A number of other manufacturers, for example Samsung and ... a magnet can change a pacemaker's timing or deactivate a defibrillator's life-saving functions, and this research indicates the urgency ...

The pacemaker's manufacturer, Abbott, told the BBC there were a further 280,000 devices elsewhere. The flaws could theoretically be used to cause the devices to pace too quickly or run down their ...

Devices were tested from the following manufacturers: Medtronic (Minneapolis ... Table I shows the 23 single-chamber pacemakers; one was atrial-inhibited (St. Jude Medical Microny II SR), and ...

After graduating in Physics, Christof started his IP career more than 25 years ago at Biotronik, at the time the second biggest manufacturer of implantable heart pacemakers, before moving to ...

Surgeons have been opening chests and implanting pacemakers for decades. The devices save millions of people by controlling their abnormal heartbeats. Now doctors are testing a new version of ...