LANSING — A new type of heart defibrillator was implanted for the first time in Michigan during a December procedure at E.W. Sparrow Hospital. The device is able to give a more normal life to people ...

Medtronic has put forward a clinical study showing the success of a new type of minimally invasive defibrillator implant designed to interrupt a sudden cardiac arrest. Compared to traditional ...

A new type of extravascular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) using a lead (thin wire) placed behind the sternum met safety and effectiveness goals for participants in a premarket global ...

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 24, studied patient outcomes for three methods of defibrillation: standard defibrillation; double sequential external defibrillation ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Another first for Lansing institutions: Sparrow has become the first health system (and hospital) in Michigan to have implanted a new, life-saving defibrillator for heart ...

Medtronic receives FDA approval for new type of implantable defibrillator The Aurora EV-ICD will be commercially available in the U.S. on a limited basis over the next few months.

It was a first for the state, the doctors say, but for Ray Schluechtermann it was a second — a second life of sorts. Schluechtermann, 67, of Caledonia, recently became the first person in Wisconsin to ...