Boxed kit for Reveal™ LINQ Insertable Cardiac Monitor (ICM), also known as an implantable loop recorder, the world’s smallest continuous heart monitoring device, with a sealed, sterile implantation kit containing an additional cardiac monitor, insertion tool and incision tool, made in Tolochenaz, Switerland, 2016, made March 2016, and patient assistant PA96000, made in Malaysia, made March 2016, instruction leaflets and packaging, designed by and made by Medtronic Ltd, 2016

For some people a single ECG or 24 hour monitor may not capture an irregular heart rhythm that causes them to faint. Episodes can be unpredictable and sometimes without symptoms. Fear of an episode can disrupt every-day life and can be emotionally testing. Insertable cardiac monitors, also known as implantable loop devices, continuously loop its memory and has automatic triggers to store irregular heart beat events. Episodes can also be logged by the user and all data is uploaded for remote monitoring. The wireless device is implanted under the skin during a small operation involving a local anaesthetic. To record an event, a person placed a hand held device over their cardiac monitor, and presses a button. Later their doctor analyses the stored information and determines if the episode was caused by an irregular heart rhythm.

Medtronic has been a market leader in this area since the launch of their first device in 1998. The Reveal™ LINQ was launched in 2014. Unlike previous models where a patient activator was needed, this is paired with MyCareLink™ Patient Monitor. As long as the monitor is plugged in and has a telephone signal, heart rhythm data is automatically collected.