Medtronic‘s (NYSE: MDT) pacemakers equipped with advanced pacing features can significantly delay the development of persistent atrial fibrillation (AF, irregular heartbeat) in patients with ...

With the launch on Tuesday of its MyCareLink Heart mobile app, Medtronic has officially created the world’s first smartphone-connected pacemaker. The app pairs with Medtronic BlueSync pacemakers, and ...

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 degree of ...

Medtronic says patients using its new battery-sized pacemaker had nearly half the rate of serious complications as people who get larger traditional devices, pointing to study results published Monday ...

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) extended its coverage of pacemakers on Thursday to include leadless models, or ones inserted inside the heart instead of attached by wires.

Medtronic has received FDA clearance for a mobile app that allows patients to remotely forward data from their pacemakers with their physicians. The app is paired with a device, the MyCareLink Smart ...

Medtronic on Monday announced the first human implant of the world's smallest pacemaker, a vitamin-sized device that is implanted directly inside the heart. The Fridley-based medical technology giant ...

Back in November, we wrote about a tiny pacemaker made by Silicon Valley startup Nanostim. Whereas traditional pacemakers require chest surgery and a pocket to implant the device in—the Nanostim ...

Medtronic has secured a new approval from the FDA that expands the flexibility of its pacemaker hardware, allowing it to tap into the heart’s natural electrical signals. Known as conduction system ...

Patients using Medtronic pacemakers will soon be able to access data from these implanted devices directly from a new smartphone app, VentureBeat reports. Medtronic officially launched the app, dubbed ...

Note: This story has been updated throughout with additional information. Following a patient death, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning about a rare battery depletion problem in certain ...

In this Dec. 13, 2010 photo, Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who started one of the world's largest medical device companies in 1949, poses at the Medtronic World Headquarters in Fridley, Minn.