New device receives Health Canada approval after LHSC team participates in global study to prove safety and efficacy ...

2003 Boston Scientific CRT-ICD 1 Contak 3 RF (H210) 2006 Note: A list of all devices included in the in vitro study provided by Medtronic, St. Jude, and Boston Scientific and their year of ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Manufacturers are focused on developing miniaturized pacemakers to address the issue of patient comfort. Medtronic’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), the world’s smallest pacemaker, was ...

Dual-chamber pacemaker: Has two leads connected to both the right atrium and right ventricle, helping to coordinate the timing between the top and bottom chambers. Implantable ...

The Affera mapping and ablation system with the Sphere-9 catheter [Images courtesy of Medtronic] Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today said it received FDA approval for its Affera mapping and ablation system ...

One of the latest developments is the world’s first app-based remote monitoring system for pacemakers, called MyCareLink Smart™, introduced in January of this year in Canada by Medtronic. This new app ...

developed the pathway ‘TriageHF’, in collaboration with Medtronic (medical technology company) and have proven how it can dramatically reduce the number of hospitalisations due to heart failure. Many ...

Medtronic’s recent introduction of extravascular ICDs (EV-ICDs), which offer promising clinical efficacy in treating ventricular arrhythmias and tachycardia, highlights the region’s leadership in this ...