Medtronic’s Extravascular ICD Hits Targets In Trial; Will Soon Compete With Boston Scientific’s S-ICD

Results from the pivotal trial of Medtronic’s EV ICD extravascular ICD, presented at the European Society of Cardiology congress in Barcelona, imply that Medtronic will be able to launch the device in Europe by the end of this year and in the US in 2023.

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Extravascular lead for Medtronic's EV ICD • Source: Medtronic

Medtronic is on track to bring its unique extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (EV ICD) to market in the next year after results from the pivotal trial of the device showed it can safely and reliably terminate ventricular arrhythmias.

Like traditional ICDs, Medtronic’s EV ICD can terminate ventricular arrhythmias with shocks of up to 40 joules, but it has a single substernal lead instead of a transvenous lead. EV...

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