Word: microlert
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...heart of Cataldo's Microlert is a tiny radio transmitter, about the size of a cigarette lighter, that is worn around the neck. When this battery-powered pendant is squeezed in an emergency, it sends out a signal that from as far away as 300 feet (92 meters) triggers into action a larger unit containing a tape cassette and player. Plugged into a telephone jack, the device automatically dials a series of preprogrammed numbers-an ambulance service, say, then a doctor's office-and sounds the appropriate taped message for each. Samples: "There is a medical emergency...
...device worked so well that Cataldo formed his own company in Burbank, Calif., Microlert Systems International, and has sold or leased more than a thousand of the electronic lifesavers. Says Marie Franckum, a 70-year-old widow from Desert Hot Springs, Calif.: "About three weeks after having it installed I had a severe heart attack. I used it to call my doctor and an ambulance. It saved my life...
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