In this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly, Host Tom Salem welcomes back Rob Kowal, MD, VP and general manager, cardiac pacing at Medtronic. You’ll hear how Dr. Kowal grew into the new role as business leader and gain a stronger appreciation for Medtronic’s flagship cardiac pacing business. Smaller devices and new innovation are helping to find new ways to deploy cardiac pacing. How else can cardiac pacing devices save lives?

Dr. Kowal previously appeared on MedtronicTalks when he was vice president, medical affairs and CMO of cardiac rhythm and heart failure. Find the MedtronicTalks Podcast here - https://www.devicetalks.com/learn-how-medtronic-is-moving-to-mark-arctic-front-a-first-line-treatment-for-atrial-fibrillation/

Thank you to Confluent Medical Technologies for sponsoring this episode of DeviceTalks Weekly. To learn how their material science technologies and high performance manufacturing help bring your medical device designs to life go to ConfluentMedical.com or nitinol.com.

MedTech Analyst Chrystal Larsen joins MassDevice Editor Chris Newmarker and Salemi on this week’s newsmakers. Before diving into the week’s top MedTech Stories, Larsen discusses the debut of MassDevice’s MedTech Market Reports on Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) Market. You can find more information about the report here: https://www.massdevice.com/product/continuous-glucose-monitoring-cgm-market/ 

Top newsmakers of the week are Aqua Medical, Coherence Neuro, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, and Zimmer Biomet.

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