(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 ...

The device is designed to surround a leadless pacemaker, such as the Medtronic Micra, which sits in the ... of the heart to harvest the mechanical energy from heartbeat for a transvenous pacemaker.

Medtronic has received CE Mark for its next-generation Micra AV2 and Micra VR2 leadless pacemakers. These devices, claimed to be the world's smallest pacemakers, are designed to offer longer ...

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

In this prospective study, the use of a leadless pacemaker that received wireless communication from a subcutaneous ...

Reduced lead diameter and reliability can be designed into transvenous permanent pacing leads through use of redundant insulation and removal of the stylet lumen. The model 3830 lead (Medtronic ...

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol ... Some diagnostic features have high power consumption. In Medtronic ICDs, "prestorage" of electrograms prior to each VT/VF episode results in continuous amplification ...

The Aurora Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD), a first-of-its-kind device developed by Medtronic ... and anti-tachycardia pacing in a single implantable system, EV ...

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 ...