Pacemakers
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for pacemakers used to treat bradycardia.
News | EP Lab | January 04, 2016
January 4, 2016 — Johns Hopkins has demonstrated in animals that applying a pacemaker’s mild electrical shocks to push...
The Medtronic Micra is an example of some of the new leadless pacemaker technologies in development that are expected to soon be reviewed by the FDA as they move toward U.S. commercialization.
News | Pacemakers | December 31, 2015
December 31, 2015 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices...
News | EP Lab | December 08, 2015
December 8, 2015 — Biotronik announced the first patient enrollments to the B3 clinical trial. The study will evaluate...
Image courtesy of Medtronic
News | Pacemakers | November 11, 2015
November 11, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced that the Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) was successfully...
Nanostime leadless pacemaker image courtesy of St. Jude Medical
News | Pacemakers | September 09, 2015
September 9, 2015 — St. Jude Medical Inc. announced primary results from the LEADLESS II study that confirm the...
News | Heart Failure | August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015 — BioControl Medical said it has completed enrollment in its INOVATE-HF (INcrease Of VAgal TonE in...
News | Pacemakers | June 23, 2015
June 23, 2015 - Results from a clinical trial evaluating the Micra transcatheter pacing system (TPS), the world's...
News | Remote Monitoring | June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015 - The current monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) may be...
News | May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 — Biotronik announced that since the launch of the ProMRI Eluna pacemaker system in late March 2015, 60...
Feature | May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015 — The first-in-human trial of a new miniaturized leadless pacemaker implanted directly inside the heart...
Technology | May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015 — A new epicardial pacing lead has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an...
Feature | EP Lab | May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015 — A new expert consensus statement by the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) recommends remote monitoring (RM)...
Technology | May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015 — Geneva Healthcare will showcase a set of new features on The Geneva Healthcare Suite – a technology...
News | May 11, 2015
May 11, 2015 — Medtronic plc announced it has received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for the Micra Transcatheter...
Feature | May 06, 2015
May 6, 2015 — Ultrasound can increase the rate at which heart cells beat, researchers from Drexel University report. In...
