By removing the leads and having the new pacemaker directly stimulate the heart, Medtronic is making the device safer as well as smaller. At just a fraction of the size of current devices, the new ...

However, rival product launches, such as St. Jude's Nanostim leadless pacemaker and its Quartet NXT leads, could provide resistance to Medtronic’s growth plans in this segment in the near term.

Mackin said Medtronic's device is about 30 percent smaller than the Nanostim pacemaker. Leads are considered the weak link of pacemaker and defibrillator therapy, with the thin wires fracturing or ...

In a recent clinical trial, Medtronic's wireless pacemaker, the “Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System”, was proven to be significantly more effective than current options with a high ...

“Timelines on competitive products are unknown, but I would expect at least a two-year lead. ... Medtronic said its current pacemakers cost anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000.

Medtronic Plc's wireless pacemaker was approved in the United states on Wednesday, making it the first pacemaker that does not need wired leads to correct slow heart rate.

— -- The Sprint Fidelis leads — wires implanted in patients' hearts and connected to defibrillators that shock abnormal heartbeats back to normal — have suffered a higher-than-expected ...

What’s the difference between MRI-safe and conventional pacemaker leads? A little thicker, certainly, but otherwise (at least on the surface), not too much: The recently-approved MRI-safe active ...

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Medtronic Inc., the Minneapolis medical-technology company, said on Monday that it would voluntarily suspend distribution of the Sprint Fidelis family of defibrillation ...

The news, reported Monday, knocked Medtronic Inc. shares down 11 percent.Medtronic told doctors to stop using the Sprint Fidelis wires after linking five deaths to breaks in them.

Medtronic avoids pacemaker lead lawsuit for now. By Reuters. December 21, 2016 10:04 PM UTC Updated December 21, 2016. By Erica Teichert. A federal judge in Illinois has dismissed ...