The electrical interface in standard implantable medical devices hasn't changed much in decades. There's an electrode contact, a wire soldered to that and it goes back to a can that contains a battery and the active electronics. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia) have developed a flexible silicon technology half the diameter of a human hair that brings electronic circuits directly to the tissue rather than having them located remotely that, if validated, could herald a new generation of implantable medical devices.(Medical Device Daily)
The FDA has approved a new kind of hearing device made by Envoy Medical (Minneapolis) that the agency said represents a breakthrough technology to restore hearing. (Medical Device Daily)
"Boston Scientific needs a defibrillator" (SeekingAlpha.com). "The Toyota of the medical industry" (Wall Street Journal blog). "Boston Scientific cut to sell by Goldman Sachs" (MarketWatch.com). "Analysts bemoan lack of information" (WSJ blog). (Medical Device Daily)
In what may be hailed by some as one of the biggest medical device recalls ever, Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) on Monday stopped shipment and is retrieving field inventory of all its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds). The move caused a spike in trading and the company's stock dove 16.45% at midday. (Medical Device Daily)
