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Building on Our Legacy of Innovation
Some examples of the many ways we transform core technologies to treat
Consulta Cardiac
Resynchronization
Therapy-Defibrillator
Heart Failure
Endeavor Drug-Eluting
Stent
Coronary Artery Disease
MiniMed Paradigm
REAL-Time System
Diabetes
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
DRUG AND BIOLOGICS
DELIVERY
Malignant Pain
First implantable
programmable pump for
opioid therapy (morphine)
Diabetes
First external
programmable pump
Severe Spasticity
Associated with Spinal
Cord Injury and
Multiple Sclerosis
First implantable
programmable pump
(baclofen)
DIAGNOSTICS AND
REMOTE MONITORING
Heart Disease
First implanted cardiac
pressure sensor
MECHANICAL DEVICES
Heart Valve Disease
First porcine tissue
valve
Coronary Artery
Disease
First centrifugal pump for
arrested heart surgery
Hydrocephalus
First membrane design
shunt valve
Heart Valve Disease
First zero-pressure fixed
tissue valve
Adolescent Scoliosis
First system for 3-D
correction
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
Bradycardia
First battery-
powered external
pacemaker
Bradycardia
First implantable
demand pacemaker
First implantable rate
and amplitude
adjustable pacemaker
Bradycardia
First tined pacemaker lead
Tachyarrhythmia
First implanted patient-
activated burst pacing
system
Chronic Pain
First implantable spinal
cord stimulator
Bradycardia
First activity-based rate
responsive pacemaker
First steroid-eluting lead
Tachyarrhythmia
First implantable totally
transvenous cardioverter
First implantable tiered
therapy defibrillator
Essential Tremor
First deep brain stimulator
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