More than one communication device?

Can't see any good reason why not

by crustyg - 2022-03-20 04:58:03

The company line is that each Latitude comms device, once associated with your device/PM is locked to it forever -  but it can be reset to cope with your PM box being replaced at battery replacement.  Nothing about only 1 Latitude per device.

It might be more difficult at *their* end to cope with two devices reporting in for the same patient/implanted device - at lot depends on how well they've written their software.

I agree with you - the device is overly large (designed by someone with blind, senile 90 year olds in mind I suspect) and the power supply comes from about 1970.  Apparently they haven't learnt how to use a universal voltage, switch-mode PSU, unlike my mobile phone charger, my laptop charger, my cordless shaver charger etc.  The weight of the PSU alone makes it prohibitive to transport.  But having had a important Event in my PM first day away last Summer, I'd like a monitor when I'm away.

Please let us know how you get on with them.

More than one Latitude device

by ChristopherEdwards - 2022-03-20 21:44:45

Thanks for the comment crustyg.   I see you are in the UK and that is where I travel to my holiday home quite often.   My Latitude device (2021 so maybe newer than yours?)  does have automatic voltage switching and when in the UK,  I was delighted to find I only have to change the plug type in the mains AC recepticle.  No switches to change or anything else even though I was told I would need an ethernet adapter but maybe they thought I was going to a remote area of the UK.  Even the cellular dongle they gave me at the US hospital works fine in London.   I'm not surprised as it has "Vodafone" printed on it.    I guess the next step is a call to Boston Scientific to see if I can get a second Latitude device.     

Medtronic

by MinimeJer05 - 2022-03-20 23:12:51

Hello,

i tried contacting Medtronic about using my bedside device AND the app on my phone (in the event I go somewhere and forget to pack the bedside one, my phone would still capture the data) and they told me that it was one or the other. 
 

if I activate the app on my phone, then I'd have to send back the bedside device. 
 

Kind of a dumb solution in my opinion, but I stuck with the bedside device as my phone is often running beta software due to my job in IT. 

Jer

Apparently not possible

by crustyg - 2022-03-24 14:24:52

I'm told by the experts that your PM won't pair with more than one device without being reset during a programming session.  So it's the one device to carry with you or nothing whilst on your travels.