Medtronic won FDA approval for the Advisa DR MRI SureScan, an MR-Conditional pacemaker that’s had European approval for years now. The pacemaker is paired with the CapSureFix MRI SureScan leads for a ...

FDA has approved its single- and dual-chamber Entovis pacemakers for use in MRI environments, according to Biotronik Inc. The Lake Oswego, OR-based US subsidiary of Biotronik SE & Co. KG (Berlin) said ...

Heart patients face a big problem if they need an MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, to deal with serious health problems like cancer: Standard pacemakers can't withstand an MRI scan. Heart patients ...

Hospitals across the country have been cranking out news releases this week about patients who are among the first to receive a new MRI-safe pacemaker from Medtronic. But Medicare patients with the ...

(Reuters) - Evidence is mounting that MRI scans may be safe for people with pacemakers or implanted defibrillators, according to the latest study on the issue that appeared in the American Journal of ...

MUNICH (Reuters) - A new pacemaker from U.S.medical devices group Medtronic Inc is safe to use in MRI scanners, according to initial safety and efficacy data unveiled on Sunday. The SureScan device is ...

All new implants should be a fully MRI-compatible system. All new implants should at least be with MRI-compatible leads. No overwhelming need to implant an MRI-compatible device. Based on our daily ...

Biotronik is looking to get the FDA's approval for a line of MRI-safe pacemakers--courtesy of Biotronik The FDA approved a clinical trial of Biotronik's proMRI pacemaker, a device designed to operate ...

WASHINGTON — Sometimes state-of-the-art medical technologies clash. More than 2 million Americans depend on pacemakers or defibrillators to keep their hearts beating right. But those lifesaving ...

Boston Scientific got European approval for MRI-safe models of the pacemakers Advantio and Ingenio (pictured)--courtesy of Boston Scientific Boston Scientific ($BSX ...