FDA OKs Ascom Digistat Medical Device Integration Software for US

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of Ascom’s Digistat medical device integration software in the U.S. market, Swiss-based Ascom announced Feb. 20. The Digistat medical device integration software suite includes Digistat Connect, Digistat Smart Central, and Digistat Smart Central Mobile. The Digistat Connect software collects clinical data, alarms, and events from medical devices such as patient monitors, ventilators, and infusion pumps and creates a data stream that feeds a single source of clinical patient data to the EHR and hospital information systems. It has a modular architecture that is interoperable with a range of medical devices and a device log for alarms and user actions.