In Brief: St. Jude
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
St. Jude: Firm's cardiac rhythm management business, Pacesetter Inc., announces first implant of Regency SR+ single-chamber pacemaker in a patient at the University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. St. Jude says the device, which weighs 18.5 grams, includes sensor-driven rate control, enhanced diagnostics, and the firm's AutoCapture feature, a proprietary algorithm that enables the pacemaker to monitor the patient's heartbeat and automatically supply energy to stimulate the heart. A portable battery-operated programmer, Pacesetter's APS MICRO, accompanies the device. Recently introduced in Europe, the pocket-size programmer includes an infrared, wireless base station containing an onboard printer...