Wireless-enabled implantable devices enable care providers to check-in on a pacemaker's battery levels or how well an infusion pump is functioning, which means care providers can take action to ...

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a small but significant risk that these devices get infected with bacterial ...

The implantable medical devices market offers opportunities driven by rising chronic diseases, aging populations, and technological advancements like smart and biocompatible materials. Regions like ...

Many patients have implanted medical devices to monitor their health conditions, but they do not have access to the data that is generated. The four major manufacturers of cardiac implanted electronic ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Insurance companies, often stuck with the tab for health services when a medical device fails, are ready to share the pain. As the number of costly, high-profile recalls rises, ...

As people live longer, more of us are living with chronic illnesses. An aging population means growing numbers managing conditions such as cancer, diabetes and kidney disease. This rise is not ...

Business Insider ranked the 11 most implanted medical devices in the United States, based number of procedures. 1. Artificial lenses: 2.6 million procedures. 2. Ear tubes: 715,000 procedures. 3.

High field strength magnets in some consumer electronic devices may trigger “magnet mode” in certain implanted medical devices such as pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators, the US Food and Drug ...

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a small but significant risk that these devices get infected with bacterial ...

Scientists have developed copper oxide nanoparticles which can be coated onto implanted medical devices to reduce the risk of infection after operations. A team at Nottingham Trent University has led ...