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St. Jude starts clinical trial of full-body MRI-friendly pacemaker
St. Jude Medical ( $STJ ) has had a difficult couple of weeks, battling Dr. Robert Hauser over a study questioning the safety of its Riata defibrillator leads, particularly when compared with Medtronic's ( $MDT ) Quattro Secure offering. But things have been looking a bit up this week.
FDA OKs Medtronic's study of second-generation pacing system
The FDA has approved Medtronic's ( $MDT ) IDE application and pivotal clinical trial protocol to begin evaluating the Advisa DR MRI SureScan pacing system. The randomized Advisa MRI study will seek to
MIT, UMass look to protect implantable devices from attack
Millions of patients around the world have implantable medical devices. And because these devices--including pacemakers and defibrillators--have wireless connections, they are vulnerable to attack.
FDA OKs Medtronic's MRI-friendly pacemaker
Medtronic has received FDA clearance for its Revo MRI SureScan pacing system, the first and only pacemaker in the U.S. specifically designed for use in an magnetic resonance imaging environment.
Minn. group endorses recycling pacemakers for needy
The board of the Minnesota Funeral Directors Association has endorsed a program to recycle pacemakers from deceased people and reuse them in needy patients abroad. A team of doctors at the University
Study controls pace of quail embroyo's heart using light
Researchers have controlled the pace of an embryonic quail heart using pulses of light--a development that could eventually lead to new types of optical pacemakers, MIT Technology Review is
