(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 ...

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

As far back as seven years ago, the medical device giant Medtronic introduced pacemakers and defibrillators that communicate wirelessly via its CareLink system. According to the company ...

Sylmar, CA, USA; ProMRI® Pacing Systems Evia pacemaker series and Solia and Safio pacing leads, BIOTRONIK SE & Co. KG, Berlin, Germany) (Table II). However, now only the Medtronic Revo system has ...

Seventy-five years ago, Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device company, was born. It was created in a garage in ...

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 ...