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PAGE 10 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, TUESDAY DECEMBER 22, 1987 lan Kirkby Chronicle Staff Heartâ€"attack victims will be able to leave the hospital sooner as a result of a monitoring system developed by CME Telemetrix on Randall Dr. in Waterloo. Though the recently completed prototype is larger, the final product will measure about 4 by 2 inches, and will be worn on the patient‘s chest. The patient could live at home, yet be monitored electronically through a receiver and computer developed by CME. A sudden heart attack, or an irregularity in heart beat would alert an ambulance service. ‘"We see this as a way to significantly reduce hospital costs by getting the patient into more benign surroundâ€" ings which would help his recovery," said Aidan Furlong, president of CME Telemetrix. _ Intensive care costs can run over $600 daily, while a home monitoring system would be closer to $20 a day, said Furlong. Furlong adds that while the home monitoring potential is still years away, his company hopes to have the product in hospitals throughout North America in the near future. By March, the final version of the monitor will be in YOU WI N A TRIP COULD TO THE ‘$8 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Supporting the dream. FROM Available At: umwmm-fi&nduf‘ components make lmmw Mm'zw-aanmwm ® Special "lockable" storage case protects tape in Mmmmmwdm omenflmm. combined low color noise, means better color and better picture quality for you! ® Full lifetime warranty for the lifetime of the purchaser (available on request) THE TECHNOLOGY CENTRE 100 LODGE STREET (AT WEBER) WATERLOO 885â€"5800 Mon.â€"Thurs. 946 Fri. 98 Sat. 104 3M supports the dream by making a contribution to olympic coaching whenever you buy official "3M" or **Scotch‘‘ brand products. * Ofi Mark of the Canadian Otymaec Assocation production. "We‘re seeking a relationship with a big multiâ€"national," said Furlong, who sees a potential $2.5 billion potential market in the devices by the early 1990s. This marketing strategy of an association with a larger company would enable CME Telemetrix products to be incorporated into larger health systems, and thus make penetration of hospitals easier. This marketing strategy is carried over to other CME products, including an industrial monitoring system based on much the same technology as the medical monitor. The industrial monitoring system monitors speed, pressure, temperature, and vibrations of large compresâ€" sors. "It‘s the first machine able to monitor vibrations remotely," said Furlong. The monitor can, for instance, help save a chemical company the $100,000 daily in lost production when its machines break down, he said. _ CME Telemetrix is also developing an animal identifiâ€" cation system which will help identify herd animals for animal health and meat processing purposes. What all these products have in common is "telemetry" â€" "the transmission of information in a digital form as opposed to voice," said Furlong. o_ Recently, the company embarked on discussions with three of the largest optical equipment companies to I:blfl $ LARGE INDOOR SHOWROOMS SUPERIOR MEMORIALS 528 Victoria St. N.. Kitchener (Beside Weston Bakeries) 7456136 For Preâ€"Winter Installation To all our neat customers â€"Sandra & Yvonneâ€" YUM YUMS CREATIONS 4 ERB ST., E., WATERLOO Wreason‘s Breetings BOWLING IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. AVE YOU BEEN LATELY? Monitoring system gets to heart of it ONLY AT THE WATER FACTORY hospital sooner when the monitoring device developed by Waterloo‘s CME Telemetrix is marketed. The final product will be half the size of the prototype modelled above by CME President Aidan Furlong. Heart attack victims will be able to leave the Meeting the future $100 OFF produce advanced technology equipment for optometâ€" CME is a relatively young company in its current incarnation. Though it can trace its roots back to Conestoga Medical Electronics Limited founded by University of Waterloo scientist Dr. Ted Cadell in 1978, the company was restructured and refinanced six months ago, said Furlong. It employs 10 people. Cadell still overseas research and development, and is on leave from UW. The company still has strong ties to research at the university. Furlong‘s expertise is in management and marketing, the traditional weaknesses of highâ€"technology compaâ€" ‘"We‘re just starting to emerge from an R and D mode after six months of slugging," he said. "Our plan is to be a $15 million company in five years." Despite his confidence in the products CME has developed and his optimism about the future, Furlong has one concern, a recurrent theme of local high technology companies â€" a shortage of skilled employees. Despite the existence of UW, one of Canada‘s leading engineering universities Furlong is "desparately‘" lookâ€" ing for digital engineers and radio frequency engineers. lan Kirkby photo Reari m i#