Sentences with phrase «pacemaker leads»

From health monitoring sensors woven into clothing to pacemaker leads that never wear out, stretchable electronics could usher in a new era of wearable tech.

The wires had broken, as happens all too often with pacemaker leads, and now they had to be removed without damaging the patient's blood vessels.

The pacemaker lead is typically placed through the jugular vein in the right side of the neck, down into the inside of the heart and attached the heart wall.

Occasionally, the pacemaker lead may be placed through the diaphragm and attached to the outside of the heart; this method is mainly used in cats.

Dogs must always wear a harness or gentle leader type device to prevent pressure on the pacemaker lead.

A small incision is made in the vein that runs down the neck, the pacemaker lead is introduced in the right side of the heart with fluoroscopy.

Not exact matches

Micra, a device which manufacturer and medical device giant Medtronic calls the world's smallest pacemaker (it's a one - inch long product that doesn't contain any leads), is being sent to the final frontier to examine how it's affected by high radiation and low temperatures during space flight.

In echoes of Paris five days earlier, when Muir's attacking tactics paid off with that British record, she followed closely behind pacemaker Jenny Meadows, who led through 400m in 62.59 seconds and 800m in 2:08.10.

Haile Gebrselassie is to be the lead pacemaker for the elite men's race at the Virgin Money London Marathon on April 13.

The Northwestern team, led by physiologist James Surmeier, reports in the online edition of Nature that the dopamine neurons, which are targeted by Parkinson's, are constantly at work — like a pacemaker — sending the striatum nonstop, electrical pulses.

Professor Mark Boyett, lead researcher on the study, added: «This is important because although normally a low resting heart rate of an athlete does not cause problems, elderly athletes with a lifelong training history are more likely to need an artificial electronic pacemaker fitted.»

Such biological pacemakers could eliminate the need for the devices and the leads, which can become infected or damaged, requiring doctors to remove the pacemakers.

The device is a pacemaker with a tiny generator and a sensing lead, but instead of using electrical pulses to control abnormal heart rate, the device uses two wires to stimulate the tongue.

In the past, MRIs have been considered risky because of the fear a pacemaker or defibrillator device's generator circuits could be disrupted, or its metal leads could be pulled out of place by the magnetism, or the lead tips could become hot and scar surrounding tissues, interfering with pacing and defibrillating function.

The cardiology team performs its 100th lead extraction surgery — a delicate procedure to replace the thin wiring of lifesaving heart devices such as pacemakers or implantable defibrillators.

His creative vision also extended to other fields and led to the creation of the first implantable heart pacemaker and development of the first sustained - release drug delivery systems.

Diagnostic testing through VRCC Neurology and Cardiology lead to the diagnosis of a heart rhythm abnormality that was resolved with a pacemaker implantation.

The use of a temporary lead and / or an external pacemaker is highly advisable in patients who are depended on their escape rhythm.

The first Saatchi Gallery can now be seen to have been a pacemaker for the gigantism that led, among many other instances in London, to Tate Modern and, more recently, the 12,000 sq ft Gagosian Gallery in former garage premises in King's Cross, the biggest commercial gallery London has ever seen.

Lead counsel for plaintiff cardiac pacemaker manufacturer suing another medical device manufacturer for unfair competition, tortious interference, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and attempted monopolization

Lead counsel for cardiac pacemaker manufacturer in arbitration with German inventor over terms of patent license

Defective medical devices can lead to death and serious injury, and those that are implanted in the body like pacemakers and heart valves can require additional and more dangerous surgeries to replace the defective product.