For most implants and other high-risk devices brought to market, manufacturers do nothing more than file some paperwork and ...

Bradley Ferguson has had the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV-ICD) fitted. It monitors a patient's heartbeat and delivers small electrical signals if it picks up abnormal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this undated image provided by the Jewish National Fund-USA, Dr. Morton Mower and his wife, Toby, pose for a picture. Dr.

PANAMA CITY − A local hospital has successfully incorporated a new technology that officials believe will help save lives. According to a press release from Ascension Sacred Heart Bay, it is the first ...

A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...

Mercy Fort Smith physicians implanted a newly approved defibrillator with few long-term complications.

New guidelines mean about 90,000 Canadians should be fitted with an implantable defibrillator, although heart specialists acknowledge it's a costly way to save lives. Until now, the devices have been ...

Medtronic has secured an FDA green light for a new type of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that the medtech giant describes as the first of its kind. Unlike other ICDs that are wired into ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio’s global implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) market research report forecasts the market to grow at a CAGR of almost 2% during the forecast period. The ...

BALTIMORE – Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died ...