A pacemaker from Medtronic, newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, allows patients to securely transmit data from the pacemaker to their physicians via a smartphone or tablet using ...

WASHINGTON -- The government has approved a pacemaker outfitted with a tiny transmitter that can tell your doctor how your heart is doing -- the first medical implant capable of such real-time ...

December 8, 2011 (Rennes, France) — Remote monitoring of patients with dual-chamber pacemakers "was a safe substitute for conventional follow-ups, decreased the number of [clinic] visits, and enabled ...

Gene Hackman's pacemaker would have alerted his physician if an "urgent" event occurred, according to cardiologist Dr. Christopher Davis. During an interview with Fox News Digital, Davis explained ...

Dr. Brian Olshansky answers the question: 'Can A Pacemaker Be Monitored Online?' — -- Question: I have heard that my doctors/nurses can follow what my pacemaker is doing through the Internet. Is ...

The FDA recently approved a new device from Medtronic that turns a smartphone into a patient’s pacemaker monitor that can send stats to their doctor in real time. The MyCareLink Smart Monitor is able ...

A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance over three months, bolstering evidence for this new pacemaker option. A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance ...

More than three decades have transpired since the inception of transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring. 1 3 This modality was identified as a useful method for tracking the function of pacemaker systems, ...