Medtronic Inc., startups eye lead-less heart devices
Medtronic Inc. (NYSE:MDT) is quietly working on plans to develop a pacemaker that can deliver electricity to the heart without wires. The company, based in Fridley, Minnesota, confirmed to MedCity News begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting that it's building a leadless pacemaker but offered no further details on the device, which reportedly can be implanted directly into the right ventricle.