Tag: defibrillator
EHRA 2023: Electric vehicle chargers found to be safe for patients...
High power electric vehicle chargers are safe for patients with pacemakers and defibrillators, according to a study published in EP Europace, a journal of...
Medtronic receives CE mark for EV-ICD device to treat “dangerous” heart...
Medtronic has received CE mark for the Aurora extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (EV-ICD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) SureScan device and Epsila EV MRI SureScan defibrillation...
ZOLL Medical completes acquisition of Cardiac Science
ZOLL Medical has confirmed that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Cardiac Science Corporation, a leading provider of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), related services,...
Cardialen Closes US$17 Million Series B Financing for implantable defibrillator
Cardialen, a medical device company developing a low-energy implantable defibrillation therapy designed to more gently restore normal heart rhythm, has announced the closing of...
Class I recall: HeartStart MRx defibrillator by Philips Electronics
Philips is recalling the HeartStart MRx defibrillator due to a defect in the device's gas discharge tube. The gas discharge tube has micro cracks...
Flexible battery could revolutionise implanted devices
Experts at Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK, have designed a flexible battery that could provide an alternative to the rigid batteries that usually power...
US FDA approves Medtronic’s Claria MRI Quad cardiac resynchronisation therapy defibrillator
Medtronic has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Claria MRI Quad cardiac resynchronisation therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) SureScan device for patients...
Short episodes of atrial fibrillation may not increase risk of stroke
People with pacemakers or defibrillators who experience only short episodes of atrial fibrillation have a very low risk of stroke, suggesting that anticoagulants in...