- Industry: Medical devices
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- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A pressure wave transmitted to arteries by contraction of the left ventricle. Felt at the radial artery in the wrist. Can be counted to determine the number of heartbeats per minute (rate). The pulse also gives information about the regularity or rhythm for the heartbeat.
Industry:Medical devices
The part of the pacemaker or defibrillator system that contains the electronics and the battery. It is implanted in the abdominal or pectoral area..
Industry:Medical devices
The level of function, comfort, enjoyment, a person is able to achieve during daily activities. A high quality of life means one is able to perform all or most expected or desired activities in their daily life.
Industry:Medical devices
A feature available on catheters that allows for easy exchange of the catheter without the removal of the original guide wire.
Industry:Medical devices
Pacing in which the heart rate is altered in response to changes in activity levels of the body to meet the demand for increased blood circulation.
Industry:Medical devices
A recurring blockage caused by excessive cell proliferation inside the artery following an interventional procedure such as angioplasty or stenting.
Industry:Medical devices
An area of tissue that has healed after tissue destruction has occurred. It is electrically inactive. Electrically inactive tissue cannot transmit electrical signals.
Industry:Medical devices
The monitoring function of an implanted pacemaker or defibrillator system that allows the device to detect the heart's natural electrical activity.
Industry:Medical devices
The part of an implanted system that detects the body's need for a different heart rate. The system uses sensor information to provide the proper heart rate.
Industry:Medical devices
The muscular wall that separates the left and right sides of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
