Medtronic stories

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is an alternative to open heart surgery

How one engineer connects dots — and nerves

AI is revolutionizing healthcare technology. And it’s just getting started.

From sleeping in math to superstar engineer

Navigating the regulatory road to a robot

Advancing equity, every step of the way

Medtronic releases the AI Compass to commit to the safe and ethical use of AI

Doubling the time and ‘living the dream’

Medtronic shares its pacing technology with veterinary heart doctors.

How a novel technique using electricity to destroy targeted cells might help clinicians treat atrial fibrillation

No-knot sutures enable the future of robotic-assisted surgery

How one device is working to improve the lives of wolves

Tim Berry battled addiction for years. Could a heart condition rob him of the healthy life he had worked so hard to build?

Five areas to follow as life-transforming technologies and healthcare innovation evolve in 2023

Medtronic estimates 800,000 Americans could benefit from therapy approved for chronic diabetes related pain 

Medtronic employee helped lead sales for some of the surgical equipment doctors used to fight his cancer

See how one research team is trying to make an important device component perform for decades

One of a kind platform designed to identify and support new ideas 

Working toward future technology that could bring peace of mind to Hydrocephalus patients and their families

Columbus Zoo and Aquarium implants six great apes with heart monitors

Jay and Sandra Aldrich experienced chronic pain for different reasons, but found relief in the same therapy.

New Medtronic Medical Director, Jennifer McVean, M.D., brings fresh perspective

Geoff Martha showcases how AI, personalized care, and innovative therapies can bring better care to more patients.

A Medtronic engineer is helping the planet — one bear at a time

The challenge is part of Medtronic APAC’s commitment to find and invest in life-transforming healthcare technology innovations from inside and outside the company

Medtronic is celebrating National Kidney Month by recognizing patients' stories of resiliency and hope

Inspired by their own experience, sisters give back by working in healthcare

For Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day, Medtronic is celebrating the discovery of insulin and other treatments making life easier for people living with the condition.

Steve’s teenage daughter swung into action. Could you do the same?

Fast Company designation recognizes ‘cultures of innovation.’

Clinicians recently performed the 100,000th procedure implanting Micra™, the world’s smallest pacemaker¹

The SonarMed™ airway monitoring system helps address a life-threatening risk to newborns treated with a mechanical ventilator: dislodged and occluded breathing tubes.

The FDA grants approval for Vanta™, the next generation recharge-free neurostimulator at Medtronic

FDA clears GI Genius™ intelligent endoscopy module, the first device to use artificial intelligence to find potentially precancerous polyps

The expanded Engineering and Innovation Center makes the country a key hub for the company’s global R&D efforts

FDA Approves Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve.

Researchers are working to find a device-related therapy for high blood pressure.

Innovative program allows regulators and device companies to work together to speed approval processes.

Medtronic leads in “breakthrough” technologies.

How three acquisitions will help Medtronic expand its artificial intelligence and data capabilities

Backed by founder Elon Musk, for a limited time SpaceX will manufacture a key component for the most advanced Medtronic ventilator.

FORTUNE puts Medtronic among top 20 companies from around the world having a positive social impact through core business strategy.

With a global pandemic still raging in parts of the world, Medtronic is helping stretched-thin clinicians work quickly, safely, and efficiently with the help of remote technology.

Getting insights into the most complicated machine known to humankind – the human brain – may be getting easier.

May 7, 2020 — Medtronic is creating new ways of working across industries to help bring innovators together and speed the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “COVID-19 is presenting the...

Medtronic technology helps healthcare professionals and patients adapt

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, ~30% of all hospitalized COVID-19 patients will require some type of ventilation.1 View the infographic below and video above to learn about what ventilators...

Medtronic Care Management Services offers new solutions to help evaluate and monitor patients for COVID-19

Amid a global pandemic, employees band together to power ventilator production.

We are focused on keeping employees safe as we work to provide healthcare teams with the lifesaving products they need to continue to treat patients around the world.