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...