- Settore: Medical devices
- Number of terms: 4454
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
An area of deadened tissue resulting from the obstruction of blood circulation that normally nourishes tissue. A myocardial infarction refers to myocardial tissue damage due to interrupted blood flow through a coronary artery. A myocardial infarction is frequently referred to as a heart attack.
Industry:Medical devices
The largest vein in the body. It returns blood from the lower half of the body to the right atrium of the heart.
Industry:Medical devices
A device evaluation performed during a follow-up visit of a device patient; session with the device to assess the pacemaker lead wires, the battery level, and evaluate heart rhythms detected by the pacemaker.
Industry:Medical devices
A hollow tubular device used for the introduction of catheters or needles.
Industry:Medical devices
Insufficient blood flow to and oxygen deprivation of tissue, usually due to constriction or obstruction of an artery.
Industry:Medical devices
A heart condition caused by narrowing of the coronary arteries and characterized by a decreased blood supply to the heart. Also called coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary heart disease.
Industry:Medical devices
A form of minimally invasive surgery in which viewing endoscopes and small diameter surgical instruments are inserted into the abdominal cavity through small incisions instead of through large abdominal incisions..
Industry:Medical devices
An insulated wire that carries the heart signal to the pulse generator and energy from the pulse generator to the heart. Leads are attached to the surface of the heart or passed into the heart through the veins.
Industry:Medical devices
One of the three main coronary arteries that supplies blood to the heart. The LCA supplies about 65% of the heart's blood.
Industry:Medical devices
A substance used to temporarily block nerve sensation in the area to which it is applied.
Industry:Medical devices
