UVA Health leads the way with new tech for patients with abnormal heartbeats

Health care professionals say the new automated defibrillator is smaller, solid, and more durable than traditional devices.
Fierce Biotech

Abbott, AtaCor join forces on extravascular defibrillator implant

Abbott is teaming up with AtaCor Medical to develop a next-generation implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) designed ...
Heart

Innovations in cardiac device therapy in the era of advanced rhythm management: implantable defibrillators and conduction system pacing

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...
NBC New York

Hackers Could Take Over Some Implanted Defibrillators: FDA

The world's largest medical device company has acknowledged that many of its implanted cardiac defibrillators use an unencrypted wireless protocol that could allow an attacker to change the settings ...
KSL

Tennessee set to execute inmate without turning off his implanted defibrillator

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is set to execute a man Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal drug ...