When 57-year-old Michael Prince underwent a simple pacemaker procedure in January 2011, he never could have imagined how the next year of his life would play out. Prince was diagnosed with congestive ...

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TYRX, Inc., the leader in the commercialization of implantable medical devices designed to help reduce surgical-site infections associated with implantable ...

Tucking a pacemaker inside an antibiotic-soaked mesh envelope before implanting it inside your body can drastically reduce your risk of a dangerous infection, a new study shows. About 1.7 million ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA cleared an antibiotic-eluting envelope to reduce complications after pacemaker or defibrillator implant.

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Worldwide, an estimated 1.5 million patients receive a cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) such as a pacemaker or implanted defibrillator each year. However, in approximately 1% to 4% ...

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TYRX ®, Inc. announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), through the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, issued a new ...

A typical implantation of a CRT-P with its three leads and use of an anti-infective envelope would require five ICD-10-PCS codes. Q: We are having trouble with a case that involves an Implantation of ...

A Cleveland Clinic-led research team has found that using an absorbable, antibiotic-eluting envelope when implanting cardiac devices like pacemakers and defibrillators can cut the rate of major ...

The TYRX antibacterial absorbable envelope. About 250,000 people each year get pacemakers implanted to help maintain a steady heartbeat. Infection rates from the procedure are low in the U.S. But a ...