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The Medtronic Micra leadless pacemaker implanted inside the heart. It is about the size of a large vitamin pill and is implanted using a catheter.
January 05, 2024 | Electrophysiology

Medtronic has gained European CE mark approval for its next-generation Micra leadless pacemakers, the Micra AV2 and Micra VR2 transcatheter pacing systems. Both devices gained U.S. Food and Drug…

UCL Imaging vest screening cardiac conditions
December 19, 2023 | Electrophysiology

Researchers have developed a reusable vest capable of mapping the heart’s electrical activity in just five minutes, sharing their findings in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance.[1]. The group—made up of…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week has the first cleared the pulsed field ablation (PFA) system, the Medtronic PulseSelect System for the treatment of both paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF).
December 14, 2023 | Electrophysiology

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week cleared a pulsed field ablation (PFA) system, the Medtronic PulseSelect System, for the treatment of both paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF). The approval is the first for this…

Elderly patient doctor. Despite an expanded indication from the FDA and lower prices, patient access to these cholesterol-lowering medications remains a significant issue.
December 13, 2023 | TAVR

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients face a heightened risk of adverse short- and long-term outcomes if they present with…

business launch
December 08, 2023 | Economics

Ajax Health, a California-based venture capital firm, has launched a new healthcare company focused on atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation technology. The new entity, Cortex, has already raised $90 million in funding as it enters the…

Tiny fragments of plastic are commonly found deep inside the human body. Heart surgery, it seems, is one of many ways these microplastics are reaching their destination.  Surgeons Operating On Patient
November 30, 2023 | Cardiac Surgery

The bodies of organ donors are regularly treated with thyroid hormones to preserve heart function and ensure any transplant procedures are a success. However, a new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine

business news announcement
November 30, 2023 | Interventional Cardiology

Johnson & Johnson MedTech has acquired Laminar, a California-based healthcare technology company known for its investigational left atrial appendage (LAA) elimination technology, for $400 million. The deal could also include…

Medtronic Penditure Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion System
November 27, 2023 | Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Medtronic has added a new device, the Penditure Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Exclusion System, to its cardiac surgery portfolio. The device was designed for the exclusion of the LAA in patients undergoing concomitant heart surgeries, a…

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November 22, 2023 | Pharmaceutics

Bayer has ended a clinical trial for its new atrial fibrillation (AFib) drug much earlier than planned based on recommendations from the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (IDMC).…

Medtronic's PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System
November 21, 2023 | Heart Rhythm

Medtronic has gained European CE mark approval for its PulseSelect Pulsed Field Ablation (PFA) System and the Nitron CryoConsole.

PulseSelect, designed to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib), is a key…

AI cardiology heart artificial intelligence deep learning
November 13, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate and treat heart disease has been one of the biggest stories at the…

Newsweek ranked the 50 best heart hospitals in the world
November 10, 2023 | Policy & Regulations

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), a global group focused on improving patient outcomes after in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA), has shared 10 steps hospitals can take to…

QDOT MICRO Biosense Webster Johnson and Johnson. The QDOT MICRO catheter is contact force-sensing device designed for temperature-controlled RF ablation. It received CE mark approval in 2020 and U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval in 2022. When in the QMODE+ setting, the device delivers high-power ablation for up to four seconds per burst, a feature designed to improve the ablation’s likelihood of success.
November 02, 2023 | Heart Rhythm

Treating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib) with a next-generation radiofrequency (RF) catheter from Biosense Webster, a Johnson and Johnson MedTech company, is associated with significant improvements in quality of life (QOL),…

Image and caption courtesy of Google. APG sends a low intensity ultrasound transmitting wave (TX wave) using an ANC headphone's speakers and collects the receiving wave (RX wave) via the on-board feedback microphones. The APG signal is a pulse-like waveform that synchronizes with heartbeat and reveals rich cardiac information. Audioplethysmography Google headphones.
October 31, 2023 | Remote Monitoring

Researchers from Google have introduced a new approach for cardiac monitoring that relies on the active noise canceling (ANC) technology found in headphones and earbuds.

The technique,…

money business cash flow dollar. Kingsway Financial Services, a Chicago-based holding company with subsidiaries in several industries, has acquired New Jersey-based Digital Diagnostics Imaging (DDI) for $11 million. The transaction was funded with $5.4 million in cash and $5.6 million in debt financing.
October 30, 2023 | Mergers & Acquisitions

Kingsway Financial Services, a Chicago-based holding company with subsidiaries in several industries, has acquired New Jersey-based Digital Diagnostics Imaging (DDI) for $11 million. The…

Medtronic extravascular ICD Aurora EV-ICD MRI SureScan
October 24, 2023 | Heart Rhythm

Medtronic has gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a new first-of-its-kind extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) and defibrillation lead that allows…

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