Vice President Dick Cheney will undergo minor surgery Saturday to replace the battery that powers a device implanted in his chest six years ago to monitor his heart and deliver a shock if it goes out ...

Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday had minor surgery to receive a new battery for an implanted device that monitors his heart rhythms, his spokeswoman said. "The device was successfully replaced ...

Two deaths have been linked to heart defibrillators made by St Jude Medical with batteries that failed. Now, the device maker as well as the US Food and Drugs Administration have issued warnings about ...

When your watch battery dies, you slip in a fresh one and continue with your day. When your implantable defibrillator battery gives out, you have to go under the knife. The surgery creates risks of ...

A defibrillator company is reporting problems with a warning light that indicates when the battery in the product is low, Health Canada said Thursday. Defibtech has ...

But today we can reveal that some of the 'heart-start' defibrillators could fail to work at a time of crisis - because of a problem with battery temperature. Thousands of the machines will need to be ...

St. Jude Medical Inc. is warning patients that the batteries on thousands of its implantable defibrillators can quickly and unexpectedly deplete, in rare cases leaving them vulnerable should they need ...