Generally, pacemakers improve quality of life for individuals who have a condition causing bradycardia, or a slowed heart rate. However, because there is an electrical device implanted near your heart ...

Pacemakers are life saving, but they can also prevent you from getting a crucial MRI scan when you need it. But now manufacturers are making models that are more MRI friendly. For Joyce Schwartz an ...

One of the most vexing dilemmas for patients with pacemakers is that an MRI scan may prevent the device from pacing the heart. But on Monday, Fridley-based Medtronic Inc. announced that it has ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, today announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for its Accent MRI(TM) pacemaker and Tendril MRI(TM) lead. The ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes state-of-the-art medical technologies clash. More than 2 million Americans depend on pacemakers or defibrillators to keep their hearts beating right. But those lifesaving ...

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

Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and Milford ...

Fridley-based Medtronic, Inc., announced Tuesday that its Revo MRI SureScan Pacing System-the first and only pacemaker in the United States specifically designed for use in magnetic resonance imaging ...

All new implants should be a fully MRI-compatible system. All new implants should at least be with MRI-compatible leads. No overwhelming need to implant an MRI-compatible device. Based on our daily ...

Biotronik is looking to get the FDA's approval for a line of MRI-safe pacemakers--courtesy of Biotronik The FDA approved a clinical trial of Biotronik's proMRI pacemaker, a device designed to operate ...