SecondSight Starts US Commercial Implants of Argus II Retinal Prosthesis
On Jan 29, 2014, Second Sight Medical announced that it had performed the first commercial implants of the Argus II visual prosthetic at the University of Michigan’s Kellogg Eye Center. Second Sight...
View ArticleGreatbatch Submits Application for CE Mark for its SCS System
On January 20, 2014, Mass Device reported that Greatbatch filed a CE Mark application for its spinal cord stimulation system with German notified body TÜV SÜD America. The spinal cord stimulation...
View ArticleSubmitting AIMD System Applications to China’s State FDA
I just came back from Beijing where we are in the process of registering our AIMD systems. The process if very different than submitting an application to a EU Notified Body or to FDA. This is...
View ArticlePacesetter’s 1973 Rechargeable Pacemaker
Yesterday I visited the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, VA. There I found this demo rechargeable pacemaker being displayed as a spinoff of NASA’s technology...
View ArticleSt. Jude’s Protégé Upgradeable Neurostimulator Receives FDA Approval
St. Jude Medical today announced the approval of its Protégé™ IPG from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Protégé is the first and only neurostimulation system that allows spinal cord...
View ArticleKeynote Lecture on Electroceuticals Presented at 2014 VLSI Symposium in Taiwan
My daughter Shanni and I just came back from Hsinchu, Taiwan where I was invited to deliver a keynote lecture at the 2014 International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation and Test. The lecture was...
View ArticleDestron Fearing Bio-Thermo Pet ID + Temperature Sensor Implantable Tag
“Bio-Thermo” implantable tags combining animal ID and temperature measurement are manufactured by Destron Fearing (www.destronfearing.com). The Bio-Thermo tags were originally produced by a company...
View ArticleOT: New Book on Ultraviolet Photography
My new book “Exploring Ultraviolet Photography: Bee Vision, Forensic Imaging, and Other Near Ultraviolet Adventures with Your DSLR” is now available on Amazon for pre-order. In this book, I will show...
View ArticleFirst Implant of Impulse Dynamics’ OPTIMIZER Smart IPG
Last week we performed the first human implant of the new OPTIMIZER Smart IPG intended for the treatment of Chronic Heart failure in patients that are symptomatic despite appropriate medical treatment....
View ArticleFIX-HF-5C Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Data Presented at HRS 2018 with...
From Impulse Dynamics today: FIX-HF-5C Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Data Presented at HRS 2018 with Simultaneous Publication in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Heart Failure...
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