News tagged with cardiac devices
Patients with implanted cardiac devices should learn about end-of-life options
An implanted device meant to correct heart rhythm may generate repeated painful shocks during a patient’s final hours, at a time when the natural process of dying often affects the heart’s rhythm. ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Cardiovascular implantable electronic device-related infections linked with increased risk of death
An association has been found between infection associated with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) and increases in mortality and hospital care costs, according to a report published Online First by Archives of ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Sep 12, 2011 |
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Sweet chemistry: Carbohydrate adhesion gives stainless steel implants beneficial new functions
A new chemical bonding process can add new functions to stainless steel and make it a more useful material for implanted biomedical devices. Developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Alberta and Canada's ...
Apr 27, 2011 |
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New study: Infections after cardiac device implantation produce excess costs and mortality
Surgical infections associated with pacemakers and defibrillators led to 3-fold increases in hospital stay, 55-118% higher hospitalization costs, 8 to 11 fold increase in mortality rates, and double the mortality after 1 ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Diagnostic chip may help hearts, cut costs
Heart disease is a silent killer, but new microchip technology from Rice University is expected to advance the art of diagnosis.
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Working toward the next battery breakthrough (w/ Video)
If battery-making is an art, then University at Buffalo scientist Esther Takeuchi is among its most prolific masters, with more than 140 U.S. patents, all in energy storage.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Stretchable electronics device holds promise for treating irregular heart rhythms
The electronics can bend, stretch and twist. No small feat. Now the flexible and stretchable electronics can map waves of electrical activity in the heart with better resolution and speed than that of conventional ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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New Medtronic heart device uses 'super plastic' from NASA
A "super plastic" invented by NASA engineers for use in aeronautic and space applications is now being used in a medical device that treats people suffering from heart failure.
May 07, 2009 |
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