- 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 printout from an electrocardiography machine used to record the electrical activity of the heart, as sensed from the surface of the skin.
Industry:Medical devices
A metal chip used to transmit or receive electrical impulses from one point to another.
Industry:Medical devices
Invisible lines of force that are created from the flow of electricity, such as when using an electrical device that is plugged into an outlet or operated by a battery.
Industry:Medical devices
The temporary interference in the normal operation of an implanted device due to the presence of an electromagnetic field.
Industry:Medical devices
A plug composed of a detached thrombus or mass of bacteria that occludes a blood vessel.
Industry:Medical devices
The cells that make up the smooth inner lining of many body structures, including the heart (endocardium) and blood vessels.
Industry:Medical devices
The outside surface of the heart. Epicardial leads are sometimes placed outside the heart during open-chest surgery.
Industry:Medical devices
A portable device used to shock a life-threatening arrhythmia to a normal rhythm by using strong electric shocks delivered between paddle electrodes placed on a patient's chest.
Industry:Medical devices
An erratic, chaotic quivering of the myocardium during which the heart cannot effectively pump blood. Fibrillation of the atrium is called atrial fibrillation (AF); in the ventricle, it is called ventricular fibrillation (VF). Ventricular fibrillation is typically fatal if not corrected within several minutes.
Industry:Medical devices
