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Siemens and ELPAS Join Forces to Provide a Solution for Patient location and Cardiac Status in Hospitals Worldwide

[an error occurred while processing this directive](Tel-Aviv, Israel): The Electromedical Systems Division of Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. and ELPAS Ltd., recently formed a partnership. By offering the ELPAS EIRIS™ Patient Positioning System as part of the Siemens INFINITY Patient Monitoring SystemTM, clinicians in hospitals throughout the world, can be informed of their patient's exact location and cardiac status.

Ambulatory, monitored patients are encouraged to remain active, yet restricted to their care-unit where they could be closely watched. By incorporating the EIRIS™ Patient Positioning System, Siemens can now offer increased patient mobility, which is key to rapid recovery, especially where staff resources are limited. Hospital staff and patients can now be assured that a patient can be quickly located if necessary.

Patients wear small badges, which send Infra-red signals whose data is transferred to a central server. An open-architecture design allows seamless integration with other healthcare and security systems. Siemens' INFINITY System measures commonly used parameters (ECG and pulse-oximetry) and is scalable for patient types, acuity levels, and care environments.

"Combining the Siemens INFINITY System with EIRIS™ Patient Positioning brings our comprehensive monitoring together with local positioning for the first time," says Wolfgang Scholz, Director of Clinical Engineering and Research for Siemens Electromedical Systems Division Patient Care Systems. "It was important for us to choose a patient positioning system that is both flexible and scalable. Scalability puts the benefits of patient location within the budget of just about any care unit."

Ofer Yourvexel, VP of Marketing & Sales at ELPAS, comments: "We are proud to have been selected as the Local Positioning System supplier for Siemens Medical Systems. As one of the world's leaders in healthcare solutions, Siemens can rapidly deliver the important message of local-positioning-systems to hospitals and other healthcare providers."

The Electromedical Systems Division of Siemens is an international leader in the development of innovative, cost-effective, outcomes-oriented healthcare products and services. Siemens' solutions provide hospitals with high-quality care in a climate of limited resources. Siemens provides a range of patient-monitoring, life-support, and anesthesia products, integrated into a comprehensive, worldwide care system. 

ELPAS Ltd. (www.elpas.com) Local-Positioning-Systems (LPS) is a worldwide leader in Asset-Management solutions based on its patented IRFID™ technology. Industries targeted: healthcare and intelligent-buildings, where indoor location and identification of people and equipment is mission critical for operation, security and safety.

ELPAS' System Helps Netherlands Hospital Locate Critical-Care Patients

Tel Aviv, November 21, 2000 

ELPAS Ltd.'s EIRIS(tm) Patient Locating System has recently been successfully installed at the St. Clara Hospital based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The system locates, in real time, ambulatory patients in the hospital area who are encouraged to exercise for therapeutic reasons.

ELPAS' IRFID(tm) Applications Win First Place in RFID2000 Awards

Frankfurt, Germany, 16 November, 2000

ELPAS' EIRIS(tm)-based applications won 1st and 2nd place in two separate categories at the RFID 2000 awards ceremony, which took place yesterday during the Frontline Solutions Expo 2000.

ELPAS won first place in the Security/Access-Control applications category. ELPAS also won 2nd place in the Novel Use application category. "We are very honored for our IRFID(tm) technology to be recognized by this prestigious forum. We are thrilled to win awards in two categories," said Mr. Israel Radomsky, President and CEO of ELPAS LTD.

ELPAS' accomplishments were centered on the EIRIS(tm) multi-module application installed in Israel, in the modern offices of Gitam/BBDO LTD.--a leading advertising and marketing firm.

As part of the EIRIS(tm) installation, Gitam/BBDO employees were issued personalized IRFID(tm) badges with a reverse-side push button. The badges transmit signals to ceiling-mounted Readers (RDRs) which process the location and identification data and enable the use of a few modules. These modules include Call Completion-a module that enables incoming calls to automatically follow the employee to his/her real-time location in the 3-floor building; this feature enabled Gitam/BBDO to eliminate the need for the loud, disruptive PA system. The second application is Access and Elevator Control. The third is Energy Conservation, where rooms' lights automatically turn off when no badges are detected in them. Similarly, at night and weekends, the Air-Conditioner turns off when no badges are detected for a certain amount of time. It is also used for effective and simple Visitor Coordination and, lastly for Employee Time and Attendance automatic recording and automatic reporting to payroll.

The RFID awards are very prestigious awards in the industry and the winners are considered to be the best RFID application-providers in Europe. The contest included four categories: Security/Access-Control, Manufacturing Automation, Logistics/Transportation and Novel Use applications. The award ceremony took place at the Frontline solutions Expo 2000, one of the largest expos in Europe, where 400 companies presented their products.

EIRIS(tm) is a unique Identification and Search System that provides cost-effective wireless facility systems for convenience, life saving, security, energy efficiency and operation of corporate and healthcare environments. EIRIS(tm) solutions are based on ELPAS' IRFID(tm) patented technology, which uses Infra-Red (IR) and Radio-Frequency (RF) Identification.

ELPAS' Smart Locating System Aids in Theft Prevention from Diamond Mine in Africa 

Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nov. 12 ELPAS' EIRIS* system, a Local Positioning System (LPS) based on Infra-Red (IR) technology, was recently installed in a large diamond mine in Africa. The purpose of the EIRIS* installation was to aid in the prevention of diamond theft by employees and visitors from the mine's safe-rooms, final-sorting rooms and other areas where the possibility of theft exists. The company that installed the system was YTS, who deals with consulting and planning of technical protection and security systems for a wide variety of companies worldwide.

The EIRIS* system enables precise location of people, who may be found in various parts of the mine, via tags assigned to people that transmit IR signals to ceiling-mounted Readers (RDRs) scattered throughout the mine. The location data of employees combined with motion detectors and video cameras enable the precise tracing and reporting of employee entries into sensitive areas. The system, as was predefined and installed, enables the instant identification of non-badge-holders entering the sensitive area, which immediately signals a warning.

ELPAS LTD. Presents a New Solution for Automated Asset Management in Frontline Solutions 2000 Exhibition

ELPAS LTD., a  developer and manufacturer of local positioning systems using its patented IRFID(tm)  technology, will present, in Frontline Solutions 2000 exhibition, an innovative and comprehensive asset management solution for mobile equipment within the enterprise. 

The automated asset management solution combines the tracking of all assets, with all their properties, and is enhanced with their real-time location in a vector format map, and by soexpands the database's functionality.  The product will offer a complete solution for all Asset Management matters, and is a powerful tool in facility management. 

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