Additional features available in all three devices include:
• Attain(TM) Perfoma(TM) MRI SureScan(TM) Quadripolar Leads: Attain Perfoma left ventricular leads include short bipolar spacing to reduce phrenic nerve stimulation (PNS) occurrence4; steroid on all electrodes; and three shapes for varying patient anatomies.
• VectorExpress(TM) Technology: An automated in-office test that reduces lead programing to two minutes,5 and reveals clinically actionable information to help physicians select optimal pacing configurations for each patient.
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In addition to the full line of CRT-Ds, Medtronic MR-conditional cardiac rhythm and heart failure devices and leads previously approved for 1.5 Tesla are now approved for full body scans in both 1.5 and 3T MRI machines in Europe. These include: Advisa MRI(TM) and Ensura MRI(TM) pacemakers,
Micra(TM) transcatheter pacing system, Reveal XT(TM) and Reveal LINQ(TM) insertable cardiac monitors (ICMs), and Evera MRI(TM) and Visia AF MRI(TM) implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Medtronic MR-conditional devices also include Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) neurostimulators and spinal cord stimulators.
"Medtronic is committed to providing patients with the most advanced MR-conditional technology available in cardiac rhythm and heart failure devices so they can have full access to essential MRI scans," said David Steinhaus, M.D., vice president and general manager of the Heart Failure business, and medical director for the Cardiac Rhythm and Heart Failure division of Medtronic. "With this latest regulatory milestone, Medtronic now provides both 1.5 and 3T MR-conditional pacemakers, ICMs, ICDs and CRT-Ds in Europe."
In collaboration with leading clinicians, researchers and scientists worldwide, Medtronic offers the broadest range of innovative medical technology for the interventional and surgical treatment of cardiovascular disease and cardiac arrhythmias. The company strives to offer products and services that deliver clinical and economic value to healthcare consumers and providers around the world.
About Medtronic
Medtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services and solutions companies - alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic employs more than 85,000 people worldwide, serving physicians, hospitals and patients in approximately 160 countries. The company is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to take healthcare Further, Together.
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