Inaccurate patient information and outdated vendor manuals can lead to safety risks for patients with active, implanted medical devices during MRIs, according to a study published Oct. 3 in Current ...
MERRILLVILLE — Ernest Cook, 36, recently experienced congestive heart failure. Because of his age, his doctors figured he would probably need an MRI at some point in the future. So they recommended he ...
La Jolla, CA - Just as some of the first so-called "MRI-safe" implantable cardiac devices are starting to seek FDA approval, leaders of the first large registry to address MRI safety are cautioning ...
The field of MRI is growing rapidly. As the number of MR techniques increases, so will the number of biomedical implants, products, and devices carrying labels such as MRI safe or MRI compatible.
The FDA put out a safety communication Tuesday warning about the possibility of “serious complications” tied to the use of Hologic’s BioZorb devices. The coil-shaped markers are implanted in soft ...
Wellumio has enrolled the first subject in the Portable MRI study of its magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, 'Axana' 0.1T, for stroke identification in emergency department patients. The two-part ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Veterans with implantable devices may be missing out on important safety information. A new federal report says the Veterans Administration isn't properly tracking ...