CARDIOLOGY
CARDIOLOGY
BIOTRONIK's Latest Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillators Cleared in EU for Full Body MRI
BIOTRONIK just announced that the last two generations of its cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) have been approved in Europe for full body MRI scans in machines up to 1.5 Tesla. Under previous guidelines, exclusion zones...
CARDIOLOGY
HealthWatch MCD Works with ECG Shirt to Record, Wirelessly Transmit Heart Data
HealthWatch Technologies, a firm out of Tel Aviv, Israel, just won CE mark approval for its MasterCaution Device (MCD), an ECG that can work as a Holter monitor and event recorder that can send readings wirelessly over Bluetooth. The MCD works...
CARDIOLOGY
New Device May Make Magnetocardiography a Common Imaging Modality
Magnetocardiography is a sparsely used technology that relies on detecting faint magnetic fields to evaluate the heart in a completely non-invasive fashion. This is done using superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) that require very...
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Optical Probe Looks for Signs of Shock Without a Blood Draw
Clinicians sometimes gather the evidence of hypovolemic and septic shocks by looking at patient's central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) from blood samples taken from the central internal jugular vein. This procedure is invasive for...
CARDIOLOGY
New Coating for Stents, Artificial Vascular Grafts Prevents Formation of Clots
Even drug eluting vascular stents and artificial grafts often lead to the development of thrombi. While devices that release a blood thinner, usually paclitaxel or sirolimus, do help, the drug is eventually depleted. At the ITMO University in...
CARDIOLOGY
First Response Monitor Tracks Heart, Respiratory Rates in Multiple Trauma Victims
The Cambridge Design Partnership, an industrial design consulting firm out of Cambridge, UK, has created a vital signs monitor designed to help first responders to manage multiple victims during emergency situations. The First Response Monitor...
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Light Used as Pacemaker to Set Rhythm of Beating Heart
There must have been one or two love songs that predicted optogenetic cardiac pacing with words like "you are the light that makes my heart beat." Now the idea has literally come true thanks to researchers at Israel's Technion-Institute of...
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BIOTRONIK's Latest Pacemakers Approved Safe for 3T MRI Scans in Europe
BIOTRONIK just landed the European CE mark of approval for two of its pacemakers to be safe for use with patients going through 3 Tesla MRI scans, as long as exclusion zones are taken into consideration. This makes BIOTRONIK the only firm on...
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