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James Walsh
Reporter | Medical Technology
Phone: 612-673-7428
Email: jwalsh@startribune.com
James Walsh covers medical technology companies such as Medtronic and St. Jude and innovations.
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Recent content from James Walsh
International growth helps Medtronic beat estimates
Med-tech firm will reduce the U.S. workforce by 1,000 but add 1,500 abroad in fiscal year 2013.
Updated: May 22, 2012, - 09:11 PM
A less-invasive way to replace heart valves
Analysts see a booming market for transcatheter heart valves. But most of the sales will be in Europe -- for now.
Updated: May 20, 2012, - 08:41 AM
Lifesaving products are Roseville firm's lifeblood
Advanced Circulatory Systems' devices have found a niche with the military and paramedics.
Updated: May 19, 2012, - 06:46 AM
Medtronic: Feds close Infuse probe
Prosecutors studied whether it had promoted "off-label" uses for its bone graft product but found no wrongdoing, the company said.
Updated: May 16, 2012, - 09:20 PM
Get in touch with nature in Sioux Falls
On a recent trip to Sioux Falls, S.D., we discovered something we had never noticed before. The falls. It was a green oasis on a gorgeous early March day.
Updated: May 12, 2012, - 01:15 PM
St. Jude's Riata leads fared worse in new study
A Minneapolis cardiologist reported the defibrillator wires had a nearly 2 percent a year failure rate, higher than expected.
Updated: May 11, 2012, - 09:13 PM
St. Jude's new generation of defibrillators
The company says its latest FDA-approved defibrillators are better at treating heart problems and less likely to give unneeded jolts.
Updated: May 08, 2012, - 10:07 PM
New pacemakers from Boston Sci get FDA's OK
Some of the models regulate heart rate in response to physical activity such as climbing stairs.
Updated: May 07, 2012, - 09:12 PM
Medtronic lays off 220 workers at Mounds View cardiac unit
The cuts were made at the Mounds View cardiac rhythm disease management division.
Updated: May 02, 2012, - 09:45 PM
St. Jude says its newer Durata leads do better than old Riatas
An update on its defibrillator leads showed that new models do not show the problems that led to the recall of the Riata device.
Updated: May 01, 2012, - 09:02 PM
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