After seeing its revenue fall over the past years, Boston Scientific is looking to boost its bottom line in China. The company is adding employees in China and is debuting surgeon-training centers there, according to a Wall Street Journal ...
SiSTEM Technology, a supplier of high quality processing equipment to the semiconductor and high technology industries, has announced that the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) equipment it supplies from Picosun Oy is being used in the fast, ...
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The medical devices industry, already one of the most heavily regulated industries in the U.S., is confronting yet another complex rule – Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which requires SEC-listed companies to disclose the use of ...
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Medtronic's latest iteration of its Activa neurostimulator is not just a therapy device, but a brain activity information recorder that could provide insights into such devastating neurological disorders as Parkinson's disease. The first ...
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After a series of media reports, it is clear that wireless implanted medical devices can be hacked. Although the risk is now more hypothetical than actual, the vulnerabilities warrant attention. Implanted devices often rely on wireless ...
“Key pacemakers for Autumn/Winter 2014/15 are checks exuding that trendy Brit chic. Patching makes for exciting contrasts: mixed, patched – fancies are the new basics! In the denim segment we feature heavily destroyed effects ...
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Silicone materials are widely used in Medical applications since from 60 years. Quickly after their Commercial availability in 1946, methylchlorosilanes were described to treat glassware to prevent blood from clotting. An effort was made by ...
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A biomedical engineer is developing a clinical-grade open-source 12-lead ECG. The device includes support for Android devices and is designed to meet all relevant medical device manufacturing standards, like ISO 60601-1. According to early ...
Medtronic is touting a potential advance in the cardiovascular space: a recent study that shows some of the smarter algorithms it is using in its pacemakers actually slow the development of atrial fibrillation. The MINERVA study, ...
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St. Jude Medical, a global medical device company, has completed the acquisition of Nanostim, a developer of miniaturized, leadless pacemakers. St. Jude Medical and Nanostim have entered into a series of agreements in May 2011, pursuant ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel has recommended the expanded indication of Medtronic’s cardiac resynchronization therapy-pacemakers and -defibrillators (CRT-P and CRT-D) for the treatment of patients who ...
US based medical technology company Medtronic has introduced CardioGuide implant system in the US and Canada. The real-time navigation system is designed for determining the real-time location to place left-ventricular (LV) electrode lead ...
Medtronic has launched new MR-Conditional pacing system for use with MRI scanners in the US, following the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system, which includes an Advisa MRI ...
Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. The new research comes from ...
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Boston Scientific has implanted the first patient with a new version of its Ingevity pacing leads, designed for use in the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment, in a clinical study. The pacing leads, which are expected be paired ...