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Jul 25, 2008
Ontario Now, Canada -
The new defibrillator is a Vision 3D device that is the side of an average stopwatch, and is made by medical equipment developer Medtronic, Inc. The new device will measure the heartbeat of George Woods, and if the heartbeat ... -
Jul 23, 2008
CityNews, Canada -
A Midland man has a remote-control inside of him - and he's the first in Canada to do so. George Woods, 73, had an electronic defibrillator implanted in ... -
Jul 23, 2008
Alliston Herald, Canada -
George Woods gets a peck on the cheek from Betty, his wife of nearly 50 years, as they relax at home just one week after he underwent surgery to implant a new cardiac device that will remotely monitor him. Woods is the first person in Canada to receive the implant. ... -
Jul 24, 2008
Belleville Intelligencer, Canada -
A 73-year-old Midland man is the first in Canada to receive a remote defibrillator that allows cardiac patients to check-in from home. "I can do things I couldn't before," George Woods said Wednesday at a press conference at ... -
Jul 24, 2008
Ontario Now, Canada -
Midland- The first Canadian to be issued a home-based defibrillator is a 73-year-old man from Midland. George Woods received surgery to implant a remote defibrillator, and his surgery appears to have been successful. Mr. Woods was given the device into his ... -
Jul 23, 2008
CBC.ca, Canada -
A 73-year-old cardiac patient from Midland, Ont., has been fitted with a new device that allows medical staff to monitor his condition remotely. George Woods received the new wireless Vision 3D defibrillator last week at the Southlake Regional Health Centre ... -
Jul 23, 2008
Canada.com, Canada -
TORONTO - A 73-year-old Ontario man suffering from heart problems has been fitted with a new device that will reduce the need for hospital visits by allowing medical staff to remotely monitor his condition, according to the doctor who spearheaded the procedure. Dr. ... -
Jul 18, 2008
Forbes, NY -
AP 07.18.08, 2:32 PM ET Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, paid new Chief Executive Bill Hawkins compensation valued at $7.1 million for fiscal 2008, according to a proxy statement filed Friday. Hawkins, 54, was named CEO last August, ... -
Jul 18, 2008
Bizjournals.com, NC -
Medtronic Inc. CEO William Hawkins received compensation worth nearly $4.7 million in fiscal 2008, the company reported Friday. According to the proxy statement for Fridley-based Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), Hawkins earned $996,000 in salary, plus $971,749 ... -
Jul 16, 2008
Forbes, NY -
AP 07.16.08, 5:09 PM ET Medical device maker St. Jude Medical Inc. said Wednesday that its second-quarter profit jumped 50 percent as sales of its heart devices climbed, and the company raised its full-year guidance above Wall Street estimates. The St. Paul, Minn.-based ...
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Jul 16, 2008
Forbes, NY -
The market is now waiting on Boston Scientific and Medtronic to confirm the trend they hope is taking place, namely, that medical device makers are heading for a comeback. After a few years of somewhat depressed share prices, medical device makers seem ... -
Jul 16, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
By JANET MOORE, Star Tribune With the economy and the stock market in turmoil and consumers cutting back financially as a result, there may be a segment of the Minnesota economy that is foolproof: high-tech medical devices. That could be good news for local medical ... -
Jun 16, 2008
ITNews, Italy -
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) today announced its schedule of activities for Cardiostim 2008 - 16th World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques, being held 18-21 June 2008. Media and physician attendees are invited to the following: - A symposium on ... -
Jun 3, 2008
Minnesota Public Radio, MN -
by Art Hughes, Minnesota Public Radio St. Paul, Minn. — Boston Scientific has appointed a new president to oversee its extensive cardiac rhythm management business has two main products: pacemakers and implantable defibrillators that shock an abnormally beating heart back into rhythm. ... -
Jun 3, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN -
The company acknowledged slow growth in defibrillators, but it expects higher sales and earnings from neuromodulation. By ALEX NUSSBAUM, Bloomberg News My 9 ... -
Jun 19, 2008
RedOrbit, TX -
Today at Cardiostim 2008, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced that all Vision 3D(TM) implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) are now compatible with the Medtronic CareLink(R) Network. More than 250,000 patients at 2,400 clinics in ... -
Jun 17, 2008
Business Wire (press release), CA -
Advanced heart failure is a growing issue. Existing pharmacological strategies increase the survival rates of acute heart failure patients, providing a growing source of patients with advanced disease. In view of ... -
Jun 17, 2008
Medical News Today (press release), UK -
Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced its schedule of activities for Cardiostim 2008 - 16th World Congress in Cardiac Electrophysiology and Cardiac Techniques, being held June 18-21, 2008. Media and physician attendees are invited to the following: - ... -
May 29, 2008
Baltimore Sun, United States -
Researchers ran tests that deduced how a particular defibrillator worked. They used that information to alter it from less than an inch away. Potentially, they said, an attacker could disrupt heartbeats, dangerously drain a battery or even extract private medical information. ... -
May 20, 2008
Forbes, NY -
Medtronic had hearts aflutter on Tuesday after the company announced better-than-expected sales, mostly due to its products that help the heart like defibrillators and pacemakers. The Minneapolis-based company had an 18.2% jump in revenues to ...
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