Guidant To Package Latitude Monitor With The Contak Renewal CRT-D
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Guidant will sell the Latitude wirelesspatient monitoring system as an integrated system with the Contak Renewal 3RF CRT-D in order to compete with Medtronic's established CareLink system, which is provided to physicians for a service fee
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