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Medtronic 3D Vision Line Gets First FDA Approvals

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2008-05-14 18:11:25 by Michael in Medgadget
Medtronic received FDA approval for the company's wireless implantable defibrillators, the first devices in a product line that also includes pacemakers and resynchronization therapy pacemakers. Leading into Heart Rhythm 2008, the pre-eminent worldwide gathering of cardiologists specializing in electrophysiology, Medtronic, Inc... announced U.S....
 
Tags: heart rhythm, heart, heart failure, vision, medtronic, heart failure patients, patients, patients condition, medtronic proprietary features
 
 
 
 
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Medtronic's Endeavor Drug-Eluting Stent Approved by FDA

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2008-02-01 18:25:31 by Michael in Medgadget
Medtronic just announced FDA approval of its Endeavor Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System, the first drug eluting stent approved since 2004. The approval, following a number of controversies in the past years involving drug eluting stents, rests on the condition that Medtronic continues its post-market clinical monitoring program From the...
 
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Medtronic's Coronary Y Stent Goes Invasive

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2008-02-28 08:57:50 by Michael in Medgadget
Medtronic has initiated the first leg of its BRANCH study, to assess the safety and deliverability of company's innovative Y stent, "which differs from other approaches by providing scaffolding to both branches of the bifurcation simultaneously without overlapping stents." Dr. Robert Whitbourn, associate professor and director of the...
 
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Medtronic Defender Embolic Protection Filter Approved in EU

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2008-04-18 17:27:55 by Michael in Medgadget
...Medtronic Announces CE Mark and European Launch of New 'Defender' Embolic Protection Filter
 
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Medtronic Diabetes concept car monitors glucose levels in-dash

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2008-06-12 07:55:00 by Joshua Fruhlinger in Engadget
...Medtronic Diabetes developed the M-POWERED concept car that allows a person to constantly monitor glucose levels via both audio and visual cues. The Lincoln sedan was unveiled at this year's American Diabetes Association annual meeting in San Francisco. No word on what happens during a glucose drop, but we imagine some sort of alarm and then,...
 
Tags: medtronic diabetes, concept car, lincoln sedan, visual cues, san francisco, shutdown occurs, dangerous proposition, glucose drop, comments
 
 
 
 
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Medtronic-Diabetics upcoming Watchdog

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2008-09-05 00:43:15 by gadgets in cool gadget-coolest gadgets
...Medtronic, a medical device manufacturing company created the M-Powered Concept Car. The car features an onboard glucose monitoring system positioned right a t the dashboard. The set-up works as the driver wears a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) and via Bluetooth, the data is transmitted to the wireless system. Audio and visual...
 
Tags: car, concept car, wireless system, system, gps system, car features, dashboard, cars dashboard, helps diabetics avoid
 
 
 
 
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BehindTheMedspeak: Heartbeat-b-Gone? The rise of defibrillator hackers

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2008-03-13 12:01:00 by bookofjoe in bookofjoe
...Medtronic, the devices maker, had embedded in the implant as a way to let doctors monitor and adjust it without surgery device makers have begun designing them [pacemakers and defibrillators] to connect to the Internet, which allows doctors to monitor patients from remote locations Nice new twist for murder mystery writers, what Here's the...
 
Tags: defibrillator, similar medical devices, medical devices, major defibrillator company, device, special device, external device, heart-device, devices
 
 
 
 
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OneTouch UltraLink Meter OK'ed by FDA

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2008-04-29 17:29:26 by Michael in Medgadget
...Medtronic , that features wireless information transfer to the company's MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump via a proprietary protocol, with a goal of a tighter glycemic control From yesterday's press release Medtronic, Inc. today announced that the FDA has cleared the OneTouch UltraLink Meter as the new wireless meter exclusively certified by...
 
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OneTouch UltraLink Meter approved by FDA

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2008-04-30 20:00:42 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
...Medtronic boasts wireless information transfer using a proprietary protocol to the MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump, hoping to achieve a tighter glycemic control in the end. Sounds like a much more convenient method of checking the glucose level in ones blood, helping to make bolus dosing more accurate and much more convenient for patients when...
 
Tags: meter, onetouch ultralink meter, onetouch meter family, wireless meter exclusively, system, blood glucose readings, guardian real-time system, blood, fda