PETPACE COLLAR ENABLES CLOSER MONITORING OF FELINE URETHRAL OBSTRUCTION
Patient Condition and History Max, a 5-year-old neutered male indoor Himalayan cross cat, was brought to Emergency Veterinary Hospital in Rapid City, SD, after the owner noticed that he was vocalizing excessively, licking his hind area and not passing any urine. Following examination, Max was diagnosed with a Urethral Obstruction. Urethral Obstruction is an acute […]
Petpace Collar Detects Impending Canine Heart Failure, Monitors Treatment Response
Patient Condition and History Lucas, a 10-year-old neutered male Beagle, suffers from Chronic Valvular Heart Disease (CVHD). He is treated with Benazepril and has been wearing the PetPace smart collar long-term to monitor his condition. Lucas’ condition recently deteriorated over the course of several weeks, and his owner, Michelle Saltzman of Bedford, MA, took him […]
THE PETPACE COLLAR DETECTS ACUTE HEAT STROKE IN A DOG
Patient Condition and History Luka, a 6-year-old, 60lb spayed female Golden Retriever, suffered from heat stroke after being left in a car for several hours during a hot summer day. Heat stroke, also called Hyperthermia, is a condition wherein extremely high body temperature leads to multiple organ failures, collapse, and possible death. Abnormally high body […]
THE PETPACE COLLAR DETECTS ACUTE GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISTRESS IN A DOG
Patient Condition and History Jack, a five-year-old neutered male Shepherd mixed dog, has been wearing a PetPace collar long term to help monitor his epilepsy. Recently, over the course of several days, Jack suffered from severe gastroenteritis after eating deer feces, and required medical treatment. Acute gastroenteritis, or inflammation of the digestive tract, is common […]
DETECTING AND LONG-TERM MONITORING OF CHRONIC PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HIP DYSPLASIA
Patient Condition and History Pippa, a nine-year-old, 61lb spayed female Labrador Retriever has suffered from Hip Dysplasia from a young age. Hip Dysplasia is a common disease affecting mostly large breed dogs, but also smaller breed dogs and cats. It involves a malformation of the hip joint that causes laxity and subsequent degeneration and inflammation. Dogs suffering from Hip […]
PetPace Smart Collar Continuously and Remotely Monitors Pets Temperature in the ICU and Beyond
PetPace, the provider of an innovative IoT collar for remote real-time monitoring and analysis of pet vital signs and activity, today released the findings of a new medical case study. The case study, available for download here, documents in detail how the PetPace collar enables, for the first time in veterinary medicine, non-invasive, minute-by-minute monitoring of […]
Smart Collar Allows For Minimally Invasive Monitoring
Patient Condition and History Miguel, an 11 month old, 9 lb., male Chihuahua mixed dog, suffered severe bite wounds after getting into a fight with a much larger dog. The injuries included deep bite wounds to his neck and to his left elbow. He would also knuckle over from an inability to put weight on […]
THE PETPACE SMART COLLAR MONITORS REAL-TIME BODY POSTURE IN A CRITICALLY INJURED PATIENT
Patient Condition and History Jade, a 4-year-old spayed female Chihuahua mixed dog weighing 15 lbs, was hospitalized for close observation after she was hit by a car. She was breathing heavily, which raised the clinical suspicion of an internal chest injury, and was placed in a sternal position, lying on her belly. If allowed to […]
PETPACE COLLAR FACILITATES ACTIVITY RESTRICTION IN HEARTWORM PATIENT
Patient Condition and History Jimmy, a 3-year-old neutered male American Pit Bull, was diagnosed with an infection of the heartworm parasite (Dirofilaria immitis). Heartworm is a serious and potentially fatal condition. The parasite lives in the heart, lungs and surrounding blood vessels, and can cause severe lung disease, heart failure, and organ damage. According to […]
PETPACE COLLAR KEY IN POST-OP PAIN MANAGEMENT
Introduction Nix is a four year-old spayed female Pitbull mix, weighing 43lbs. To fix a torn ligament in her right knee, she underwent orthopedic surgery (TPLO) at TotalBond Veterinary Hospital in Gastonia, NC. During her recovery from surgery, a PetPace smart collar was applied for close monitoring. As you can see in the following graphs, […]