First created for adults, the Micra pacemaker is now used at 15 pediatric centers around the globe — including LeBonheur.

Earl Bakken compares the first Medtronic pacemaker to the company’s Micra pacemaker, roughly the size of a large vitamin capsule. (Courtesy of Medtronic) The first implantable device “was ...

Catheter Precision, Inc. (NYSE American:VTAK), a U.S.-based innovative medical device company focused on electrophysiology products, today announced its financial results and operational update for ...

Manufacturers are focused on developing miniaturized pacemakers to address the issue of patient comfort. Medtronic’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), the world’s smallest pacemaker, was ...

This helps you relax and helps prevent pain. The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through ...

The Identity pacemaker models 5370 and 5376 feature AF management, a suite of therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities designed to manage pacemaker patients suffering from AF. This tool kit includes: ...

Signs of heart block may vary from person to person. In some people, it may be mild and asymptomatic, while others may ...

The Accent MRI pacemaker, with the Tendril MRI lead, is an MRI conditional system, offering safe performance of a full-body MRI scan on the patient using a 1.5 T (Tesla) field-strength MRI scanner.

Although some studies have demonstrated that, given appropriate precautions, MRI can be safely performed in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...