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 ...

(Courtesy of Medtronic) At the time, pacemakers were “crude devices,” with wires coming out of the person’s body and “they were susceptible like anything that uses wall power,” said ...

Another aspect of concern is that the first generations of Medtronic ... MRI-conditional pacemakers. First, this family includes only dual-chamber devices. The availability of single-chamber ...

Christensen, Clayton M. "We've Got Rhythm! Medtronic Corp.'s Cardiac Pacemaker Business (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 698-056, March 1998.

lasted for three hours and took the life of a young patient who was on an AC-powered pacemaker, said Dr. Robert Kowal, vice president of Medtronic’s cardiac pacing therapies. The blackout was ...