Exec Chat: Biosense Webster Is Ready For Next Chapters Of The Electrophysiology Story

Medtech Insight talked to Michael Bodner, the worldwide president of Johnson & Johnson/Biosense Webster, about the company’s plans to stay number one in the cardiac ablation market. In part 1 of the interview, the medtech veteran talked about the company's plan to compete in the crowded pulsed field ablation field.

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Johnson & Johnson/Biosense Webster Inc is prepared to compete in the increasingly crowded pulsed field ablation (PFA) space, buttressing its Varipulse PFA system with leading radiofrequency ablation technology and advanced cardiac mapping systems.

The J&J subsidiary helped create the field of electrophysiology when it introduced the world’s first irrigated ablation catheter in 1998 and has continued to advance catheter-ablation and mapping technology ever...

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