This month the FDA approved Medtronic's new MyCareLink Smart Monitor, which includes a handheld sensor that reads data from pacemakers plus a smartphone app that securely transmits information ...

Atrioventricular interval modulation is being studied for patients with uncontrolled hypertension. Could the new technology ...

Remote monitoring systems from companies like Medtronic allow patients with pacemakers capable of the technology to conduct quarterly data transmissions from the comforts of home.

Cardiocom was focused on heart conditions, but Medtronic has worked to greatly expand the applicability of its home-monitoring devices.

Patients should also monitor their device's battery life by using the at-home MyCareLink monitoring system, which sends alerts to doctors and can be monitored via the related smartphone app.

Halloween 1957: How a widespread blackout put Medtronic on the map with the invention of the portable pacemaker The outage rendered life-saving pacemakers useless, and triggered innovation.

The following information was submitted by Medtronic.The world’s smallest pacemakers are making a big difference in cardiac care.The FDA-approved Micra™ leadl ...

Previous title: President of Flex’s global health solutions business Kate Benedict joined Medtronic as president of the company’s acute care and monitoring business, the company announced Monday.

Richard Berg had a human pacemaker implanted in his 12-year-dog after learning his pet had sick sinus syndrome and needed the device to live a healthy life ...

As transformational as the pacemaker was, Martha believes a new Medtronic procedure, just approved by the FDA, will be even bigger.

In May, Biotronik scored an FDA OK for its MRI-compatible Eluna pacemaker, an implantable cardiac device with home monitoring technology that allows physicians to observe patients' heart rate daily.

Following a patient death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning users of certain Medtronic pacemakers about a rare battery problem that could cause the devices to quickly lose power ...