Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) has won FDA approval for its Micra AV — greatly expanding the number of people who could potentially benefit from leadless pacemaker technology. The medical device giant plans to start offering the Micra AV in a limited number of implanting centers in the coming weeks, with a full launch expected in the spring. FDA […]
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Phoenix Children’s Hospital to deploy Medtronic neurosurgery robot
Phoenix Children’s Hospital will be the first health system in the U.S. to deploy the newly FDA-cleared Medtronic Stealth Autoguide platform to perform robotic neurosurgery on pediatric patients. The Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) at Phoenix Children’s will use Stealth Autoguide with Medtronic’s StealthStation system. The hospital expects procedures to start later this month, according to […]
Medtronic issues urgent field safety notice for O-arm imaging system
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced that it determined that a replacement of the internal gantry tractor motor drive will resolve an issue with the O-arm O2 imaging system that the company warned customers of last year. In November, Medtronic notified customers of the potential for navigational inaccuracy with the O-arm O2 system’s auto-registration feature when used in conjunction […]
Medtronic wins 2020 Catalyst Award
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it was one of three recipients of the 2020 Catalyst Award in recognition of the its initiatives for fostering a workplace in which women can advance. The medtech giant said it is being recognized by Catalyst, a nonprofit seeking to build “workplaces that work for women,” for its Medtronic Women’s Network […]
Medtronic wins CE Mark for next-gen InterStim products
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it received CE Mark approval for its InterStim Micro neurostimulator and InterStim SureScan MRI leads. The medtech giant plans to make the products available on the market on Jan. 15 to expand access to sacral neuromodulation (SNM) therapy for European patients, according to a news release. InterStim Micro is a rechargeable […]
7 medtech advances to improve diabetes treatment
Medtech and pharmaceutical companies have made several important strides over the past year when it comes to improving diabetes treatment. Multiple treatments and technologies have cleared regulatory hurdles and are now hitting the market and making the process of living with diabetes that much more manageable. Several different styles of therapy and devices have come […]
Medtronic sued over surgical staplers and injury reports
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) faces lawsuits from three people who claim the company’s surgical staplers seriously injured them — and that the company knowingly sold defective devices and hid the risks, according to a report in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. Cynthia Nicholson of Harris County, Texas and Robert Snyder of Gilman, Iowa separately sued Medtronic in Hennepin […]
Medtronic wins CE Mark for Percept PC neurostimulator
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it has secured a CE Mark for its Percept PC neurostimulator. The medical device giant is touting Percept PC as the only deep brain stimulation (DBS) system launched in the EU with BrainSense technology — which senses and records brain signals while delivering DBS therapy to people with neurological disorders such […]
JAMA editorial slams FDA over adverse-event reporting
This article has been updated with comments from the FDA. A recent JAMA Internal Medicine editorial takes another swipe at the FDA for delays in improving its medical device adverse-event reporting. Journal editor Dr. Rita Redberg and Dr. James Salazar, both of Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, note several instances in which […]
Medtronic acquires Stimgenics
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) yesterday said it acquired spinal cord stimulation company Stimgenics for an undisclosed amount. Stimgenics has developed a spinal cord stimulation waveform known as Differential Target Multiplexed Spinal Cord Stimulation. The therapy is delivered through Medtronic’s Intellis platform and is a chronic pain treatment option. “Stimgenics’s research is deeply rooted in clinical science that began […]
Certain Mazor X robots could unexpectedly detach from OR table, Medtronic warns
This article has been updated with comments from Medtronic. Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that some of its Mazor X surgical robotic systems could detach and fall onto the OR table, potentially injuring a patient. The problem affects Mazor X systems with posititioner Type II, the company said in an urgent field safety notice issued in the […]