Following concerns and reported adverse events linking biological responses to certain types of materials in medical devices, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said recently that it will ...

Two Bluetooth powered cardiac monitoring devices made news today--and their approaches couldn't be further from each other. Also of note: Bluetooth is the wireless standard the Continua Alliance is ...

Multiple societies covering cardiovascular medicine, electrophysiology, heart failure, and imaging have released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for various cardiac implantable electronic ...

Medtronic announced today the launch of CareLink Mobile Application, which the company calls the first mobile application that pairs with implantable cardiac devices. The app is available for the ...

The implantable medical devices market offers opportunities driven by rising chronic diseases, aging populations, and technological advancements like smart and biocompatible materials. Regions like ...

When rheumatoid arthritis attacks, it causes inflammation, pain, and joint swelling. Now, a new, implantable device offers hope for patients struggling to control their symptoms. At Rush University ...

A new study published in BMJ Surgery, Interventions & Health Technologies finds that registries for high-risk implantable medical devices often contain enough to identify outlier safety or ...

Introduction: Prior studies have suggested that pacemaker reuse may be a reasonable alternative to provide device therapy in the low- and middle-income countries. We studied explant indications and ...

A case study in aligning revenue capture with the patient journey Continuous remote monitoring of cardiac implantable electronic devices has become a standard for cardiac care. Yet, in many cardiac ...

Naloxone is an effective treatment for opioid overdose, but it usually requires a bystander to step in and administer it. Now, researchers have developed an implantable device that can independently ...