The researchers warn that late adverse event reporting may prevent early detection of patient safety concerns. Most medical devices in the US are approved on the condition that manufacturers report to ...

The Releaze device can be used by cancer patients who are receiving palliative care to relieve symptoms of fluid in the chest, including shortness of breath, discomfort, and pain. The condition is ...

Inserted through the blood vessels, it delivers a small, self-expanding nitinol device to the heart of the patient. This, in turn, blocks blood flow through PDA. PREEMIE, an FDA investigational ...

MedRhythms, a Portland-based digital health startup founded in 2013, has won approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a device to help Parkinson’s disease patients improve their ...

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Between 2017 and 2021, 133 Impella devices were implanted in the Netherlands, or 5.7% of all patients with acute MI complicated by cardiogenic shock undergoing PCI. With Watchman, the researchers cite ...

Our review aimed at examining the current evidence, knowledge gaps and technical considerations regarding implantable cardiac electronic device therapy in patients with SRV. The risk of sinus node ...

Type 3: limited channel devices (usually using 4–7 channels); 4. Type 4: 1 or 2 channels, usually with oximetry as one of the parameters (23). The home sleep apnea test (HSAT) is the most frequently ...

We proposed to use the high-dimensional propensity score (hdPS) to assist in nonactive comparator selection (prevalent user of medication) and compared 1-year mortality between patients with atrial ...