LANSING — A new type of heart defibrillator was implanted for the first time in Michigan during a December procedure at E.W. Sparrow Hospital. The device is able to give a more normal life to people ...

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AtaCor Medical Inc. announced that it’s collaborating with healthcare giant Abbott Laboratories to develop a next-generation defibrillator system for abnormal heart rhythms. The collaboration provides ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are crucial life-saving techniques that can greatly influence survival rates during emergencies involving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The ...

A Long Island hospital is the first in the nation to implant a novel defibrillator outside a patient’s heart and veins. Cardiologists at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital at North Shore University ...

Shares of Abbott Laboratories Inc. ABT moved higher in Monday's premarket session after the company unveiled new clinical ...

The Food and Drug Administration granted premarket approval to Zoll Medical Corp. to market and distribute its Hospital Wearable Defibrillator. The device is worn by patients at risk of ventricular ...

Automated external defibrillators (AED) are portable, life-saving devices designed to treat people experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating suddenly and ...