Accelerating access to healthcare technology

We believe technology can help close the world’s health gaps. By putting people first, we find new ways to advance health while reducing costs. And through partnerships, education, and advocacy, we dismantle barriers to care so more people can benefit from these life-transforming innovations.

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Medicare Now Covers Breakthrough Technology To Treat Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure
Under the CMS coverage policy, patients experiencing a blood pressure higher than 140 systolic and 90 diastolic and have been on a drug therapy and lifestyle modification regimen for at least six weeks could qualify for Medicare coverage of renal denervation.

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Medtronic Joins U.N. Call to Action Against High Blood Pressure
For decades, medication and lifestyle changes were the only treatments for high blood pressure. But in November of 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever medical device procedures to treat high blood pressure.

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Back to School: Tech Innovation Fuels Hiring Boom
Cardiac mappers are experts in the cardiac arrhythmia ablation procedure, which requires technical knowledge of the procedure, cardiac anatomy and physiology, and skill at operating the software.

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From Curse to Career
David Stalls thought the dangerous heart rhythm problem that plagued his health was a curse—until he turned treating it into a new career.

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‘Shining Light Through the Fog’: How AI Makes Every Pulse Count
The company opened a clinical physiology lab near the Five Points neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, to conduct its clinical trials not only with a wide array of participants but with more speed and frequency, leading to faster innovation.

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From Home Visits to Health Victories: Global Health Tech Gets Personal
In August 2023, Medtronic LABS and Virtua launched Healthy Neighbor. The goal was to improve health outcomes through a home healthcare program for patients living with high blood pressure and/or type 2 diabetes. And it’s working.

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From Interns to Innovators
Holton was a graduate student in her early 20s when she lost her own mother to metastatic breast cancer. The experience left her wondering: If women could get hands-on experience to learn what’s normal and what’s not in a self-exam, could it lead to earlier cancer detection?

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Got Their Backs: How Medtronic Brings Spine Surgeries to Kids
The volunteer teams typically take two to four mission trips every year. Three missions are planned for 2025. Each trip involves prepping, packing, shipping and setting up an entire, functioning operating room in another country — roughly 30 bins of precision medical equipment.

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Bravery Over Bladder: Former Marine Tackles Taboo Topic
In this episode of the Medtronic Open Book series, Latimore unabashedly shares more about his life and long journey to finding some relief from his overactive bladder symptoms.

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Teen With Spina Bifida Inspires in the Face of Physical Adversity
In this episode of the Medtronic series Open Book, Manny shares how spina bifida impacts his life in unseen ways.

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