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Boston Scientific Corporation
行业: Medical devices
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Company Profile:
Boston Scientific Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices used in various interventional medical specialties worldwide.
A portable monitor worn by a patient for an extended period that records the patient's ECG. The event recorder assists physicians in diagnosing events where individuals have unexplained symptoms, such as losing consciousness or becoming lightheaded.
Industry:Medical devices
A portable device used to shock a life-threatening arrhythmia to a normal rhythm by using strong electric shocks delivered between paddle electrodes placed on a patient's chest.
Industry:Medical devices
Pertaining to the thigh.
Industry:Medical devices
An erratic, chaotic quivering of the myocardium during which the heart cannot effectively pump blood. Fibrillation of the atrium is called atrial fibrillation (AF); in the ventricle, it is called ventricular fibrillation (VF). Ventricular fibrillation is typically fatal if not corrected within several minutes.
Industry:Medical devices
A protein in the blood that enmeshes blood cells and other substances during blood clotting.
Industry:Medical devices
The formation of fibrous/scar tissue.
Industry:Medical devices
Scar tissue that can form around the lead electrode tip or the pulse generator and is part of the body's normal protective reaction to any foreign material.
Industry:Medical devices
Attachment of a lead to the heart. Active fixation uses a mechanism such as a screw-in tip and passive fixation uses tines or fins.
Industry:Medical devices
An X-ray monitor that provides a continuous x-ray image of the heart and vessels during invasive procedures.
Industry:Medical devices
A condition in which the contractions in the upper or lower chambers of the heart become extremely rapid (but regular). A patient may or may not feel the flutter.
Industry:Medical devices
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