About one in 25 patients who has surgery to replace the battery in an under-the-skin chest device that shocks the heart experiences a complication within 45 days, a new study suggests. The implantable ...

Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker has issued warnings about nearly 400,000 of the devices in use worldwide.

Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said. "The device was successfully replaced ...

The rapid draining of the battery can happen in days, said St. Jude’s Carlson. Those devices should be replaced immediately, and St. Jude said it will provide a replacement device at no cost. The ...

Two deaths have been linked to heart defibrillators made by St Jude Medical with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker as well as the US Food and Drugs Administration have issued warnings about ...

Medtronic has issued a warning about rapid unexpected battery depletion that may happen in seven kinds of implantable defibrillators, affecting nearly 340,000 implanted devices worldwide. The Food and ...

A defibrillator company is reporting problems with a warning light that indicates when the battery in the product is low, Health Canada said Thursday. Defibtech has sent notices to customers to warn ...

But today we can reveal that some of the 'heart-start' defibrillators could fail to work at a time of crisis - because of a problem with battery temperature. Thousands of the machines will need to be ...

NATICK, Mass., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --New data from 100,438 patients with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...

Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker has issued warnings about nearly 400,000 of the devices in use worldwide.