Medtronic’s pacemaker sales are also expected to gain from the recent positive trial results which are likely to help its new products gain acceptance in the competitive CRDM market.

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.

In a recent clinical trial, Medtronic's wireless pacemaker, the “Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System”, was proven to be significantly more effective than current options with a high ...

Medtronic had nearly $2 billion in pacemaker revenues during its 2013 fiscal year. Its 10-year battery life may mean it is not right for ­children, he said. But for adults, ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device company, said Tuesday it received U.S. approval for the first pacemaker designed to be safely used with MRI scanners. Patients ...

Medtronic said its current pacemakers cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000. “The launch of these devices should help offset the recent increase in price erosion in the pacemaker market ...

By removing the leads and having the new pacemaker directly stimulate the heart, Medtronic is making the device safer as well as smaller. At just a fraction of the size of current devices, the new ...

Medtronic recently announced they’ve successfully implanted a similar device, the Micra TPS pacemaker, into the heart of an Austrian patient. The device, roughly the size and shape of a multivitamin, ...

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.

business Health Care. FDA warns Medtronic pacemaker patients about potential battery depletion problem A crack can form in an electric component, leading to rapid battery depletion possibly ...

MINNEAPOLIS - The world's smallest pacemaker is now being tested in humans and it was created by Minnesota based Medtronic. Because it is so small, implanting the device is minimally invasive as ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Twin Cities-based Medtronic has received government approval for the first heart pacemaker designed to be safely used with MRI scanners. "It's a great day for Medtronic and an ...