New pacing systems have recently been specifically designed by the major companies for safe use in the MRI environment (EnRhythm, Advisa, and Revo MRI SureScan pacemakers and CapSureFix MRI leads ...

Two device manufacturers (Medtronic, St Jude Medical) developed special pacemaker systems to avoid thermical injuries due to induced electrical potentials under MRI. Their underlying active ...

Elevators stopped working between floors, stop lights stopped working at intersections and life-saving pacemakers were ...

The model 3830 lead (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis ... which contributes up to 40% of the diameter of a standard 7-Fr pacemaker lead. Other than facilitating lead implantation or extraction ...

While the Stem Cell Institute would research the biological processes that would lead to advances in ... it was Bakken’s pacemaker that was largely responsible for building the company’s reputation.

A complete system, consisting of a Medtronic Revo MRI SureScan IPG implanted with two CapSureFix MRI™ SureScan leads is required for use in the MRI environment. The Revo MRI™ Pacing System ...

During the testing phase, the research team was able to make one Medtronic device release sensitive ... The defibrillators, which can also include a pacemaker, can keep a record of heart activity ...

Two device manufacturers (Medtronic, St Jude Medical) developed special pacemaker systems to avoid thermical injuries due to induced electrical potentials under MRI. Their underlying active ...

lasted for three hours and took the life of a young patient who was on an AC-powered pacemaker, said Dr. Robert Kowal, vice president of Medtronic’s cardiac pacing therapies. The blackout was ...