Medtronic Lawsuit

Two different Congressional committees have written separate letters to Medtronic requesting that they disclose any and all information pertaining to salaries given to doctors that served as advisors.
 The Senate Special Committee on Aging and the Senate Finance Committee want to know why Medtronic has not released the names of doctors who have received payments from [...]

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Medtronic recently received FDA approval of new software which will help the company detect fractures in its troubled SprintFidelis leads.
The new software update will alert both the patient and the physician of any lead defects. This is intended to cut back on the number of complications as well as elminate the fears some patients have [...]

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Patients who are using Medtronic’s reveal recorders now will have access to CareLink. Previously, the service had been available only to people using ICDs and pacemakers.
CareLink is Medtronic’s global, secure network that monitors the ICDs and pacemakers people have in place. The network allows doctors to check on the pacemakers and other heart rhythm monitors [...]

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Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has been pursuing an admirable political goal recently: encouraging transparency of interactions between businesses and the medical field. One of his political targets has been medical supply companies that donate to medical education, which can have an affect on the way information is presented to students and doctors. On Tuesday the [...]

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An eight-year-old school girl from Bucksburn has been fitted with the world’s smallest pacemaker.  As a result, Chloe has been given a chance to get back to a normal life again.  She has started swimming again and playing many other forms of sports. 
The little girl has become an inspiration to the rest of the [...]

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