Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have designed a lightweight, easy-to-conceal shirtlike garment to deliver lifesaving shocks to patients experiencing serious heart problems. The students ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 08, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Element Science, an innovative health technology company pioneering a digital wearable platform that monitors and protects high-risk cardiovascular ...

A new Canadian study reports an alternative way to connect leads to cardiac defibrillators. Leads are special connectors or wires that deliver energy from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator ...

Generating high voltage by means of flyback topology is a common approach. Using the generated voltage to charge a capacitor for a high energy pulse are used in defibrillators, photoflashs, strobes ...

The hypothetical choice like the one in our Elite Eight bracket between Artefact’s seizure tracking device and ZOLL Medical’s personal and portable defibrillator may not be the sort of thing that ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

Design changes in the latest versions of a St. Jude Medical Inc. heart device failed to stem potentially life-threatening problems that plagued earlier, recalled versions of the product, according to ...