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 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, ...

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 PLC scored an industry first this month with U.S. approval to start selling its leadless pacemaker, Micra, which represents the first entry in what may become a new class of slender ...

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 ...

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, ...

Medtronic believes it can help sales grow by making some long-standing products shrink, including a new mini pacemaker about the size and shape of large vitamin capsule.

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.

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 newest models can offer ...

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 ...