Can Medtronic Still Quicken the Pulse?
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While increased competition looms, shareholder update looks to the past.
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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc.  on Monday said it will spin off its external defibrillator business to focus on higher-growth treatments for chronic ailments such as heart disease and diabetes.
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Cardiac pacemakers could help prevent unexpected epilepsy deaths in some sufferers, a new study suggests. The research, published in medical journal The Lancet, claims that devices to monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could save lives.
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Will Pfizer be able to offset the looming loss of Lipitor?
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Magnetic fields produced by Apple iPods and other such portable music devices don't interfere with cardiac pacemakers, an FDA study says.
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Medical device maker Medtronic Inc. on  Friday said it has begun warning doctors about some faulty  batteries installed in a line of its implantable heart  defibrillators.
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The risk of sudden cardiac death faced by people with heart failure is offset more with an implantable defibrillator than with drug treatment, according to a new study.
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Medtronic is spinning off its external defibrillator unit to focus on treatments for chronic medical conditions.
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Medtronic Inc. MDT.N on Wednesday  said its quarterly earnings rose amid brisk demand for devices  that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat  the spine.
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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Tuesday proposed expanding coverage for costly devices to restore normal heart rhythms to a much broader population of heart patients.
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Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient's medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient's movements.
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Medtronic Inc. MDT.N on Monday said  U.S. regulators approved its Insync Sentry implantable  defibrillator (ICD) months earlier than it expected.
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Devices that monitor and correct abnormal heart beats could prevent thousands of epilepsy-related deaths, experts believe.
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Medtronic Inc. (MDT.N) on Wednesday said its quarterly earnings rose on brisk demand for devices that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat the spine.
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Medtronic Inc. MDT.N on Wednesday  said its quarterly earnings rose on brisk demand for devices  that manage irregular heart beats and products used to treat  the spine.
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Sept. 16, 2004 -- The power to shock an ailing heart back into motion may now be purchased without a doctor&#39;s prescription. Today the FDA approved the first over-the-counter sale of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
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Medicare has agreed to expand coverage by one-third for implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) -- devices used to steady hearts that beat irregularly -- to 500,000 patients, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.