Brandon M Zingale

The advances made with today’s technology, specific to the internet, may cause some confusion for the everyday user when it comes to getting the most value from their service and choosing between different connection options like Ethernet or Wi-Fi. Because Ethernet uses a cable connection, your device must be connected with the physical cord to gain access to the internet, meaning the cord protects the cable wires from interference – unlike Wi-Fi, which transmits waves through the air that can be accessed by numerous users. With the waves being transmitted through the air in wireless connections, you are more susceptible to disruptions because your waves must fight through traffic with other networks (i.e. your neighbors’ Wi-Fi or other customers in the coffee shop) and even travel through obstacles like walls and buildings. Unlike ethernet, which has less mobility because of its physical connection to it's internet source, Wi-Fi is more convenient for those on-the-go — which still makes this option the most popular.

The cyber world is under constant attack, and last week the United States FBI intervened to help protect Americans from a massive malware threat created by a Russian military intelligence agency. According to the New York Times, the attack infected thousands of routers and is capable of blocking internet traffic, collecting information and disabling infected devices. That list includes: If you suspect that your equipment might have been compromised or if your equipment is mention in the list above, the FBI recommends that you reset your router immediately by turning the power off and then restarting it a few seconds later. If you’re interested in switching to a Ritter-provided device, please call us at 888-336-4466 or click here to email us

In recognition of February as American Heart Awareness month, Transonic is pleased to share this blog heart blog along with an offer for a free Transonic Flowprobe. Inspired by the life of Ethan M. Lindberg, first-born son of Jessica and Erik Lindberg, the Ethan M. Lindberg Foundation works for collaborative approaches to medical and patient care that impact children with congenital heart disease (CHD) and their families. The foundation’s mission is to empower families and doctors to work together in creating care plans and strategies that are tailored to each child’s need. Keenly aware of the financial burdens encountered by families of children with CHD, the Foundation offers practical family support by offering grants for temporary housing and providing long-term housing solutions for families with lengthy hospital stays.

The European Task Force on myocardial revascularization of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), with the special contribution of the European Association for Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), developed the The 2018 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization to provide a comprehensive roadmap to assist physicians in selecting the best management strategies for an individual patient with a given condition. Besides continuous ECG monitoring and transoesophageal echocardiography immediately after revascularization, intraoperative quality control may also include graft flow measurement to confirm or exclude a technical graft problem.2 Transit-time flow measurement is the most frequently used technique for graft assessment and has been able to detect that 2-4% of grafts require revision. Some studies even suggest that quality measures during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), such as graft flow verification with transit-time ultrasound, are more important than simply the volume of surgeries performed by a center.7,8 “ Clinical value of intra-operative transit-time flow measurement for coronary artery bypass grafting: A prospective angiography-controlled study,” Eur J Cardiothorac Surg.