URBANA — Keeping a cellphone nearby means a lot more to Steve Eitel these days than being able to make a call. With the help of a new app, his cellphone has also become a tool for receiving vital ...

Medtronic has received FDA clearance for a mobile app that allows patients to remotely forward data from their pacemakers with their physicians. The app is paired with a device, the MyCareLink Smart ...

With the launch on Tuesday of its MyCareLink Heart mobile app, Medtronic has officially created the world’s first smartphone-connected pacemaker. The app pairs with Medtronic BlueSync pacemakers, and ...

Clinicians have been able to remotely monitor pacemakers for years thanks to a combination of near-field and remote wireless technologies, but until now, patients haven’t been able to access the data ...

Medtronic announced Tuesday that it has created a companion app to its pacemaker system whereby patients can use their smartphone or tablet to wirelessly transmit readings to doctors. This is the ...

The list of smartphone capabilities seems to expand daily and now, for patients with an implantable pacemaker from Medtronic Plc (Dublin), there is even a mobile app designed to monitor the device ...

The Cleveland Clinic has named four medtech developments to its annual top 10 list of medical innovations. In a statement Tuesday, the academic medical center identified smartphone-connected pacemaker ...