ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced regulatory approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given Medtronic the go-ahead on a clinical trial to test its next generation of MRI pacemaker technology, the Minnesota company announced Monday. The maker of ...

To capitalize on growing demand from international markets, St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) is launching a new MR-Conditional pacemaker in India that will allow patients implanted with such a pacemaker to ...

(BPT) - MRI is increasingly being used to diagnose a multitude of conditions. In fact, more than 34 million MRI scans are performed annually in the U.S. But for someone with a cardiac pacemaker, ...

Single-chamber Devices Receive CE Mark for Full Body MRI Scans Without Positioning Restrictions MINNEAPOLIS - Medtronic, Inc., today announced CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark and commercial launch of ...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Diagnostic MRI images to assess cardiac function, perfusion, and viability could be obtained in almost all patients with MR-conditional pacemakers in a prospective study [1]. The ...

The FDA approved MRI-conditional labeling for Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker, making it the smallest and longest-lasting MRI-compatible device of its kind. The new labeling also applies to a pacing ...

New pacing systems have recently been specifically designed by the major companies for safe use in the MRI environment (EnRhythm, Advisa, and Revo MRI SureScan pacemakers and CapSureFix MRI leads, ...

The FDA approved Biotronik’s MR-conditional cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacemaker, making it the smallest such device available in the U.S. Heart failure refers to a group of symptoms in ...

Medical device maker Medtronic announced in a press release yesterday that it has won FDA regulatory approval for its Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacemaker. The Advisa is Medtronic's second MR-conditional ...

A new protocol at Mayo Clinic in Arizona allows select patients to have an MRI exam even though they have a pacemaker. A new protocol at Mayo Clinic in Arizona allows select patients to have an MRI ...