March 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) magazine website from the month of February 2019.
Defibrillator Monitors
This channel includes news and new technology innovations about defibrillator monitors. These are used by EMS paramedics to monitor the 12 lead ECG (EKG) of patients and deliver shocks to rtestorn normal sinus rhythm in patrient who go into dangerous arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest.
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February 4, 2019 — Stryker announced Feb. 1, the company is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of the LifePak 15 Monitor/Defibrillators.
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This is a 360 degree photo inside a Detroit Fire Department ambulance equipped with a new...
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The skin presents a formidable barrier to life-saving defibrillators, but a team of students from Rice University believes it has found a way around that problem.
The life of Afib patient Glynn Crawford was saved three days after being prescribed a Zoll LifeVest wearable defibrillator by his cardiologist Barbara Williams, M.D., at University Hospitals Ahuja Medical CenterShe identified him as a high-risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | October 07, 2019
October 7, 2019 — Glynn Crawford was hospitalized at University...
The Philips HeartStart OnSite automated external defibrillator. Image courtesy of Philips Healthcare.
Technology | Defibrillator Monitors | June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019 — Philips announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s premarket...
News | Defibrillator Monitors | April 05, 2019
April 5, 2019 — Medical device startup HeartHero was the winner in the Innovation Challenge at the...
By far readers had the most interest in the recall of Stryker's LifePak15 defibrillator-monitors. The FDA said the system might lock up after after a shock is delivered, prompting the company to come up with an emergency fix on its machines.
Feature | March 01, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor, and A.J. Connell
March 1, 2019 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC)...
Stryker has initiated a field action to prevent its LifePak 15 defibrillator-monitor systems from locking up after delivering a shock to a patient.
Feature | Defibrillator Monitors | February 04, 2019
February 4, 2019 — Stryker announced Feb. 1, the company is launching a voluntary field action on specific units of...
The Zoll LifeVest wearable defibrillator system was evaluated in the late-breaking VEST Trial presented at ACC 2018 earlier this year.
Feature | Defibrillator Monitors | July 10, 2018 | Michael J. Mirro, M.D.
Following the...
The automated external defibrillator add-on developed by Rice University students is a pad of needles that break through the skin's natural impedance barrier to deliver an electric shock to the heart of a patient in cardiac arrest. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)
News | Defibrillator Monitors | April 16, 2018
April 16, 2018 — The skin presents a formidable barrier to life-saving defibrillators, but a team of students from...
Jeffrey Olgin, M.D., F.A.C.C., Division of Cardiology, UCSF
On behalf of VEST investigators
News | ACC | March 13, 2018
March 13, 2018 – Wearing a lightweight vest equipped with a cardioverter...
News | February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018 — Philips is recalling the HeartStart MRx Defibrillator due to a defect in the device's Gas...
News | Wearables | January 22, 2018
January 22, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week it is providing information and...
News | Wearables | December 28, 2017
December 28, 2017 — Zoll Medical Corp. and Myant, Inc., a high-tech advanced manufacturing company, announced they...
News | Defibrillator Monitors | October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017 — Zoll Canada, a subsidiary of Zoll Medical Corp., announced it has won the tender to equip all...
Feature | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | May 11, 2017
May 11, 2017 — A new study shows that the use of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is safe and effective...
