That is clear enough...Citation from the G Programming Reference Manual:
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R. Joseph Lyons a �crit dans le message :
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> The following is an email I sent to LabVIEW.
>
> Maybe someone here knows something about this...?
>
> - RJL
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>
> Hello.
>
> I'm doing some advanced "technical scouting"
> for a medical instrumentation company (MIC)
> involved in medical patient monitoring and control.
>
> Example problem: monitor a patient's heartbeat and expand a balloon pump
> (which has been, rather intrusively, placed right next to the patient's
> weak heart)
> at just the right time relative to the heartbeat, to help it along. Called
> Cardiac Assist.
>
> As you can imagine, there could be some major legal ramifications
> if the software "underperforms" and excites the balloon pump
> at the wrong time!
>
> Right now the MIC's software is primarily C code running under WinNT.
>
> I used LabVIEW while I was a PhD candidate, to acquire and analyze data.
>
> I think you've got a great product, but my higher-ups wonder:
> Is LabVIEW robust enough to use not only for patient monitoring,
> but also for "patient control" if you will?
>
> Is anyone currently doing this? Who, and for what?
> Does the FDA endorse LabVIEW? How about other governmental agencies?
>
> I found some links from your site wherein some people
> use LabVIEW to test their medical instruments, but not many (any?)
> that use LabVIEW not only to monitor patients but also to "control" them.
>
> In short, what can you tell me that I can pass on to my higher-ups
> that'll make them feel that LabVIEW is a safe and sensible product
> for medical patient monitoring and control?
>
> Also, the MIC is considering switching from WinNT to Linux.
> If you have any comments about how LabVIEW performs under Linux
> (versus how it performs under WinNT) I'd be very interested to hear.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> - Robert Lyons
> CEO, Rojopoco LLC
> (617) 905-4954
> rojopoco@ibm.net
>
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