Maker Settles Suit on Device for Hearts
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Boston Scientific agreed to pay $195 million to settle claims related to a potentially flawed defibrillator made by itâs subsidiary, Guidant.
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A new device to treat uterine fibroids -- fibrous clumps that can cause miscarriages, painful menstruation and other related problems in women -- won US regulatory approval on Friday.
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The company will pony up $2.6 million to settle a lawsuit over allegedly flawed electronic voting systems it sold to California counties. Surprise: E-vote activists still aren't happy.
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An invention that exploits the ubiquity of cellular phone networks could soon be saving heart attack victims before they even realize they&#39;re sick.
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People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart.     The Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed Thursday to let consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use...
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A patient in the US is the first in the country to receive a implant device that automatically detects early symptoms of congestive heart failure.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson agreed to acquire Guidant Corp. for $25.4 billion, adding electrical devices for treating heart disease to a lineup of thousands of health products including Band-Aids and cardiac stents.
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Drugmaker Wyeth WYE.N has reached a  tentative framework with a group of plaintiffs' lawyers to  settle nearly all remaining liability cases stemming from  allegations that some of its diet drugs damaged heart valves,  the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people  familiar with the negotiations.
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WASHINGTON - Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., a developer of tests for heart disease and stroke, agreed to buy closely held Alere Medical Inc. for $302 million, to provide disease management for cardiac patients.
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The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's  request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a  prescription.
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Boston Scientific Corp.  said on Friday it will pay $195 million to settle numerous legal claims related to the recall of implantable heart defibrillators made by Guidant Corp., which it acquired last year.
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Medtronic Inc., a maker of implantable medical devices, said Monday that it received Food and Drug Administration approval for its InSync Sentry implantable defibrillator system.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.
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Devices made of heart tissue could screen drugs and power implantable robots.
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Boston Scientific said that three of its subsidiaries agreed to pay $16.75 million and extend the warranty on some of its heart devices.
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NEWARK, New Jersey  - Four medical device makers will pay a total of $311 million and agreed to federal monitoring to settle a government probe into consulting deals prosecutors said were made with surgeons to sway decisions on which hip and knee implants to give to patients.
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A man who lived for 147 days on a mechanical heart made by Danvers-based Abiomed Inc. died because of complications related to the device, officials said yesterday.