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Medtronic Power Struggle Puts Emerging Technologies in the Spotlight

Medtech Pulse Blog

Medtronic's battery-related safety warning issued for its EnTrust ICDs underscores the potential market for emerging energy-harvesting technologies for CRM devices

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Matters of the Heart: Five Exciting Cardio Technologies

Web Gallery

MPMN spotlights 5 novel cardio technologies that offer solutions to such problems as high-risk patient segments, mounting mistrust of leads, and thrombosis

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Sex and Medical Devices

Medtech Pulse Blog

Women are vastly underrepresented in medical device clinical studies, which can result in safety and efficacy consequences. Does FDA need to enforce some tough love?

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The Guiding Force in Minimally Invasive Procedures

Special Feature

Despite a deceptively simple design, guidewires must have certain performance characteristics to ensure safe, accurate device delivery

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Should Patients Have Access to Implant Data? Medtronic, Boston Sci Weigh In

Medtech Pulse Blog

Patients' crusade for access to implant data signifies a paradigm shift that will force OEMs to adapt as patients become more active in managing their health

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Are Silver-Based Antimicrobial Catheters Falling Short of Expectations?

Editor's Column

Silver antimicrobial technologies demonstrate promise but their efficacy remains questionable in the face of unimpressive study results and continued high rates of HAIs

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Software: The Brains Behind the Medical Device

MPMN Article: Software

As medical devices become increasingly connected and complex, software designers must address new control, user-interface, and security concerns

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Top 25 Breakthroughs of the Past 25 Years

Special Feature

In honor of MPMN’s 25th anniversary, we reflect on some of the enabling technologies that influenced device design and development during the past quarter-century.

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MPMN, March 2012, Volume 28, No. 2