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by Bruce Brown | February 22, 2019 | Enabling Tech
Worldwide, patients have more than one million plus pacemakers and 200,000 plus defibrillators implanted each year. Current technology requires follow-up surgery to replace batteries as needed, typically every five to 10 years. In the past four years, we’ve...
by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2019 | Medical
Most implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators now use two-way wireless technology for routine monitoring and device adjustments. The implants also can send alerts if something goes wrong with the person’s heart or the device itself. We’ve written...
