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Editor: Marc Jay Bern
Profession: Defective Medical Device Lawyer

Category: Medtronic News

In its first-quarter earnings call, Medtronic said they expect the launch of a new pacing technology later this year to give the company the competitive edge it needs.

The company plans to introduce the MRI SureScan in select markets by the end of this calendar year and in the U.S. in fiscal 2010.

The EnRhythm MRI SureScan Pacing System device is the first of its kind designed to work safely in patients inside MRI machines, which are commonly used to diagnose certain types of cancer and neurological disorders.

Other anticipated launches include a Vision 3D product line in the company's implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) unit, a next-generation interspinous device in Europe and balloon kyphoplasty in Japan in the spinal unit.