FDA Approves Wire-Free Pacemaker

Published date : 04 October 2012
Article date : 04 October 2012

Massdevice reports that Boston Scientific and newly acquired Cameron Health have received FDA approval for the world's only commercially available lead-free implantable cardioverter defibrillator, the S-ICD. Implanted just under the skin, they say that the S-UCD is the only device of its kind that does not require wires threaded into the heart in order to provide therapy.

The S-ICD system won CE Mark approval in 2009 and to date, more than 1,400 devices have been implanted in patients around the world, according to a press release from Boston Scientific. The manufacturer expects to begin a phased launch of the S-ICD system that will expand over the time.

Source: Massdevice.com, 03 October 2012

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