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 ...

Every passenger that steps onto a commercial flight puts their life in the hands of the flight's crew and the airline. The crew is tasked with ensuring the plane reaches its destination safely, and ...

The rapid draining of the battery can happen in days, said St. Jude’s Carlson. Those devices should be replaced immediately, and St. Jude said it will provide a replacement device at no cost. The ...

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 ...