OpenMedic's primary mission is the design and manufacture of inexpensive basic medical equipment for use in poorer countries and in other price-sensitive situations.

To support our primary goal, we provide and support a free and open-source software framework for building biomedical instrumentation.

OpenMedic Announces the OpenECG-1 Lowest-Cost Single-Lead ECG

Posted March 28th, 2006 by omwebmaster

OpenECG-1 OpenMedic is pleased to announce its first product: the OpenECG-1 single-lead electrocardiogram.

OpenECG is an under-$500 computer-based solution for monitoring, sharing, and storing single-lead ECG recordings. The standard OpenECG bundle consists of:

  • The acquisition module, which records from standard ECG electrodes and transmits them to your computer via a standard USB port.
  • OpenECG software for displaying ECG and heart rate at the bedside.

Used as a simple bedside monitor, the system can be installed in under 10 minutes: just plug in the USB connector, and install the software. All power is supplied via the USB connection, keeping cabling to a minimum.

OpenECG’s advanced power lies in it being an open system—all software, interfaces, andf formats are freely available. Software is based on the OpenMedic framework for Microsoft .NET, which can be easily incorporated into all .NET-based languages, such as C# and Visual Basic .NET.

By leveraging the power of PCs, Windows, and .NET, OpenMedics’ empowers the creation of new features in just a few lines of code. Data may be:

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Coming Soon! Open Source Medical Instrumentation!

Posted January 29th, 2006 by omwebmaster

OpenMedic is a set of open source software building blocks for building computer-based medical instrumentation and controls. Software, including source code, is free for noncommercial use.

Saving Money, Without Sacrificing Quality or Features

Using OpenMedic, basic medical devices, such as ECGs, can be built for a small fraction of the cost of today’s units. This will permit quality medical instrumentation to be used in places currently unable to afford it. Since OpenMedic-based systems are PC based, they can have the features of very high-end instruments.

Better Integration of Functions

Today’s typical OR contains many disparate systems, each with separate displays, cabinets, and cables. This presents several problems:

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