Medtronic PLC published an urgent medical device recall Thursday for nearly 157,000 dual-chamber pacemakers sold worldwide, after discovering a glitch that can cause some devices programmed in ...

Medtronic has received approval in Europe to sell a pacemaker designed to be safe for use in MRI machines. Currently, patients with pacemakers cannot undergo an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), a ...

Medtronic has secured the FDA’s approval for the latest generation of its miniaturized, wireless pacemaker implants, the Micra AV2 and VR2. | According to the company, the the Micra AV2 and VR2 ...

Medicare will soon cover implants of Medtronic's tiny new pacemaker, the Micra, when the device is implanted as part of a long-term clinical study. The device received U.S. Food and Drug ...

Unlike Medtronic’s version of a dual chamber leadless pacemaker, the Micra AV2, which can only deliver ventricular therapy, the AVEIR DR can achieve both ventricular and atrial therapy.

Medtronic said Thursday that U.S. regulators have approved a first-of-its-kind pacemaker that’s specifically designed to be compatible with MRI exams. The approval gives Medtronic an importan… ...

Medtronic Recalls More Than 13,000 Pacemakers for ... models of its dual-chamber implantable pulse generators used to manage ... recommendations are included in Medtronic's ...

Medtronic’s new pacemaker, the vitamin pill-sized Micra TPS, will skyrocket into space Thursday morning from NASA’s launch pad in Virginia. The launch is taking place as part of a science ...

Medtronic’s line of quadripolar CRT-Ps, however, were deemed safe on Wednesday for use in either 1.5 or 3 Tesla scanners. The pacemakers, which include the company’s Percepta, ...

Medtronic‘s (NYSE: MDT) pacemakers equipped with advanced pacing features can significantly delay the development of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF, irregular heartbeat) in patients with ...

Two years ago we heard about the Nanostim, a pacemaker that's less than 10 percent the size of a regular model. While it's pretty darn small, Medtronic's just-announced Micra TPS (Transcatheter ...

An estimated 200 thousand pacemaker patients avoid MRI's each year because of the danger. "We have spent a decade trying to figure this out" added Dr. Steinhouse.