The famous Chinese cardiologist Zhang Shu, 56, was the main official at this year's World Congress of Arrhythmias, which was held in Beijing from Sept 17-19. As the secretary-general of the World Society of Arrhythmias that is held once ...
Tags: Chinese Doctor, Arrhythmias, ICD
From a zipper-like wound closure device that can be peeled off at home to a telemedicine robot, there are plenty of ingenious devices included as finalists in this year's Medical Design Excellence Awards. It is worth noting, however, that ...
Tags: Reshaping Medtech, Health, Medicine
Medtech giant St. Jude Medical announced a major reorganization and leadership changes on Tuesday. The Little Canada, MN–based company says its two operating divisions will be integrated into one research and development ...
Sorin, a medical device company, has received CE Mark approval for its Intensia family of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) devices. The Intensia family includes single-chamber ...
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Medtronic has obtained the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) software for use with non-Medtronic leads to detect defibrillator lead issues. LIA software has been approved by the FDA to ...
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St. Jude Medical, a medical device manufacturer, has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac ...
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Sorin Group, a Netherlands-based company, has received US FDA approval for the launch the Smartview remote monitoring solution for patients with implanted cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices. Using the secure SMARTVIEW remote ...
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St. Jude Medical, a US-based medical device company, has announced CE Mark approval of its next-generation Ellipse and SJM Assura portfolio of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
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Germany-based Biotronik has obtained CE mark approval for its Ilesto 7 implantable cardioverter-defibrillator/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (ICD/CRT-D) series. The Ilesto 7 series, which the company claims to include the ...
Tags: ProMRI technology, DF4 connector, MR scans
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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The revised product labelings of Boston Scientific's Incepta, Energen, Punctua, Cognis and Teligen implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) have been cleared by the US Food ...
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Biotronik is set to showcase its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approved implantable heart failure devices at the European Society of Cardiology congress, being held between 25-29 August 2012. The MRI-approved devices include Lumax 740 ...
Tags: Biotronik, MRI, heart failure devices, MRI-approved devices, CRT-D, CRT-P
Boston Scientific has obtained the CE mark approval for the extended longevity provided by its INCEPTA, ENERGEN, PUNCTUA, COGNIS and TELIGEN implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators ...
The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services has selected CareSource, in conjugation with Humana to serve people who qualify for both Medicaid and Medicare (often referred to as dual eligible) in the Cleveland, Akron and Youngstown ...
Tags: CareSource, Job and Family Services, ICDS