Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., and Milford ...

Medical device major Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) recently launched its Accolade family of pacemakers in the European market, after winning the CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval for the ...

All new implants should be a fully MRI-compatible system. All new implants should at least be with MRI-compatible leads. No overwhelming need to implant an MRI-compatible device. Based on our daily ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes state-of-the-art medical technologies clash. More than 2 million Americans depend on pacemakers or defibrillators to keep their hearts beating right. But those lifesaving ...

Heart patients face a big problem if they need an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, to deal with serious health problems like cancer: Standard pacemakers can't withstand an MRI scan. Heart patients ...

(Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to the latest study on the issue that appeared in the American Journal of ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ), a global medical device company, today announced CE Mark approval of expanded labelling for its Ellipse™ implantable cardioverter ...

The Cardioelectronics company of Rostec State Corporation will supply 8,000 pacemakers to medical institutions by the end of the year, including the latest model, the first Russian MRI—compatible ...

In 1997, FDA published a draft document recommending that individuals with implanted pacemakers should not enter magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure rooms or come within the 5-G line around the ...

The global pacemakers market, valued at USD 4.4 billion in 2020, is anticipated to grow to USD 5.4 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 3.0% during the forecast period (2021-2027). This growth is primarily ...