About one in 25 patients who has surgery to replace the battery in an under-the-skin chest device that shocks the heart experiences a complication within 45 days, a new study suggests. The implantable ...

Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said. "The device was successfully replaced ...

Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker has issued warnings about nearly 400,000 of the devices in use worldwide.

Medtronic has issued a warning about rapid unexpected battery depletion that may happen in seven kinds of implantable defibrillators, affecting nearly 340,000 implanted devices worldwide. The Food and ...

If the physician decides to replace an affected device based on a patient's circumstances, St. Jude Medical will provide a replacement device at no cost; the company's statement said that none of its ...

A defibrillator company is reporting problems with a warning light that indicates when the battery in the product is low, Health Canada said Thursday. Defibtech has sent notices to customers to warn ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Metro officials are checking all 46 automated external defibrillators at stations after a device used on a man having a heart attack had an insufficient battery charge. Metro ...

NATICK, Mass., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --New data from 100,438 patients with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy ...