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 ...

Medtronic officially launched the app, dubbed MyCareLink Heart, to enable patients to access data from their pacemakers on their smartphones. The app isn’t meant to replace patient interactions ...

The concept of remote monitoring of patients with pacemakers is not new — Medtronic already has more than 1 million users on its CareLink Network who transmit data from their cardiac devices.

And there are a lot of pacemaker users: The American Heart Association estimates that three million people have pacemakers worldwide, with an additional 600,000 people receiving implants each year.

But what about remotely monitoring a pacemaker? Well, now there's an app for that, too. Developed by Dublin, Ireland-based Medtronic, the MyCareLink Smart app made its official U.S. mass market ...

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned of vulnerabilities within Medtronic’s MyCareLink Smart device, which monitors pacemaker activity and sends information to clinicians ...

Medtronic has launched the first app-based remote monitoring for implantable pacemakers. Remote monitoring of pacemakers has been the standard of care, but this next-gen version goes beyond a ...

The app pairs with Medtronic BlueSync pacemakers, and then sends data from the device to the Medtronic CareLink network, eliminating the need for a bedside monitor or other separate hardware.

The FDA recently approved a new device from Medtronic that turns a smartphone into a patient’s pacemaker monitor that can send stats to their doctor in real time. The MyCareLink Smart Monitor is ...

No major surgery required. Still in the research phase, Medtronic has already created the majority of necessary components for the tiny pacemaker: circuit board, oscillator, capacitor, memory, and ...

Pacemaker creator Medtronic has disabled internet updates for around 34,000 CareLink programming devices, saying the system was vulnerable to cyber attacks. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...