implemented since the beginning of this year. It was a hard transition for many of us nurses including myself, such as forgetting to place one on newly admitted patients or getting one to sync to our EMR. But these are honestly small issues in comparison to the benefits that the Biobutton provides. Because it collects hourly vital signs, our nursing assistants only have to collect blood pressure once a shift or if needed; this is nice particularly working nightshift where patients don't like to be disturbed. It's also easy to trend vitals since a virtual nurse messages if anything is abnormal. When I have a busy shift with up to six patients, it can be hard to always keep an eye on vitals and abnormal readings, but with the Biobutton it's reassuring to know that someone else also has eyes on the patient as well. With that being said, I personally believe that many medical-surgical units would benefit from this device. It's a great way for both patients and nurses to feel reassured while it being small and discreet.

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Biobutton®* multi-parameter wearable. (n.d.). Medtronic. https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/products/remote-monitoring/healthcast-intelligent-patient-manager/healthcast-biobutton-multi-parameter-wearable.html

Park, A. (2022, March 15). BioIntelliSense debuts rechargeable version of its wearable vital sign tracker. Fierce Biotech. fiercebiotech.com

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